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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…
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 Aldo Leopold, American author, scientist and environmentalist, said that not owning a farm creates the “spiritual danger” of “supposing that breakfast comes from…
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…
Your Green Lawn By Greg Peterson Oh, the double meaning there. AND why the heck is Greg the Urban Farmer talking about growing a lawn? Primarily because it drives me…
Fruit Tree Tour Teaches Kids about Sustainable Food Thanks to an organization called Common Vision, children all over California are learning about the environment by planting fruit tree orchards at…
Raised Vs Lowered Beds, That is the Question By Greg Peterson I am often asked raised or lowered garden beds, and I always say it depends. In warmer climates…
Why Garden? By Catherine, the Herb Lady “Unemployment is capitalism’s way of getting you to plant a garden.” Orson Scott Card* The simple pleasure of growing edible vegetables, fruits and…
Urban Farming on a Different Scale Many of you know that this past January I moved out of the Urban Farm. What you may not know is that I am…
Urban Orcharding – Growing Your Own Fruit Trees When you think of an orchard, do you envision acres of perfectly spaced apple trees and workers on ladders picking the fruit…
Becoming an Urban Farmer We are in the mist of a revolution. A food revolution to transform our industrial food system into local food systems that grow healthy, ripe in…