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Urban Agriculture
How A Traditional Agricultural City Functions: The Case Of San Isidro, Costa Rica
Submitted by Dylan on Fri, 05/03/2013 - 12:54pmIf you're one of those that is interested in the agricultural New Urbanist community concept, then you might want to check out the city of San Isidro, Costa Rica. San Isidro is a city with a population of around 35,000. It lies nestled in a valley surrounded on all sides by beautiful mou... read more »
CNU CITY SPOTLIGHT: Cleveland’s Agricultural Form
Submitted by bdonne44 on Wed, 11/14/2012 - 2:06pm
This post is part of a new series on the CNU Salons, CITY SPOTLIGHT. City Spotlight shines a light on the latest news, developments and initiatives occurring in cities and towns where CNU members live and work.
The below post is a City Spotlight on the nascent urban agriculture movement afoot ... read more »
Garden Cities: Theory & Practice of Agrarian Urbanism - Book Review
Submitted by josh.oconner on Mon, 10/10/2011 - 10:30amOne of the more familiar tenets of the New Urbanist development paradigm is the use of compact development patterns which utilize high densities as a means to contain suburban development in order to preserve the pastoral and idyllic conditions often destroyed by sprawl. Within this scheme, New Urba... read more »
Growing Power: My Urban Farming Adventure (Part 2 of 2)
Submitted by Johanna Bye on Thu, 04/21/2011 - 1:09amA few weeks ago, I wrote about my spring break at Growing Power, an urban farm in Milwaukee. The farm’s founder, Will Allen, is speaking at this year’s Congress in Madison, WI. For part two of my blog, I’ll focus on Growing Power’s role in the community, and the impact of Will Allen’s work... read more »
Making the Case for Urban Agriculture
Submitted by Ben Schulman on Thu, 03/31/2011 - 10:41amThe following article is a contribution from K. Rashid Nuri, the founder of the Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture in Atlanta.
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Growing Power: My Urban Farming Adventure (Part 1 of 2)
Submitted by Johanna Bye on Mon, 03/28/2011 - 1:58pmWhile my classmates left the Midwest for sunny locales this spring break, I headed to Milwaukee, where I spent a few days learning the ins and outs of urban farming at Growing Power, a national nonprofit and land trust that supports diverse populations and communities by helping to provide equal acc... read more »