Inside the White House: The Garden

Michelle Obama:

“How will {my kids} make choices about what they are going to eat when they are away from me? what will be the messages in their head when they are deciding if they are going to drink the soda or a glass of water? [...] I hope the garden will be an introduction to a new way for our country to think about food.”

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Home Grow-in Grocer Ltd.

Home Grow-in Grocer sells food products from around British Columbia, but what makes it unique is the store sells veggies and fruit grown in the gardens of residents only blocks from City Hall. This is recognition of the value of home grown urban food.

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By Jan-Eelco Jansma

The city of Almere (30 km east of Amsterdam) has to double in size (190,000 towards 350,000 inhabitants) over the next 20 years. This summer Almere launched its plans for this so called ‘Scale Jump Almere 2030′ (Almere 2.0). East of the city on approximately 3.000 ha. Almere wants to develop a district (Almere Oosterwold) where urban agriculture will be the driver of city development.

Will this district become reality? This will become clear by the end of 2009, when Almere, the national government and the regional authorities, decides how the planned growth and urban expansion will be realised and what role urban-rural development will play in that regard.

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This rap music video is the trailer for the upcoming feature length documentary. It is a satire meant to show the absurdity of some of the arguments against hen-keeping in the city.

The Chicken Revolution

From Barbara Palermo, Producer and Director

“In Salem, Oregon we have been working for nearly a year to legalize a few backyard hens, but our city has been a little reluctant to join the urban chicken movement.  Our efforts even made the front page of the Wall Street Journal recently. 

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