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Category Archives: Farm City
Vietnam
People keep pigs in Vietnam, even in big cities.
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Slow down…
“Rushing around was part of city life, but I hated when it interfered with the farm animals. If I had more time, I would have been able to save that turkey poult…I made a silent pledge to move a little … Continue reading
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Parisian gardens
“‘In the middle of Paris in the nineteenth century – right in the middle of the city – huge tracts of public land were devoted to market gardens,’ Willow said. ‘They would scoop up the manure from the horse-drawn carriages … Continue reading
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Caracas, Venezuela
“In addition to several massive urban farms in downtown Caracas, Willow learned about a government-sponsored food-growing program for los ranchos, the squatter villages in the hills. Along with encouraging some small-animal husbandry, the government provided people with hydroponic grow tables … Continue reading
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Novella’s definition
“My definition of ‘urban farming’ involved selling, trading, or giving the products of the farm to someone else. There couldn’t just be a producer; there had to be a separate consumer. A real farm also had to involve some kind … Continue reading
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Are urban farms real farms?
“The term ‘urban farm’ had become part of the popular vernacular, and many people – especially real, rural farmers – took umbrage at it. They were especially annoyed when the self-proclaimed urban farmers had only a few heads of lettuce … Continue reading
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Collective effort of urban farms
“I had come to realize that urban farming wasn’t about one farm, just as a beehive isn’t about an individual bee… Urban farms have to be added together in order to make a farm. So when I say that I’m … Continue reading
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Pliny the Elder
“This quote from Pliny the Elder, the ancient Roman naturalist, about Epicurus, the famous Greek hedonist: ‘That connoisseur in the enjoyment of life of ease was the first to lay out a garden at Athens; up to his time it … Continue reading
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US Cities known for urban ag
Philadelphia Brooklyn Detroit East Austin
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