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Comment by Suzan Hampton on August 26, 2012 at 11:22am

Marin Community Garden Summit Sept. 8. Learn about edible gardens, hens, beekeeping, and composting in Marin! 

Comment by Suzan Hampton on February 28, 2012 at 7:39am

Urban farming video posted by Anamaria Castillo Charpentier here at...

Comment by Suzan Hampton on February 24, 2012 at 8:06am

Seattle's Food Forest - first in USA

Comment by Suzan Hampton on February 10, 2012 at 7:17pm

Sweetwater Organics: an aquaponic urban gardening initiative in Wis... This is an ingenious closed-loop system: reject produce from city supermarkets feeds worm compost, which is used to grow food indoors in a converted warehouse in an economically disadvantaged part of the city which lacks easy access to healthy food ("food desert"). Water runoff from the plant beds is channeled to tanks of 100,000 tilapia (fish), who eat the nutrients. Fish waste is used as fertilizer, fish are used as food. The water is re-used to water the plants, which clean the water as it passes through their beds.

Comment by Suzan Hampton on February 2, 2012 at 11:40am

Brooklyn Grange - the world's largest rooftop farm.

Comment by Suzan Hampton on February 2, 2012 at 11:38am

Article on a study that will quantify the benefits of urban agricul... - beyond food production and community-building, their study focuses on urban ag as a key component of green infrastructure to reduce stormwater runoff.

Comment by Suzan Hampton on August 19, 2011 at 1:51pm

Photos of the Marin County Community Garden Summit are posted at: 

http://land8lounge.com/photo/album/show?id=2025679%3AAlbum%3A392567...

 

Eighty-five local gardening and food system stakeholders and over 40 school gardens' interests were represented at the first-ever Marin County Community Garden Summit, sponsored by UC Berkeley Extension and the Marin Master Gardeners on April 29. The program included speakers, tabling by non-profit and for-profit organizations, community garden walking tours in the neighborhood, and a locally grown and produced lunch.

 

Presentations and discussions centered on how to influence public policy and zoning laws to allow development of new gardens and expansion of existing gardens. Currently there are over 220 people on waiting lists to participate in community gardens in Marin County. 

 

First steps were also taken to create a Marin Community Garden Network organization to share information, ideas, and resources among stakeholders. 

 

The 2012 Summit will be organized by the Marin Master Gardener's Community Gardens Committee.

Comment by Suzan Hampton on May 18, 2011 at 12:40pm

San Francisco Urban Ag Zoning Proposal Signed Into Law--April 20, 2011--Mayor Ed Lee signed into law San Francisco's new urban agriculture zoning ordinance. Going forward, gardens will be allowed in all parts of the city and gardeners will be able to sell what they grow. This legislation puts San Francisco at the forefront of cities that are updating their zoning codes to encourage urban agriculture. Learn more at: http://www.sfuaa.org/