Home(grown) for the Holidays
Home(grown) for the Holidays By Tayler Jenkins Want to give creative, inexpensive and meaningful gifts this year? This holiday season, consider giving your friends and family the gift of something…
Holiday Food Nutrition
Holiday Food Nutrition Worried about all the food you’ll be consuming this holiday season? You may be pleased to discover that many of these foods are actually quite nutritious! Here…
Did You Know…?
Did You Know…? Over 200 million urban farms exist around the world and they supply food to one-quarter of the world’s urban population. Did you know that there are over…
Teaching Our Kids Where Food Comes From
Teaching Our Kids Where Food Comes From Aldo Leopold, American author, scientist and environmentalist, said that not owning a farm creates the “spiritual danger” of “supposing that breakfast comes from…
It Doesn't Get More Local Than This!
It Doesn’t Get More Local Than This! Gardening in the desert is one great big grand experiment. The picture to the right is one of those experiments: a terracotta…
Did You Know…?
Did You Know…? Statistics show that farmers’ markets are popping up all over the country, their numbers increasing substantially every year Did you know that the number of farmers’ markets in…
Gotham Greens: New York's Rooftop Garden
Gotham Greens: New York’s Rooftop Garden A food producer in New York has found an innovative way to grow food in Brooklyn, a city with little open space: rooftop gardens.…
Eat Locally and In Season This Thanksgiving
Eat Locally and In Season This Thanksgiving Thanksgiving is a surprisingly easy time of year to incorporate local, in-season foods, as well as a great opportunity to show family and…
Edible and Medicinal Plants of the Desert Southwest
Edible and Medicinal Plants of the Desert Southwest By Tayler Jenkins If you’ve ever hiked through the desert, you’ve observed the strikingly beautiful stretch of rocks, cacti, and shrubs that…
Urban Farm Guides App Available Today for Download
Urban Farm Guides App Available Today for Download By Greg Peterson I’m very excited to announce that our new Urban Farm Guides app was released for iPad and iPhone today. The…
