Can city dwellers be more self-sufficient? [ Times Online ] Jun 27, 2008  If it all sounds too much like factory farming, city-style, remember, says Despommier, that producing food in urban areas enables us to give land back to ... Read More ...

Gardens in the sky growing green roofs for healthier city air [ Environmental Expert ] Jul 3, 2008  ... that planting vegetation on rooftops to make 'green roofs' could substantially reduce the impact of urban air pollution, thus enhancing city life. ... Read More ...

Hampton Court Palace Flower Show Water gardens [ Telegraph.co.uk ] Jul 3, 2008  This futuristic vision has an immediate possible practical application: 'I can see this kind of garden in an atrium, a big office, a front hallway, a city ... Read More ...

Who owns your sewage? [ On Line opinion ] Jul 2, 2008  Since agriculture began, and still in many countries, it has been essential that people return their excretion directly to the soil. ... Read More ...

How should SA tackle the land issue? [ Independent Online ] Jul 3, 2008  ... are assisted in buying land on the open market; and tenure reform, which secures tenure rights of the victims of apartheid discriminatory practices. ... Read More ...

Plan calls for new heights in agriculture [ Canada.com, Canada ] Jun 30, 2008  Despommier's website also features designs for a 58-storey vertical farm in Toronto's theatre district dubbed SkyFarm, which was designed by Gordon ... Read More ...

Rejuvenating the Land [ Taiwan Review ] Jun 30, 2008  Today, a small-scale farm might generate as little as NT$120,000 (US$4,000) in annual revenues, forcing some farmers to take part-time employment away from the farm to supplement their household incomes ... Read More ...

India's Economy Hits the Wall [ BusinessWeek ] Jul 2, 2008  Agriculture, distorted by fertilizer subsidies and technologically laggard, is woefully unproductive. Simple and nonpolitical reforms, like strengthening ... Read More ...

A garden thrives between a rock and a hard place [ Christian Science Monitor ] Jul 3, 2008  Currently under construction is the Heartland Harvest Garden - opening in 2009 - in which some of the beds, all containing edible plants, will be planted in ... Read More ...

Where playful, irreverent designs blossom [ Globe and Mail ] Jul 12, 2008  Les Jardins de Métis, also known as the Reford Gardens, are a three-hour drive northeast along the St. Lawrence from Quebec City. ... Read More ...

Kenya Why Are We Dodging the Land Issue? [ Business Daily, Nairobi ] Jun 30, 2008  Optimal agricultural production hangs around secure land tenure. In the event that we do not successfully address the issue of tenure in the Rift Valley, ... Read More ...

Nekyon sees Obote scenario shaping up for this President [ Daily Monitor ] Jul 12, 2008  ... that land ownership is vested in very few unproductive individuals while leaving the masses that farm the land without real title or security of tenure. ... Read More ...

With planning, your garden can be beautiful and dog-friendly [ Detroit Free Press ] Jul 12, 2008  Pay attention to what pets find interesting and edible, including mulch. 'People should not landscape with rocks or with mulch that smells good,' Marczewski ... Read More ...

Full Text of Cuban Leader Raul Castro's Speech to National Assembly [ istockAnalyst.com ] Jul 12, 2008  We have the excellent results from urban agriculture which, without resorting to large mobilizations or expenditures, has produced a considerable amount of ... Read More ...

Edible Landscaping [ Mother Earth News ] Jun 15, 2008  It started innocuously enough, when a small promotional brochure announcing something called Designing and Maintaining Your Edible Landscape-Naturally ... Read More ...

Drift around the world on a high-tech lily-pad city [ Sydney Morning Herald ] Jul 12, 2008  'The whole city is covered by plants housed in suspended gardens,' he said. 'The goal is to create a harmonious co-existence of humans and nature. ... Read More ...

Talkin' the Green Revolution with Gayla Trail [ Taste T.O. ] Jul 9, 2008  The issue of accessibility is often overlooked when discussing issues of urban agriculture and more sustainable lifestyles. Specifically, questions like 'Is ... Read More ...

Ag Barriers Can Be Overcome [ Mid-South Farmer ] Jul 9, 2008  'Access to secure land tenure continues to be a disincentive for production in many countries,' Borel added, 'particularly for women. ... Read More ...

Ohio City Garden Tour promises mix of styles, unique features [ The Plain Dealer ] Jul 10, 2008  The Sheas' garden is one of eight on this year's Ohio City Garden Tour. Tour coordinator Anne Frank says the tour promises a mix of garden styles, ... Read More ...

East Palo Alto celebrates New Farmers' Market [ Palo Alto Weekly ] Apr 4, 2008  East Palo Alto hasn't had a supermarket within its borders since the early 1970s, but it does have two McDonalds. To buy fresh produce, residents have to travel outside the city's boundaries ... Read More ...

PAVA ships flour to Bangladesh for the first time [ OAO PAVA ] June 25, 2008  PAVA, the largest grain processor of Siberia and the Far East, continues collaboration with the UN within the framework of World Food Programme. This time, flour produced by PAVA was shipped to a South-Asian country Bangladesh. ... Read More ...