by auachicago | Sep 10, 2009 | Chicago, National
Though urban farming has been around since the days of Machu Picchu, urban gardens are only recently becoming popular in U.S. cities. To make you immediately nostalgic for those quickly disappearing summer days, Causecast wanted to take a look at the five American...
by auachicago | Aug 28, 2009 | Legislation, National
For somewhere like Chicago, as we learned earlier today, urban farming may come to represent an important and sustainable source of food that’s attractive to consumers. So make your voice heard and tell the Department of Agriculture to take urban farming...
by auachicago | Aug 28, 2009 | National
Who do you picture when you think of an American farmer? A leathery-handed AARP type who rises at dawn, works the fields all day and returns home when Sally Mae rings the supper bell? If so, you aren’t too far off. According to the USDA, the average American...
by auachicago | Jul 28, 2009 | National
Urban Gardens Grow During Troubled Times | Newsweek Life | Newsweek.com.
by auachicago | Mar 20, 2009 | National
Press release from Kitchen Gardeners International 100,000 Applaud Announcement of a New White House Food Garden Environment, Nation’s Food System and People’s Health Stand to Benefit (Scarborough, Maine) –100,000 people signed a petition asking the Obamas...