The best view in Alameda County may be down on the farm — City View Farm, that is, a new eight-acre parcel of fruit treees and vegetables being grown on county land in an effort to create jobs while providing fresh foods in […]
The Saskatoon Food Bank and Learning Centre hopes to grow a little healthy competition this year alongside the potatoes and corn at its garden patch in the city’s downtown. The food bank is challenging businesses, community groups and citizens to […]
In the Old Redford neighborhood in northwest Detroit, community gardener Kofi Royal, 64, has been busy planning what to grow this spring. The community plot he tends covers just a couple of vacant lots. But he and John George, the […]
Community supported agriculture sounds so simple. Support a local farm, get to know your farmer, enjoy weekly deliveries of fresh produce, and rest easy knowing that you’ve voted for the local economy with your food dollars. More…
Posing for a photo with handfuls of potatoes from their school garden, two children from Dayton Elementary School grace the cover of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new report on its role in the local fresh foods movement. More…
You may think that the great historic debate between communism and private property is over. Well, it’s not. Not at your local community garden. Take, for example, the experience of Campos Community Garden in Manhattan’s East Village. More…
RICHMOND, Va. – W. B. Braxton-Bantu had a “meager meal” for breakfast at Conrad Soup Kitchen on a recent Sunday morning. It consisted only of a small portion of oatmeal and a cup of coffee. He said that it’s difficult […]
In elementary school, I may not have understood the full social and economic ramifications of my family’s decision to participate in community-supported agriculture (CSA), but I certainly understood the excitement and childhood delight that came from opening a box filled […]
SALT LAKE CITY — More people in Utah are turning to local farms to get fresh produce every week through a program called Community Supported Agriculture. More…
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2012–The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today 27 grants to local organizations to build community food systems and fight hunger and food insecurity. The awards were made by USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) […]
