'Promote agro-industries in rural areas' [ Commodity Online ] 4/12/2008  The Forum was inaugurated by the Union Minister of Agriculture, Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution on April 9, 2008 where DG, FAO; DG, ... Read More ...

Urban farmers up in arms over relocation plan [ The Herald Eastern Cape ] 4/9/2008  This follows a series of meetings between the municipality, the Eastern Cape department of agriculture, land and housing and a forum consisting of a ... Read More ...

Why you will never eat cheaply again [ Minnesota Daily ] 4/10/2008  Agriculture is an energy intensive industry. Fuel is needed to process fertilizer, run tractors, complete harvests and to finally transport the food to its ... Read More ...

Farming sector in dire straits [ Latin America Press ] 4/10/2008  This process has strengthened a demographic shift in which poor rural populations, out of work, have moved to urban slums, often working as street vendors. ... Read More ...

Bulk of rice stocks with farmers, consumers--solon [ Inquirer.net ] 4/10/2008  'Included in this is the not just the regular metro manila urban household but the farming household wherein the head of family has decided to hold on to ... Read More ...

Cuba's organic revolution [ Guardian ] 4/4/2008  But with Fidel Castro's resignation last month, could this unique system of organic urban agriculture - the world's largest example - be under threat? ... Read More ...

Urban agriculture exploding in Vancouver [ Vancouver Sun ] 4/5/2008  The quest for a more sustainable way of living is taking aim at this separation of people and food with a commitment to urban agriculture. ... Read More ...

The price of food: Global crisis ingredients [ ISN ] 4/10/2008  Now, while consumers in urban areas cannot be expected to welcome soaring food prices that eat into their wallets, the higher prices should theoretically ... Read More ...

Bowne High School's Horticultural Tradition [ Queens Chronicle ] 4/10/2008  Urban agriculture was not new in the early 1900s. As cities grew, they often surrounded farms that lay in their outer boroughs or townships. ... Read More ...

On the Move [ Wall Street Journal ] 4/12/2008  By ANDREW BATSON China is on the cusp of a historic transformation -- from a mostly rural to a mostly urban nation. Already, 44% of China's population lives ... Read More ...

Urban participation urged in land-based industries [ Scoop.co.nz ] 4/10/2008  'In particular there is a challenge to attract sufficient students into agriculture, agribusiness and related areas. 'New Zealand's future prosperity is ... Read More ...

Green Building Expo Offers Lessons For Businesses [ Tampa Tribune ] 4/12/2008  The event was the brainchild of the University of South Florida, the Hillsborough County City-County Planning Commission and the Urban Charrette, ... Read More ...

Long Savannah to be new urbanist [ Charleston Post Courier ] 4/8/2008  'The whole concept behind new urbanism is that you have mixed uses; commercial and residential and offices and parks,' Hipp said. ... Read More ...

A Lightning Rod at 91 [ New York Sun ] 4/10/2008  By the time University Village was built, urbanist Jane Jacobs had delivered her bruising salvo against such planning. Jacobs advised that such projects be ... Read More ...