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2010 archive

December 2010

1. Last issue’s question
In our September issue we asked our readers this question: Are vertical farms a real sustainable means of local food production? Laura from Ashton under Lyne (UK) sent us a very thoroughly answer.  Here is an excerpt: “The key concept that seems to get forgotten here is ‘embodied energy’. It is impossible to make any sensible judgement as to whether vertical farms will or won’t save the world until we know what the embodied energy of building such a structure would be. ‘Sustainable’ building techniques often just mean ‘slightly more sustainable than other kinds of building’ rather than genuinely carbon neutral and low-impact. Even if wood and straw bales could be made to safely stay piled to 30 storeys (which they can’t), it certainly takes a lot of land to grow all that wood and straw, and it would take a long time for any land-saving benefits of the vertical farm to repay that debt”
Thank you Laura!

2. Apples, Apples, Apples!
This past month we have been invited to numerous Apple Days in London. Some of them were sourced with apples from trees in public spaces and harvested by local residents. Sarah Calian reports on this growing trend http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303738504575568070411401644.html

3. Vacancies for early stage PhD research
CPLAN has recently been awarded EU funding to develop a Marie Curie Initial Training Network on urban and regional food dynamics. The project has a total of 12 vacancies for early stage/PhD researchers, each for a period of 36 months (two researchers will be based in CPLAN, three in Wageningen, two will be hosted by Pisa University, Italy; two by Latvia University; one by City University London; one by the Federal University Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; and one by Makerere University School of Public Health, Uganda). More information at http://ruralsociologywageningen.wordpress.com/2010/10/07/purefood-research-and-training-network/

4. Carrot City
Surely most of you have heard of Carrot City, the exhibition that shows how the design of buildings and cities can contribute to the production of food?  Well, the creators of Carrot City launched Living Concrete-Carrot City on October 1st.  An exhibition at the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery, part of the Parsons New School for Design in New York, this is a dialog between what is already happening in terms of growing food in cities and its potential in becoming part of architecture and urban design. As part of the exhibition the university will be hosting a range of events every Wednesday from now until December, more details at http://www.newschool.edu/parsons/subpage.aspx?id=55952

5. Agromere
Almere is the youngest city in The Netherlands established in the late 1970’s. Since then the city has grown to 186,011 inhabitants and with a target to hold 350,000 by 2030. Therefore Almere will be expanding towards the Northeast where approximately 4,000ha of fertile farming land is available. In response to this expansion a group of local stakeholders have got together to create “Agromere”, a project that will lead to a new residential quarter where agriculture is fully integrated. The project also aims to influence local government and other stakeholders to include Urban Agriculture in the “draft structure vision 2030”.  You can find more details of Agromere at http://www.agromere.wur.nl/UK/The_project/

6. Toronto home grown vegetables
Young Urban Farmers is a Toronto-Based company funded by three young university grads.  The founders have been gardeners since little kids and now they have developed a unique gardening system that allows families to garden in a few simple steps. Also they offer food growing advice to teachers, families and young people. To find out more about Young Urban Farmers visit
http://www.youngurbanfarmers.com/

7. The Garden
Last year we stumbled upon “The Garden”: a movie by Scott Kennedy that documents the plight of urban farmers from Alameda in South Central Los Angeles to defend their community garden from the hands of the city of Los Angeles council. Most of the farmers are immigrants from Latin America, from countries where they feared for their lives if they were to speak out.  The movie watches them organize, fight back, and demand answers. You can see a trailer of the movie at http://www.thegardenmovie.com/

 

September 2010

1. Feature: Garden Resource Programme (Detroit, USA)
The Garden Resource Programme (GRP) was created between The Greening of Detroit, Detroit Agriculture Network, EarthWorks Urban Farm/Capuchin Soup Kitchen, and Michigan State University  to recognize the importance of urban agriculture in providing fresh local food to families, building communities and renovating vacant land in the city of Detroit.

