On AlterNet: urban farming

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "urban farming"

Vision -- Urban Roots: Detroit's Industrial Collapse Gives Birth to Flourishing City Gardening Movement

Kayla Heinen, AlterNet. April 14, 2011.

New documentary highlights the incredible rise of urban gardening in one of the least expected places.

Urban Farming Booms on New York City's Rooftops

AFPApril 28, 2010.

Thanks in part to Mayor Bloomberg's plaNYC 2030 program, the Big Apple is finally living up to its name.

Fresh Food From Small Spaces: A Beginner's Guide to Urban Farming

Makenna Goodman, Chelsea Green Publishing. November 18, 2009.

You don't need a red barn and rolling wheat fields. Urbanites, too, can grow their own food indoors, in cramped spaces, and without access to land! For real.

What's the Big Hubbub Over a New Book Arguing NYC Is America's Greenest City?

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. October 16, 2009.

New Yorker writer David Owen has environmentalists shooting broadsides at his new book; do we really want to replicate the Big Apple across America?

Will Cities Soon Be Able to Feed Themselves?

Emily Wilson, AlterNet. October 2, 2008.

A growing interest in urban farming is sprouting all kinds of new ideas -- including growing food in high-rises.