Urban Farmers Provide Nourishment in Low-income Neighborhoods
Krishna Ramanujan
http://www.justgarciahill.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=296&Itemid=&ed=15
PS I'm including here a resource list full of inspiring stuff on this topic:
(please send me others you may have)
URBAN AGRICULTURE/FOOD JUSTICE RESOURCES 10/15/08
People's Grocery West Oakland. Develops a
socially just and sustainable food
system in W. Oakland through community-based,
youth-focused and innovative social
enterprises, urban agricultural projects,
educational programs and public policy
initiatives http://peoplesgrocery.org
City Slicker Farms West Oakland www.cityslickerfarms.org
Grows Affordable Fresh Produce for West Oakland
The Food Project Boston
http://www.thefoodproject.org/
Grows a community of youth and adults from
diverse backgrounds who work together
to build a sustainable food system. They produce
healthy food for residents of the city
and suburbs and provide youth leadership opportunities. Has a book on youth
leadership.
article about Food Project:
The World Grows Smaller
http://www.heifer.org/site/pp.aspx?c=edJRKQNiFiG&b=4860831&printmode=1
Growing Power/ Growing Power Milwaukee. Supports people from diverse
backgrounds and the environment in which they
live by helping to provide equal access
to healthy, high-quality, safe and affordable
food http://www.growingpower.org/
http://slowfoodnation.org/blog/2008/09/23/will-allen-at-growing-power-wins-
macarthur-fellowship . An Urban Farmer Is Rewarded for His Dream
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/01/dining/01genius.html?_r=1&ref=dining&oref=slogin
Short video
http://www.macfound.org/site/apps/nlnet/content3.aspx?c=lkLXJ8MQKrH&b=451391
5&ct=5984659
Growing Food and Justice For All
https://www.growingfoodandjustice.org/
Red Hook Community Farm Brooklyn, NY. also see "Added Value" below
Sweat Equity Put to Use Within Sight of Wall St. NY Times Oct 7, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/nyregion/08about.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xF1fV6804Q4 short video
Added Value Brooklyn, NY
Added Value is a non-profit organization
promoting the sustainable development of
Red Hook creating opportunities for the youth of South Brooklyn..through the
operation of a socially responsible urban farming
enterprise. www.added-value.org/
Rochester Roots Rochester, NY
www.rochesterroots.org Rochester Roots develops
self-reliance by providing the education and
tools that help low-income people obtain
nutritious, locally grown food, and through the
development and marketing of urban produce and
products.
http://www.ediblecommunities.com/fingerlakes/summer-2009/in-the-garden.htm
Foodlink/Freshwise Farms Rochester, NY
Foodlink (Abundance Shared) created a hydroponic
greenhouse called Freshwise Farms. which
provides pesticide-free greens, year-round, to
maximize access to nutritious food in the
Rochester area. Proceeds return to Foodlink to
help in the fight against local hunger.
http://www.foodlinkny.org/programs_freshwise_farms.aspx
Common Good City Farm Washington, DC http://commongoodcityfarm.org/
Common Good City Farm is an urban farm and
education center growing food for low-
income residents in Washington, DC
Growing Prospects Winnipeg, Manitoba. Hydroponics enterprise provides
individuals on income assistance with the skills
they need to find full-time employment
in the horticulture and greenhouse industries
http://www.bsdglobal.com/viewcasestudy.asp?id=70
www.caledoninst.org/Publications/PDF/894598989.pdf
Just Food NYC Food Justice Just Food is a
non-profit organization that works to develop a
just and sustainable food system in the New York
City region www.justfood.org/jf/ -
City Farms Project www.justfood.org/cityfarms/
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/ask-about-community-gardens-in-new-
york/#comment-399999
Green Guerillas NYC www.greenguerillas .org
Green Guerillas uses a unique mix of education,
organizing, and advocacy to help people cultivate
community gardens, sustain grassroots groups and
coalitions, engage youth, paint colorful murals,
and address issues critical to the future of
their gardens.
Growing Green in Detroit A Rust Belt city
discovers the benefits of urban gardening
http://features.csmonitor.com/gardening/2008/08/21/growing-green-in-detroit/
People Uniting to Create Green Neighborhoods Seattle
Entire neighborhoods decide to go "green"
Holly Ramer Seattle Times, October 4, 2008
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_14979.cfm
Vertical Urban Farming
High rise farming in cities, by Dickson
Despommier, written up in "Get Vertical"
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/feature/id/36823/title/Let%E2%80%99s_Get_Vertic
al The project site is www.verticalfarm.com
A Farm on Every Floor
Dickson D. Despommier August 23, 2009 Op-Ed NYTimes
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/opinion/24Despommier.html
Sky Vegetables Rooftop farms on supermarkets cut shipping miles! SF Bay Area
skyvegetables.com
Touch the Soil magazine, Local Food First/Grassroots Economics /Agricultural
Awareness www.touchthesoil.com
City Farmer News www.cityfarmer.info from Vancouver, BC world's most visited
urban ag website
Vitalizing the Vacant - policies that support
urban agriculture, report on 5 urban farms
at sites across the country, NYU student Annie Myers
http://thoughtsonthetable.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/vitalizing-the-vacant/
The 37 page pdf is linked at the end of her post.
"The Garden" 80-minute documentary about a community garden chronicles the
effort to save a 14-acre garden in South Central L.A., which hundreds of Latino
residents had transformed into an oasis of corn,
papayas, apples, peppers and more.
Urban Farmers Provide Nourishment in Low-income Neighborhoods
Krishna Ramanujan Short and compelling
http://www.justgarciahill.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=296&Itemid=&ed=15
Urban Farming Around the World slide show Time magazine
http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1913033,00.html
2009 School & Community Gardening & Resource
Guide Cooperative Extension Tompkins County
user-friendly info-packed, 27pages including
local, regional and national garden resource
guides
607-272-2292
Elan Shapiro [email protected]
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Elan Shapiro
Sustainable Living Associates
Frog's Way B&B
211 Rachel Carson Way
Ithaca, NY 14850
607-275-0249 607-592-8402 Cell
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Mohandas Gandhi
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