The programme offers support to homes, schools and community gardens that grow food. For a nominal fee participants become part of a network of urban farmers, receive training and technical assistance and become advocates of urban agriculture and community gardens across the city.  To date GRP works with 185 organizations and hundreds of individuals. To find out more visit http://www.detroitagriculture.org/

2. Question for our readers: Vertical Farms, are they a real sustainable means of local food production?
The New York Times first published an article in 2007 called Skyfarming. This article features the research of Dr. Dickson Despommier about “vertical farms” that grow food in the city. He believes that 150 farms could feed New York, but an article published two weeks ago in the Guardian by George Monbiot challenges Dr. Despommier’s research. Monbiot criticizes “vertical farms” because they wouldn’t be carbon free, therefore making them a method no better than our current one or worse. Do you agree?  Please send your thoughts about these articles. You can find the New York Times article at http://nymag.com/news/features/30020/ and the guardian article at http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/aug/16/green-ivory-towers-farm-skyscrapers

3. Capital Growth Open Gardens Day September 25th
The Open Gardens Day is a great opportunity for Londoners to visit their local community food growing space. Thirteen Capital Growth spaces will be open on 25 September offering Londoners the chance to take a look at the site, participate in different activities, and learn how to get involved. Capital Growth has also organised a bike tour between some of the gardens http://capitalgrowth.org/opengardens/

4. 1st Global Summit on Metropolitan Agriculture 28-30 of October
Reos Partners, an international organization dedicated to support and build capacity around the world, have organized a summit to explore how innovations in agriculture and food systems can be useful in meeting essential needs for people in cities. In addition they will be launching The Metropolitan Agriculture Innoversity. This will be a space where stakeholders around the world will be able to share their visions about metropolitan agriculture and put them into action through innovative projects http://www.metropolitanagriculture.com/

5. AESOP 2nd European Sustainable Food Planning Conference 29-30 October
The Association of European Schools of Planning will be discussing how urban and rural planning can support sustainable and equitable food systems. The conference will focus on four topics: urban agriculture, integrating health environment and society, food in urban design and planning and food governance. You can find out more here.

6. Edible Estates Conference October 21st
This half-day conference is a great opportunity for those working in local government, social housing or community sectors, as well as residents who want to set up food growing projects.  It brings together the expertise and lessons learnt from support to over 600 food-growing spaces across London, many of which are working with or are lead by social housing residents. 

Speakers include Rosie Boycott, (Chair of London Food), Belinda Porich (Head of London Region, National Housing Federation), Elizabeth Hoehnke (Public Space Advisor, CABE). There will also be a number of workshops to enable participants to explore topics in more detail and to share experiences of setting up and sustaining food-growing projects on housing estates www.capitalgrowth/edibleestates

7. RUAF Distance learning on Urban Agriculture
The Resource Centre on Urban Agriculture and Food security (RUAF) has launched a course series in urban agriculture in conjunction with Ryerson University. Students will be able to understand the environmental, socio-economic and political challenges in practicing urban agriculture; gain knowledge on technical aspects, policy dimensions and governance issues for the development of urban agriculture systems. This course of 14 weeks is offered online and students who complete it will receive official documentary acknowledgment from the university http://www.ruaf.org/node/2260

8. Scottish Orchards
Scottish Orchards is an organization helping schools, community groups, local authorities and individuals to care for their fruit trees. They aim to establish and maintain orchards in Scotland by providing training to its members, establishing a national mapping database, creating markets for locally grown fruit and promoting fruit trees as part of the design of rural and urban environments. Members receive a regular newsletter, information about funding and access to expertise, seminars and local meetings http://www.scottishorchards.com/

9. International Skyrise Greenery conference November 1-3
Organized by the Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology (CUGE) this conference will include the latest developments in green roof technology and vertical greenery along with experts in the field. Speakers include architect Emilio Ambasz who has done extensive work in green architecture and has exhibited at the MOMA and The Trienale de Milano, Patrick Blanc, inventor of the vertical greenery concept, Dr. Manfred Koler professor of landscape ecology and researcher of green roofs in Germany http://www.skyrisegreeneryconference.com/index.asp

June 2010

1) Launch of City Harvest, Sustain’s new urban agriculture website

City Harvest is an online resource which demonstrates the wide range of benefits associated with urban agriculture with the purpose of strengthening and developing the movement in the UK and across the globe. 

