Ontario is set to become the first jurisdiction to put a limit on the use of neonics, a class of agricultural insecticides blamed for the reduction in bee numbers. This article, in particular, is a head scratcher. It's not simply "farmers" vs "the government", other groups like nurses and doctors have called for a ban for a while.
-Chicago is trying to address food deserts by outfitting buses and bring produce to the articles most in need.
-The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization estimates it would only cost $160 per person to eliminate hunger.
-Rhode Island may get an Infrastructure Bank soon. It's Clean Water Finance Agency may expand what it's already doing (making loans to cities and towns for sewer projects and other clean water infrastructure) and is already thinking beyond that. It just added roads and bridges to its portfolio and may finance all kinds of green infrastructure improvements, meaning everything from stormwater infrastructure to energy retrofits for buildings. The article states "the new green infrastructure bank would make giant loans – in some cases 'a half a million dollars or higher' for massive energy overhauls of public buildings."
How about green roofs as well?
-Oregon has been very supportive of urban agriculture. Now they will even allow you to grow marijuana (four plants) in your backyard, since it is now legal.
-For folks interested in (or in the middle of) an urban agriculture business a grad student has several models for success.
-Could the future of farming be underwater? If nothing else, we now know seaweed is a useful additive to green roof substrate. Perhaps it is to regular soil as well?
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