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.

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Friday, April 20, 2012

Detroit et al

Grant gives $1M boost to group's plans for urban agriculture
A group that wants to incorporate urban agriculture, fish farming, new businesses and housing in a Detroit redevelopment effort is getting a $1 million boost. The RecoveryPark project announced Thursday that it was getting the grant from ...

Brooklyn getting 100000-square foot rooftop farm
The future is looking bright for a rooftop farm in Brooklyn. The borough is in line to become the home to a project that will grow a million pounds of produce a year.

Santiago City revitalizes production of native hogs, fowls
Amid the rampant importation of frozen meat that keeps local hogs and poultry raisers crying foul, the Santiago City government maintains its strong advocacy on backyard production of native hogs and fowls.

Montreal's Urban Seedling offers all-inclusive vegetable gardening service
Tereska Gesing and Shawn Manning’s teeny-tiny Verdun backyard, there’s an urban gardening revolution afoot. Since early spring, the founders of Urban Seedling have been seeding.

City Refocuses Its Vision on Urban Farms
The words hit with the force of a hoe bashed upside his head. After all the work his soil-stained hands had done to transform a derelict city lot into a bountiful urban farm.

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