Gardeners are finely attuned to short-term changes in nature as well as long-term trends. Here in Seattle, we are fresh off one of the warmest winters on record in the PNW and heading into a summer that could be one of the worst forest-fire seasons ever. Over half the state is in drought. While many […]
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Gardening, Climate Change and You
Posted in People on the Move, Policy on June 6, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
Raw Milk – to Drink or Not to Drink?
Posted in Cooking, Policy, tagged health, raw milk on December 23, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
For the most part I have stayed out of the controversy around whether people should or should not drink raw milk or eat raw milk cheeses; a difficult thing to do at times as I am both an urban farm enthusiast and a public health nurse. However, the evidence against any health benefits, aside from […]
Chicken Eggs and Lead
Posted in Policy on December 2, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
From PubMed here’s a new article on lead in chicken eggs. Environ Geochem Health. 2013 Nov 28. [Epub ahead of print] Lead in New York City community garden chicken eggs: influential factors and health implications. Spliethoff HM, Mitchell RG, Ribaudo LN, Taylor O, Shayler HA, Greene V, Oglesby D. Source Bureau of Toxic Substance Assessment, […]
Suburban Agriculture Policies
Posted in Policy on November 29, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Here are some great examples of urban ag policies collected by Megan Horst, a PhD candidate in Urban Design and Planning at the University of Washington and creator of the Sustainability Studio Class Blog. She will be using some in an upcoming book chapter, to be published in a book on urban agriculture by University […]
Research Shows Gardens Increase Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
Posted in Policy on November 26, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
More and more research is being done that shows that when people garden they eat more veggies. This article abstracted in Pubmed provides more proof. Association between community garden participation and fruit and vegetable consumption in rural Missouri. Barnidge EK, Hipp PR, Estlund A, Duggan K, Barnhart KJ, Brownson RC. Abstract BACKGROUND: Fruit and vegetable […]
Local Prosciutto and Hoops to Jump Through
Posted in Policy on November 21, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
From Orion Magazine here is a great article on what it takes to make and sell local artisan food. I STEPPED INTO a dusty barn in rural Vermont and shook hands with Peter Roscini Colman, who pulled up a trapdoor and led me down to the barn’s dark basement. I could just make out, hanging […]
The Boston Food Project
Posted in Growing, Policy on November 17, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
On a warm sunny day we pulled up in front of a huge greenhouse right in the city of Boston. We had arrived at one of the growing sites of the Food Project. Walking into the greenhouse in Roxbury the smell of warm earth and growing things surrounded us as we listened to the story […]
Food as Medicine
Posted in People on the Move, Policy on November 10, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Another place we visited on the Boston food tour was an amazing meal service for the sick. Originally founded to serve HIV positive people it has now expanded to serve people and their families with a range of serious illnesses. Community Servings provides 7,500 free meals to help patients heal. Through providing tailored delicious meals […]
Green Zones Coming to Flint, Michigan
Posted in People on the Move, Policy on October 17, 2013 | 3 Comments »
By Mark Whittington Flint, Michigan is committing to urban farming zones, having designated several ‘Urban Green Zones’ within a mile of the city center. The largest, on the east side of Flint, encompasses some 30 blocks with another major green zone on the north side of town, as well as smaller ones throughout the city. […]
Permablitzes
Posted in Growing, Policy on June 29, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
This idea posted on Shareable combines all I love about urban homesteading, community building and transformation. Bring on the Permablitzes! Do you remember that ‘night before Christmas’ feeling… the one you used to get as a kid? The night before my Permablitz, an ‘I don’t know if I can wait until morning’ impatience had me […]
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