On the site you will find a host of publications documenting the social, educational, environmental, economic and health-related impacts of urban agriculture as well as case studies which provide working examples of these benefits in action.

City Harvest is a resource for everyone interested in food growing and sustainability and aims to be particularly useful for anyone who is looking for “hard” evidence to support urban agriculture related projects.

You can also upload publications and projects to keep City Harvest fresh and up-to-date.

To view City Harvest, go here http://www.sustainweb.org/cityharvest/

2) Lunch: Meet the Locals. Who's growing near you?
15th and 22nd July 2010, details tbc

With a surge in popularity for food growing and the Mayor's target for 2,012 new growing spaces in London, now is the time to find out who's growing near your restaurant http://www.capitalgrowth.org/spaces/. Hundreds of spaces are looking to sell fresh herbs, leafy greens and veggies. Imagine getting day fresh, seasonal produce from just around the corner!

If you are a buyer looking for local produce to serve in your restaurant or if you are a grower, save these dates. On 15th and 22nd July, Sustain will be hosting lunch for growers to meet buyers.

To book a place or for more information, contact Kirsty on 020 7837 1228 or email kirsty@sustainweb.org

3) Internship post with Food Matters on food growing and planning
Closing date Friday 25th June

Food Matters, the Brighton and Hove Food Partnership and other partners have set up Harvest Brighton and Hove. One of the aims of this project is to ensure that policies are in place which support and safeguard areas of land within the City and on the urban fringe for food growing.

Harvest Brighton and Hove is now looking to producing a document, a Planning Advisory Note, and other materials, which provide information to planners and developers on how best to include food growing in their proposals for new developments in the City. The intern will work on the production of this document.

To apply please send a CV with a covering letter to Clare Devereux, Food Matters, Emmaus Manor Offices, Portslade, Brighton  BN41 2PA.

For further information call 01273 431 707 or 0780 002825.

4) Event: Edible Assets. Securing money for your food initiative
14th September 2010, Paintworks, Bath Road, Bristol BS4 3EH

Many food projects and businesses are trying to change the food system by promoting healthy food, selling local and organic produce or increasing people’s access to better food. Not only is this task large, but it is also hard to make these initiatives work, and be financially viable in the long term. 

Local Action on Food is organising a conference to explore some of the possible avenues for food projects and enterprises to become more financially viable. Experts from funding organisations, ethical banks, service contractors, businesses and community groups will be sharing their experiences.

To book a place or for more information, contact Suzanne suzanne@sustainweb.org or call 020 7837 1228

5) Training: The Theory and Practice of Natural Beekeeping
24th and 25th July 2010, Hawkwood Plant Nursery, Chingford E4 7UH

In partnership with the Natural Beekeeping Trust, OrganicLea are organising a course on beekeeping aimed to give individuals sufficient knowledge and confidence to start natural beekeeping with a colony of their own.

The morning sessions will be classroom-based covering the history of beekeeping, the life and nature of a bee colony, promoting good health and managing ill health, planting for bees, how to work with the swarming impulse, catching swarms, siting beehives and preparing colonies for winter.
 
The afternoon activity will be more practical. Participants will approach colonies in an apiary and be taught how to observe bee activity and judge the colony mood.

The fee for this weekend course is £60 concessions (means tested benefits), £125 for waged (£15k and under), £190 (waged 15k +). The fee includes tea, coffee and lunch on both days.

