Locally Produced Food and Beverage Fermentation Factory and Experimental Micro Urban Farm

Eli Cayer, a Mainer, is a Portland based entrepreneur whose position of connecting communities and encouraging creative sustainable living sits at the heart of this environment. A few months ago Cayer took on an all but abandoned single-story warehouse in the East Bayside neighborhood with the vision of reusing it as the Urban Farm Fermentory.

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Paul Quinn College Urban Farming Initiative Supported by Fundraising Event

Story and Photos by Shareea Butler
Dallas South News
Apr 18th, 2011

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Although the farm has replaced Paul Quinn’s football field, the goalposts, stadium lights, and bleachers remain as a reminder of the history of the site. You could look across the seemingly barren field and imagine the seeds slowly stretching their roots deep into the rich soil. Once harvest season arrives, Paul Quinn and its supporters will once again reap the fruit (and vegetables) of their labor.

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Resetting the Table – A People’s Food Policy for Canada

Released April 18, 2011

Access to Food in Urban Communities – Priority Recommendation #3

3. Increase and strengthen urban food production by incorporating policy and program support for urban agriculture into provincial/territorial ministries of agriculture, supported by federal agricultural policy frame-works and resources. Enact policies to strengthen urban food production programs, such as assisting gardeners/ farmers to access land in urban areas; providing education on small scale food production such as gardening, agriculture, and animal husbandry; linking gardeners/ farmers to appropriate resources and equipment, re- searching small-scale food production, etc.

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