Tigard residents adjust to living with urban coyotes [ Portland Tribune ] Oct 07, 2008  TIGARD - Lynn Henry's cat never strayed far from home. Missy was a long white-haired pound kitty at the ripe old age of 17 and she was partially blind and deaf - as vulnerable as they come ... Read More ...

Alabado Urban Farms [ Sun Star ] Oct 06, 2008  I ALWAYS believe that food security must be one of a city's priorities. The small city-states of Hong Kong and Singapore have agriculture programs, they produce a significant portion of their livestock and vegetable needs ... Read More ...

Urban Wheat Field Sprouts Busting Through Concrete and Myths in New York City [ PR NewsWire ] Oct 06, 2008  On Monday, October 6th, a live wheat field, approximately one quarter of an acre in size, sprouted at New York City's South Street Seaport. The Wheat Foods Council's 'Urban Wheat Field Experience' ... Read More ...

Mexico City Journal On Capital's Edge, Gardens That Once Fed an Empire [ New York Times ] Oct 9, 2008  On the map, Xochimilco's gardens are a tiny wedge of green in the southern reach of the Mexican capital's expanding urban sprawl. ... Read More ...

FAO calls for review of biofuel policies, subsidies [ People's Daily ] Oct 07, 2008  Biofuel policies and subsidies should be urgently reviewed to preserve the goal of world food security, protect poor farmers, promote broad-based rural development and ensure environmental sustainability ... Read More ...

Lifestyle blocks replace farms in urban sprawl [ Scoop.co.nz ] Oct 07, 2008  Increasing numbers of lifestyle properties are cropping up around New Zealand's towns and cities as farm land converts to residential use, according to new property research. Read More ...

Ministry gives tips on Urban Agriculture [ The Southern Times ] Oct 3, 2008  The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry is promoting backyard gardening, officially known as urban and peri-urban agriculture. ... Read More ...

Valley Gardens Beauty for food's sake [ Amherst Bulletin ] Oct 9, 2008  ... of Landscape Design from a visiting student, David Jacke of New Hampshire, who is in the forefront of the permaculture and edible forests movement. ... Read More ...

Green gains in store for city [ Times of India ] Oct 9, 2008  The municipal corporation has identified 36 gardens, reserved open spaces and playgrounds across the city on which it is planning to introduce various ... Read More ...

Urban agriculture a growing industry [ Toronto Star ] Sep 15, 2008  Crops from CAMH's urban agriculture plot are a big draw for passersby, and neighbourhood restaurant chefs, at the twice-weekly market. ... Read More ...

Salad days in the garden [ Tampabay.com ] Oct 10, 2008  Scallions, Arugula, Radishes, Mizuna, Tyfon. All these are easy to grow from seed. ... Read More ...

Cuba Urban Agriculture Sprouts Back [ Prensa Latina ] Sep 23, 2008  Havana, Sep 23 Cuban urban agriculture aims at becoming the first area of economy to recover from the damages caused by hurricanes Gustav ... Read More ...

China to recruit farmers in battle against global slowdown [ Khaleej Times ] Oct 8, 2008  ... for Agriculture, Sun Zhengcai, said in August. But urban residents' incomes are much higher and until this year were rising faster than farmers'. ... Read More ...

New Roots for Refugee program helps women learn to grow food for ... [ Kansas City Star ] Oct 8, 2008  Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas and the Kansas City Center for Urban Agriculture manage the program. Each Saturday Nu sells produce alongside other ... Read More ...

US City Dwellers Flock to Raising Chickens [ Worldwatch Institute ] Oct 6, 2008  It's not necessarily organized to be a profit-sharing venture,' said Debra Lippoldt, executive director of Growing Gardens, a Portland urban agriculture ... Read More ...

Anderson committed to strengthening agriculture [ Southwest Booster ] Oct 10, 2008  They've been so urban based for so long, they don't hardly know what a farmer is. So the Conservatives have represented farmers well. ... Read More ...