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Results tagged “urban farming”
Will Allen Has Growing Power
Dec 28, 2010
The son of a former sharecropper, when Will Allen left his parents' farm in Maryland on a basketball scholarship to the University of Miami in 1967, he told his father he would never farm again....
On Farming: A Record Of Speculation
Dec 20, 2010
Books from the publisher Actar are always thought-provoking, and their latest, On Farming, is no disappointment in that regard. First and foremost, this Character Approved book is a refreshing example of a publication that has...
Top 10 of 2010: Food
Dec 16, 2010
Narrowing the list of food trends down to just ten was hard--this has been an interesting year for food. It was easy to see some important overarching trends, though. Many of the items listed below...
Living Concrete-Carrot City
Nov 29, 2010
In the quest to push the boundaries of sustainable cities, many designers, entrepreneurs, grocery store owners, and landscape architects have explored ways to farm produce in the city. A current Parsons exhibition, Living Concrete/Carrot City,...
Green .000367 Acres: A New Yorker "Farms" a Tiny Plot in Manhattan
Jul 28, 2010
More and more Americans are choosing to "farm" on whatever small scale they can manage. For some, it means seeing the possibilities in even the tiniest imaginable space. A Character Approved Midwestern transplant does just...
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