To book a place or for more information, contact Sean sean@organiclea.org.uk or phone 0208 524 4994.

6) Orchard survey by The People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES)

The PTES are conducting a survey of orchards in London and need your help! Mapping London poses a unique difficulty in that so few orchards are large or obvious enough to be reliably identified in this way.

The PTES are relying on Londoners to let them know where the orchards are in order to get them on the map.

If you think you can help or want to find out more, get in touch with the PTES on 020 7498 4533, or visit http://www.ptes.org/?page=203

7) Workshop: Food from the Sky. Making self watering food growing boxes for roofs, courtyards and balconies.
Sunday 4th July 2010, 2.00 – 6.00 pm, Thornton’s Budgens, 23 The Broadway, Crouch End, N8 8DU

Food from the Sky, a newly set up edible roof garden on Thornton’s Budgens, is organising its very first workshop inspired by Canadian designs. If you want to learn more about how to save water, irrigate your edible plants and set up planters on roofs, go along.

Entrance is from the wine area in Budgens and the workshop will be followed by nibbles and wine.

The fee for the day is £ 25 - bring gloves, flat shoes and focused enthusiasm.
To book a place, contact Azul-Valerie Thome, 07765 257 517 by 25th June.

8) Urban Agriculture news

May 2010

1) Event: Getting Down to Business – How to make your community food growing project economically viable

Friday 25th June 2010, 10.30 - 16.30 (doors at 10), Brunei Gallery, School of African and Oriental Studies, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG

Local Action on Food, London Food Link and SOAS Food Studies Centre are organising a national conference to explore what steps can be taken to help community food growing projects generate income and become economically viable. 

Topics will include successful models and replication, diversifying your income from a range of activities and finding support in the community.  Among the speakers will be:

Julie Brown, founder of Growing Communities, a successful social enterprise in Hackney, East London
Adam York, member of the Organic Growers Alliance and of Unicorn, Manchester’s Co-operative Grocery
Richard Snow, consultant for Enterprise Support, part of Making Local Food Work.
 
Booking is essential. Prices start at £45 and concessions are available, including for early birds, and for Local Action on Food and London Food Link members. For more information, go to http://www.localactionfood.org/ or contact Anna anna@sustainweb.org or Polly polly@sustainweb.org or call 020 7837 1228.

2) Growing Communities 2010 Start-Up Programme
 
Growing Communities (GC) is a social enterprise run by local people in Hackney, East London. It has been running a community-led box scheme since 1993 and now packs over 900 bags of fruit and vegetables a week, most of which come direct from local, sustainable farms and some of which is grown in their urban agriculture sites dotted around Hackney.
GC wants to help more communities round the UK to set up their own community-led box schemes, as a practical way to change the food system and increase the economic sustainability of food growing projects.  There is now a Start-Up Programme with materials, training and web-tools to help groups set up community-led box scheme using the Growing Communties Model. 
If you are interested in joining the programme or if you want to register to receive email updates, visit the website on http://www.growingcommunities.org/start-ups/

3) Volunteer Coordinator for Master Gardener Programme

Closing date 12th May 2010, 5pm

Garden Organic’s Master Gardener Programme is looking for a volunteer coordinator to recruit, train and support community volunteer Master Gardeners, to be food growing mentors in the London borough of Islington.

The post requires strong knowledge of and enthusiasm for food growing (horticulture), as well as knowledge and/or experience of managing volunteers.

For a full job description and application form, go to www.gardenorganic.org.uk/jobs.  For an informal conversation, contact Philip Turvil, pturvil@gardenorganic.org.uk or call 024 7621 7718

4) Volunteering opportunities with Avant-Gardening

Avant-Gardening is looking for artists and gardeners who can give their time to support a project that explores sustainability, food, gardening, creativity, community and people's responses to their own environment.

