This newsletter promotes economically viable, environmentally sound, and culturally acceptable integration of farming with the urban environment. Through efficient conservation and the effective use of urban resources, an environment that promotes the health of both humans and animals may built within cities. By Integrating with forests in urban area, public lands, such as greenways, and private property, an urban agricultural environment can significantly contribute to a sustainable future.

Every day Urban Agriculture News reviews articles from throughout the world, selecting those that are relevant to Urban Agriculture. References to these articles are published daily on the website. A subset are packaged as a newsletter and delivered monthly by email. We review trade publications as well as the general news services.

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Concerns grow over Fort Lauderdale plans

The City Commission is set to vote July 10 on an urban agriculture ordinance allowing urban farms and community gardens in the city. Some advocates of urban farming say the city's plan won't work. It also concerns residents who don't want to see a ...

Masirewa all for Urban Agriculture
URBAN agriculture could be an ideal solution to addressing food sustainability issues for urban households. Nausori Town Council special administrator Napolioni ...

A Moveable Feast - Urban Farm Online
ou don’t have to wake up early on Saturday mornings to buy locally grown foods. Creative farmers have found a way to bring their produce to you....

Community Gardens Help Ethiopia's Urban Poor Grow

Since 2008 in Ethiopia, the Urban Gardens Program has strived to improve the general health and incomes of women, orphans and vulnerable children ...

Mill City Farmers Market: A Love Story
 One of my very favorite things is the Mill City Farmer’s Market in downtown Minneapolis. Tucked behind the Mill Ruins along the Mississippi River, Mill City ...

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Future of Food Production


It seems Montrealers want some soil of their own, and maybe the odd chicken ...

Parks Commission to Take on Urban Farming Goals in Albany
Albany's Parks & Recreation Commission will discuss  to the future of urban farming in in Albany,  including the Gill Tract ... 

The Future of Food Production 
Adam Shaw and Saima Moshin,  journalists with the Horizons program on BBC World News, produced a documentary that examines innovative solutions for feeding an urban population ...

 MSU opens Urban-Agriculture Research Center
While traditionally a mecca in the worldwide automotive industry, the city of Detroit, may be adding another facet to its fundamental structure: global recognition as an important city in the field of urban-agriculture research ...

Urban farm raising greens, jobs
Farming in the city doesn't need a lot of land — and sometimes not even arable land. On a South Baltimore parking lot, inside six plastic-covered greenhouses, a handful of urban farmers are raising a cornucopia of greens in a thin layer of imported soil ...

ZinCo USA, a recognized leader in extensive and intensive green roof products, announced the release of a new green roof ...

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Urban Orchards


When the Institute of Urban Homesteading was started in 2008, urban agriculture was a marginal activity practiced by a handful of intrepid individuals. Now ...

A Geographical Information System (GIS) is being used to map vegetable production in the greater Bangkok region, analyzing how urban urban agriculture contributes to food security in the city ...

City folk just do not understand farmers. So says the National Farmers' Federation's (NFF)  Blueprint for Australian Agriculture ...
 
apple tree Urban OrchardResidents of the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Seattle came up with a plan to transform an unused tract of land into an urban food forest.
Despite robust community support, ... 
 
Planning commission unanimously passes draft proposal to allow sales of home-grown produce; initiative now goes to city council ...
 
 
Where most people would look at these wide expanses of Detroit blight and see dark despair,  Gary Wozniak sees nothing but gleaming possibilities.
 

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