Tag: Community Gardens - Page 4
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New Community Garden Rules Offer Weaker Protection Than 2002 Agreement: NY State Lead Attorney
To hear NYC Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe describe it, either on WNYC or in the New York Post, the proposed rules governing the City's hundreds of community gardens are a definite step up from the 2002 Spitzer Agreement in
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New York Community Garden Supporters Turn Out in Scores for Public Hearing on Their Fate
A quick update on the status of new proposed rules covering New York City's community gardens: Scores of garden supporters turned out for a public hearing, alongside activists and the City Council Speaker, all saying they
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New York's Community Gardens Lose Protected Status, Threatened With Development Under New Rules
If you're a New Yorker or just a fan of community gardening no matter where you live, pay attention: Under newly proposed rules from the New York City Parks and Recreation Department and Department of Housing Preservation
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Guerilla Gardening. Literally.
Is it the militarization of gardening? Or the gardenization of weapons? Following in the tradition of putting flowers into gun barrels, Tony Minh Nguyen and SnowHome have taken inspiration from the concept of "guerilla gardening" to
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Hayes Valley Farm- Get Your Hands Dirty or Watch Dirt the Movie
Zooming by Oak and Fell Streets in San Francisco, you may not notice the bustling growth that is taking place behind the fence on the corner of Laguna and Oak. When the City removed the Laguna freeway off-ramp, there remained 2.5
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Community Wins Allotment Gardening Battle
It's a David and Goliath story ; an instructive lesson in community activism with a great ending.
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A Defense of School Gardens and Response to Caitlin Flanagan's "Cultivating Failure" in The Atlantic
The Edible Schoolyard program, which began in 1995 at Martin Luther King public middle school in Berkeley, has inspired growth of garden programs in other communities throughout the county during the past 15 years.The program
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The Leopoldo Urban Vegetable Garden becomes a Therapeutic Tool
For many years now (read our first article about Leopoldo in 2005), this Catalan design is appearing in more and more homes, restaurants, galleries and other spaces in need of green and locally grown food. It changed in size and
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Batalla Verde: From Mud Battles to Green Spaces, Guerilla-Gardening Style
You probably heard of la Tomatina, the tomato fight, in Spain, where each year some 50.000 visitors get together to throw 100.000 kilos of tomatoes at each other. And then there are
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An Edible Schoolyard in Durham: How Kids Grow (Video)
We're big fans of edible schoolyards. From Alice Waters' original edible schoolyard efforts in California to one school's garden in the arid deserts of Arizona the concept is reconnecting kids with their food and each other. Kids in my neck of the
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Growing Food, and Community, in the Desert
A cynic might look at a program like the Edible Schoolyard -- the much-lauded school garden initiative launched by Chez Panisse's Alice Waters -- and
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A Conversation with 7 Planning Directors: Theft is a Good Thing!
Planning Directors from 7 forward thinking cities
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1,200 Acres of Arable Land Found in Oakland; What Does that Mean for Local Food?
One common lament about local food is that there simply isn't enough of it. The best part about it -- that it's different in every foodshed, location to location -- also means that the supply can
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Readers, Send Us Your Fall Garden Photos!
Is the soil in your garden still supporting summer vegetables like zucchinis and tomatoes? Have you prepared for fall frost and winter weather with help from your composted vegetables and other soil
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WTF? Vandals Destroy Portland Community Gardens
From OregonLive:
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Sustainable Prisons: Con or Pro?
As the US tries to close Gitmo, yet expects other countries to take our detainees, the town of Standish, Michigan is standing up to save the day and save its devastated economy by offering its maximum-security prison to
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Giving through Growing. Woodbridge Wines Donate to Community Garden Projects
The American Community Gardening Association (ACGA) is a bi-national nonprofit that aims to build community by increasing and enhancing community gardening and greening across the United States and Canada. The ACGA reckon there are 20,000 gardens
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No Nutritional Value? Top 5 organic food stories of the week
The organic apple cart was upset this week when the UK Food Standards Agency released the results of their research into the nutritional benefits of organic food. According to the FSA there aren't any, or least none that are 'important'! Unsurprisingly
