Clodagh and Dick Handscombe gardening authors living in Spain for 20 years.

Vegetables for the concrete jungle

Michelle Obama y Verónica Berlusconi convirtieron en tendencia las huertas urbanas. En Galicia ya están pegando fuerte y este mes nacerán dos asociaciones

By Alfonso Andrade
La voz de Galicia
6/2/2010 In Spanish

Es verdad que pocos privilegiados disponen en el hogar de un currunchiño de cien metros cuadrados para plantar sus lechugas como la hortelana Michelle en la Casa Blanca, pero tampoco es necesario. La primera dama americana, Verónica Berlusconi y otras celebridades han impulsado una moda absolutamente implantada en Canadá y el norte de Europa que llega ahora con fuerza a Galicia. El minifundio se estila también en las huertas urbanas que empiezan a poblar el paisaje gris de las principales ciudades para hacer realidad un viejo sueño del burgués: regresar al campo.

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Ordinance changes bother keepers of bees, chickens

By Diana Nelson Jones
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
February 08, 2010

Proposed changes to the city ordinance dealing with the keeping of agricultural animals on city properties has agitated bee and chicken keepers.

Burgh Bees, a 375-member nonprofit, has put out a “call to action” via e-mail for attendance at a public hearing before the city planning commission at 2 p.m. Feb. 16 “to show how many beekeepers and beekeeper supporters there are” in the city. The hearing is at 200 Ross St., Downtown.

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Hear From Our Founder from AeroFarms on Vimeo.

Meet Ed Harwood, Founder & CEO of Aero Farm Systems

Aerofarms – The future of urban agriculture

From their website:

AeroFarms provides aeroponic technology and comprehensive business expertise to those pioneering the future of urban agriculture. The world’s current food system is unsustainable economically, environmentally and socially. Today’s rural and centralized food production uses a vast amount of resources—land, water, transportation fuel— which will become increasingly scarce and expensive as world populations grow and continue to urbanize. At the same time these resources diminish, demand for food will increase, requiring current food production levels to double by 2050 to support the world’s population. We need a better way.

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