Agricultural Urbanism – new book

by Janine de la Salle and Mark Holland (Editors)

This book is a collaborative work with contributions from many local food and agriculture leaders in the Vancouver Area including Peter Ladner, Patrick Condon, Kent Mullinix, Mark Holland, Bob Ransford, Michael Ableman, among others.

April 2010
Green Frigate Books
200 pages, paperback
100 photographs and illustrations
20 tables and diagrams

Awareness of the significant challenges our food supply system faces in the 21st century is growing rapidly. Agricultural Urbanism, rooted in a sustainable food systems approach and written by leaders in the planning and design fields, outlines a powerful strategy for understanding and taking action on the full-scope of sustainable food system opportunities in cities and how we can build them.

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Phoenix Permaculture board member and eco-entrepreneur Diann Peart. Photo by Chris Cameron.

The Andrew Long Show

Episode 6 [47:05m]
April 10th, 2010

The Andrew Long Show is dedicated to bringing the best and most interesting Arizonans up to the microphone to tell their stories. The show is recorded weekly and is hosted by local journalist, Andrew Long. Andrew is a senior news artist for the Arizona Republic and an adjunct professor for the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Arizona State University. The show is recorded at the Cronkite School.

Diann Peart is a member of the Phoenix Permaculture Guild Board. Diann lives in a flood-irrigated old neighborhood in Tempe and is actively converting her large yard into a teaching and demonstration garden for the East Valley. Diann hosted and produced The Urban Gardener for Chandler Educational TV.

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We’ve broadcast these before but British Pathe contacted us and kindly sent still images from the films. Definitely worth a second look at these three! Mike

“Universal Newsreel – All Out For Victory”

Voice-overed American news reel item.
United States of America (USA), circa 1941

Various shots of chimpanzee dressed in clothes using tools to dig vegetable patch. Part of a call to Dig For Victory on behalf of the American people.

See the video here.

More video on the next page.

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