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Greening America’s Capitals

The Downtown Greenway along East Boulevard in Baton Rouge is located in a median that once contained a streetcar line. Rain gardens are located on the side of the street to collect and treat stormwater runoff before it goes into the city's sewer system.

January 13, 2014, www.epa.gov | “Greening America’s Capitals is an EPA program to help state capitals develop an implementable vision of environmentally friendly neighborhoods that incorporate innovative green infrastructure strategies. In collaboration with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) through the Partnership for Sustainable Communities, EPA provides design assistance to help support sustainable communities that protect the environment, economy, and public health and to inspire state leaders to expand this work elsewhere.”

Greening America’s Capitals | Smart Growth | US EPA
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View of the Connecticut state capitol envisioned with native grasses and rain gardens. Image courtesy of Nelson Byrd Woltz.
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Germans speaking out against industrial meat and agriculture

January 9, 2014, www.iatp.org | “One of Berlin’s big newspapers, the Berlin Zeitung, flashed images of little piglets today and of mass produced turkeys. This is part of a bigger build up towards a major demonstration on January 18 in which over 20,000 citizens are expected in Berlin to protest against industrial farming in the country—mass meat production being the vivid centerpiece for why it is so bad for people and the environment.”

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One of Berlin’s big newspapers, the Berlin Zeitung, flashed images of little piglets today and of mass produced turkeys. This is part of a bigger build up towards a major demonstration on January 18 in which over 20,000 citizens are expected in Berlin to protest against industrial farming in the cou…”
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Armenian ways of preserving fruit

January 7, 2014, facebook.com | “This is one the traditional Armenian ways of preserving fruit- they dry it! There are a myriad of forms, and some are so beautiful, like the dried pears with the skins still on them! This photo was taken in Yerevan, Armenia in on eof the major markets.”

Walnuts, figs, pears, dates, apricots……all unsulfured, untreated, regionally produced and traded, from Armenia, Iran, Turkey, Lebanon…..I so miss the treasures and delights of this region of the world.
This is one the traditional Armenian ways of preserving fruit- they dry it! There are a myriad of forms, and some are so beautiful, like the dried pears with the skins still on them! This photo was taken in Yerevan, Armenia in on eof the major markets. Everyone should dry fruit for their larder- it is a great way to store it – natural and nutritious!
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A 140-Acre Forest Is About to Materialize in the Middle of Detroit

A 140-Acre Forest Is About to Materialize in the Middle of Detroit

October 25, 2013, www.theatlanticcities.com | “After nearly five years of planning, a large-scale attempt to turn a big chunk of Detroit into an urban forest is now underway. The purchase of more than 1,500 vacant city-owned lots on the city’s lower east side – a total of more than 140 acres – got final approval from Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr and Michigan Governor Rick Snyder last week.”

A 140-Acre Forest Is About to Materialize in the Middle of Detroit
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The city’s emergency manager has approved a deal to turn scores of blighted properties into a lush green space with maple and oak trees.
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Hi Hoe Produce at Bluebird Farm

 

Photo: A field in SeptemberHi Hoe Produce at Bluebird Farm, Williams, Oregon http://www.ashlandfood.coop/growers/hi-hoe-produce-bluebird-farm

www.ashlandfood.coop | “The crops at Bluebird Farm aren’t just a feast for the table – they’re also a feast for the eyes!  Listening to Chi Scherer talk at an Ashland Food Co-op sponsored farm tour of his farm can be a mystical experience. “Plants are the skin of the earth,” he observes, explaining further that when you turn soil, “you’ve created a wound.” To heal that wound, you plant either a cover crop or a production crop. On his farm harvest isn’t over until the ground has been seeded with a cover crop. It’s a cycle of giving, and receiving, and giving back.”

 

A field in September
Hi Hoe Produce at Bluebird Farm, Williams, Oregon
http://www.ashlandfood.coop/growers/hi-hoe-produce-bluebird-farm
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Food Security in Zimbabwe through Permaculture

August 12, 2013, www.indiegogo.com | “Hi, I’m John Seed of the Rainforest Information Centre. I’ve been working for the conservation of nature since 1979. I’ve noticed that wherever rainforests are disappearing, one of the engines of the destruction is invariably unsustainable agriculture.”

Food Security through Permaculture in Zimbabwe
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22 years of permaculture has moved 7000 people from malnutrition to abundance. Help them teach another impoverished community how food security may be attained
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Foodscaping in Geneva, Switzerland

July 8, 2013, www.facebook.com | “This is called ‘Foodscaping’ in Geneva, Switzerland. Each yard is a vegetable garden and neighbors consult and plan what each will grow so they can trade. Imagine if we did this in the US?”

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This is called “Foodscaping”
Geneva, Switzerland. Each yard is a vegetable garden and neighbors consult and plan what each will grow so they can trade. Imagine if we did this in the US?
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Photo: This is called "Foodscaping" Geneva, Switzerland. Each yard is a vegetable garden and neighbors consult and plan what each will grow so they can trade. Imagine if we did this in the US? via SEED: The Untold Story
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Growing food in abondoned Brooklyn lots

Photo: Interim use: These guys are growing chilis tomatoes beans mustard greens and some red leafs I don't know the name of :) all while waiting for the MTA to sign the lease and the NewYork Restoration Project to turn this into a landscaped oasis. http://596acres.org/en/lot/3042060001/

596acres.org | “The community is interested in reclaiming the portion of this lot that is at the corner of Forbell Street; it’s on top of the track at the point where train goes under ground.  This MTA site used to be a garden about 20 years ago. The residents who maintained the garden, mostly Italians, moved away and the lot became abandoned. The community, together, with the mosque next door, is ready to remove the fence and make this space a resource again.”

Interim use: These guys are growing chilis tomatoes beans mustard greens and some red leafs I don’t know the name of all while waiting for the MTA to sign the lease and the NewYork Restoration Project to turn this into a landscaped oasis.

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Ecological Land Co-op wins planning permission at appeal

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April 9, 2013, www.permaculture.co.uk | “Planning permission has finally been granted to Greenham Reach Small-holdings as part of the Ecological Land Co-operative (ELC) in Devon after a four year journey.  The three residential smallholdings are to be made accessible to people who want to work on the land but normally would not be able to afford the high price of land. They will be built as part of the ELC’s aim to save land from being intensively managed.”

 

“Ecological Land Co-op wins planning permission at appeal
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The Ecological Land Co-operative, originally set up by Shaun Chamberlain and Mark Boyle, have finally achieved planning permission for three small holdings in Devon after a 4 year struggle.”

 

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Chicago tackles the next big challenge in urban ag: Growing farmers

March 15, 2013, grist.org | “A new, seven-acre urban “accelerator farm” taking root on Chicago’s south side will soon grow one of the Windy City’s most-needed crops: farmers.  Called South Chicago Farm, it will be the seeding ground for Farmers for Chicago, a recruiting program announced today by Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Growing Power, the Milwaukee-based urban farming organization founded by MacArthur Award-winning urban ag luminary Will Allen.”

Chicago tackles the next big challenge in urban ag: Growing farmers
City officials unveil plans today to create a new generation of growers who will turn thousands of vacant lots into Chicago’s bread baskets.
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