...is something I considered years ago. As Greg Beato points out at the end entrepreneurship among local food producers is great, using the land merely for profit is not. But I do like the Underground Farmer’s Market idea.
-Let's do an quick, global urban agriculture and permaculture jaunt. In western Sierra Leone farmers are looking to claw back land being encroached upon. In Kerala, India the Chief Minister has announced an organic farming policy which will turn the ENTIRE STATE into anorganic farming oasis.
-Many people know that water is way cheaper than it should be and the Tyee illuminates some of the challenges with conservation. One big one, you can't conserve what you can't measure and in Canada, "32.6 per cent of houses are metered in BC, 16.5 per cent in Quebec, and less than one per cent in Newfoundland". Wow.
To get your complete fix on water, check out the The Water Undergrounda 24-minute video which tracks the complex, aging and sometimes contested, systems of water supply, treatment and waste that serve New York City.
-If you're in Brooklyn this weekend and have a hankering for some urban agriculture skillsharing RSVP quick. Speaking of get togethers, if you're in Santa Cruz all are welcome to come celebrate the summer with other LGBTQ and supportive gardeners, farmers, and food lovers. Festivities from 2 to 9 pm on June 19th, including Farm Tours, workshops (Beekeeping, Fermenting, Pickling, & more!).
-Yale's Robert Stern thinks “in 10 years we’re not going to talk about sustainability anymore, because it’s going to be built into the core processes of architecture.” Who's bettin' what?
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