Showing posts with label food security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food security. Show all posts
Sunday, April 18, 2010

Threatened Honeybees and Urban Sanctuaries

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On the 20 th of March, I attended a beekeeping workshop at Zenger Farm in Southeast Portland. The class was taught by Tom Lea, one of th...
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Saturday, March 27, 2010

Leaving the Cubicle for the Farm (In The City)

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One of the greatest needs of First World society (particularly in the United States) over the next several decades is for a great reskilli...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Managing Trees, Stormwater and Hunger in the City

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As I mentioned in a recent post, I recently participated in a community tree planting effort. The mass planting took place on the 13 th ...
Saturday, January 23, 2010

Brownfields and Urban Agriculture - Assessing The Challenges (Part 2)

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This is the second part of a transcript of an interview I conducted last week with Clark Henry of the Portland Brownfield Program. In thi...
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Sunday, October 18, 2009

Community-Managed Safety Nets, Food Security and Zenger Farm

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It should be fairly obvious by now that the last few decades have seen the tearing apart of government-backed social safety nets in much o...
Sunday, May 24, 2009

Brownfield Remediation For Urban Homesteaders

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Urban homesteading is a very valuable skill set for the times we now face. One of the most important aspects of urban homesteading is for...
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