Book of the Month

On Good Land: The Autobiography of an Urban Farm
Michael Ableman and Alice Waters

Urban Agriculture with excellent results in Camag�ey [  Radio Cadena Agramonet  ] Mon, 19 Mar 2007 20:33:43 GMT Out of the 27 subprograms of the urban agriculture, only four got an average mark, like those related to the use and conservation of the soil, Read More ...
Art lovers will want to flock to art garden in Wabasso [  Sebastian Sun (subscription)  ] Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:07:25 GMT Karen Leightty is the owner of The Garden of Art, a new art gallery at 8905 US 1 in Wabasso, across from Rock City Gardens. The gallery is open noon to 6 pm Read More ...
Man attacked in city gardens [  Melbourne Herald Sun  ] Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:32:43 GMT POLICE are searching for a man responsible for a daylight assault and attempted robbery in Brisbane's Botanical Gardens yesterday morning. Read More ...
Vietnam: Positive development of VAC model in Ho Chi Minh City [  FreshPlaza  ] Thu, 08 Mar 2007 14:23:34 GMT In Ho Chi Minh City, the development of VAC model has helped diversify the cultivated crops and cattle-poultry model of urban agriculture which are suitable Read More ...
Growing Gardens, Not Lawns [  New West  ] Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:07:52 GMT A similar initiative out of LA called Edible Estates, proposes that lawn growers replace grass with, "a highly productive domestic, edible landscape. Read More ...

Joint Gym Deal [  Gilroy Dispatch (subscription)  ] Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:50:44 GMT By Christopher Quirk and Serdar Tumgoren. Gilroy - The city council grudgingly agreed Wednesday night to contribute $2.2 million to build a second gym at Read More ...

Composting: A Way out of City's Garbage Problems [  Daijiworld.com  ] Thu, 15 Mar 2007 06:03:26 GMT Priced at Rs 6 per kg, presently the compost is being bought by a few green finger individuals and also used for the city gardens and even for the garden Read More ...

Urban Farming: Coming to a City Near You [  AlterNet  ] Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:27:58 GMT Across the US, an urban agriculture movement is flowering. In Birmingham, Alabama, Jones Valley Urban Farm is reclaiming abandoned lots and using them to Read More ...

Spring is time for the politics, and pleasures, of gardening [  ChronicleHerald.ca  ] Sat, 31 Mar 2007 09:16:03 GMT But in the usual places: the US West Coast, parts of Europe: urban agriculture is catching on in the First World as well. At one school in Berkeley, Read More ...

Holy Week At Lookout Mountain United Methodist [  The Chattanoogan  ] Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:05:34 GMT Easter Sunday will begin with a joint Easter Sunrise Service in Rock City Gardens at 7 am (gates open at 6:30). This annual service is a tradition on Read More ...

Urban Agriculture and Eating Local [  Science Friday  ] Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:10:59 GMT 'Given the near inevitable rise in future oil prices, the economic benefits of expanding urban agriculture, even in affluent societies, will become much Read More ...

Local vineyards prepare for pruning [  Siskiyou Daily News  ] Tue, 20 Mar 2007 20:08:10 GMT Cozallio is more interested in the edible landscape while Neveu strives to shape the production of his grapes to the need of his product. Read More ...

Growing houses: Community garden faces final harvest [  Salt Lake Tribune  ] Mon, 02 Apr 2007 06:07:40 GMT AP journalist. They're not making any more land in Salt Lake City. And that geologic fact has put the goals of a pair of nonprofit organizations at odds. Read More ...

I'm browned off [  Melbourne Herald Sun  ] Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:03:25 GMT We didn't quite realise it, but green was changing from a colour to a movement -- one that would, in time, turn the city's gardens brown. Read More ...

Reaction to Rejected Rain Gardens [  WLNS  ] Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:31:20 GMT Lansing City Council has rejected plans to build a rain garden in the downtown area. It is a plan backed by the mayor's office, but the mayor isn't giving Read More ...

Montgomery Gardens residents' fear: There goes the neighborhood [  The Jersey Journal  ] Wed, 28 Mar 2007 06:11:23 GMT R esidents' concerns that Montgomery Gardens will not survive the massive conversion of the old Jersey City Medical Center into a high-end residential Read More ...

Cover your ears if you're going to Ely! [  Cambridge Evening News  ] Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:44:46 GMT Britain's 12 finest town criers are to descend on the city for an ear- shattering struggle, with the winner picking up a prestigious trophy - as well as Read More ...