If you are interested, please e-mail paul@avantgardening.org with some information on yourself including what you could bring to the project and what you hope to get out of it.  For more information about Avant-Gardening please visit http://www.avantgardening.org/

5) Event: 2nd European Sustainable Food Planning Conference

29th and 30th October 2010, University of Brighton  Mithras House
Lewes Road, Brighton BN2 4AT
 
This conference builds on the agenda set in the 1st European Sustainable Food Planning Conference in Almere (Netherlands) in October 2009. Proposals for papers have been invited under the following headings: 

  • Urban Agriculture 
  • Integrating Health, Environment and Society 
  • Food in Urban and Regional Planning and Design 
  • Urban Food Governance.

To send abstracts, contract Andre Viljoen, a.viljoen@brighton.ac.uk by the 31st May deadline. For more information about the conference, go to http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/aesop2

6) Sustainable Communities Act supports sales of homegrown food
 
Brighton & Hove City Council now allows gardeners to sell surplus produce to local markets under new powers provided by the Sustainable Communities Act. The Act ensures that local communities can take more control of policy that affects sustainability at a local level by allowing councils and community groups to make proposals for new powers.

In the first round of policies to be permitted under the terms of the Sustainable Communities Act, pubs, post offices and gardeners are among those who will benefit from measures the government has agreed to take forward.

For more information go to http://www.bhfood.org.uk/

7) The Forestry Commission's Community Grant Scheme

Deadline 21st May 2010

This scheme offers grants to Primary Care Trusts, local authorities, community groups and businesses, who want to improve their local treescape in London, including establishing orchard projects. 
 
Grants are awarded to projects across a wide variety of categories including those that aim to improve biodiversity, improve health and well being, engage the community, regenerate local areas, carry out tree and woodland management and a number of other areas. Grants tend to be for between £500 and £5,000.
 
Successful applicants who also fit the Capital Growth criteria for support (http://www.capitalgrowth.org/apply/london_wide_guidance/) will be given the opportunity to become one of the 2012 Capital Growth spaces and therefore receive further support up until the end of 2012. 
 
For further information, to download the application form and guidance notes, go to http://www.ltwgs.org/

8) Food Futures Growing Manchester Programme - Sustaining Community Food Growing Projects

The Growing Manchester Programme is a partnership between Food Futures, the Kindling Trust, BITE and Hulme Community Garden Centre.  It aims to support community growing projects to become more sustainable and includes issues such as maintaining soil fertility, legal responsibilities and involving more people.   The Programme offers food growing training, tailored support and planning, site visits and funding, and is for novices as well as experienced projects.

For more information, go to http://www.foodfutures.info/site/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=77&Itemid=64

9) Ontario’s Greenbelt in an International Context

The goal of permanently protecting Ontario’s Greenbelt is central to the vision articulated in the Greenbelt Plan. This report documents the experience of greenbelts around the globe and identifies lessons applicable to ensuring the permanence of Ontario’s Greenbelt, which this year achieves a five-year milestone.

To read the full report, go to
http://www.greenbelt.ca/ontarios-greenbelt-in-an-international-context

10) Urban Agriculture news

February 2010

1) Job Vacancy at Abbey Gardens

Bakers Row, London E15 3NF
Deadline for applications is 5th March 2010

Abbey Gardens is recruiting a new Garden Club Leader for the 2010 growing season. The Garden Club Leader will continue 2009’s successful open-access gardening sessions on site three times a week during the project’s main season from March – November (exact dates TBC). The role will include liaison with stakeholders and some project administration including recording what is grown for collation on the project website. The Leader will also help facilitate a series of events at the garden, and help maintain the ‘honesty stall’ offering fresh produce to the public. 

More information is available on http://www.whatwilltheharvestbe.com/ http://www.abbeygardens.org/ www.somewhere.org.uk/abbeygardens

To apply, email your CV (including two referees) plus a one A4 page letter stating your reasons to mail@abbeygardens.org

2) Two part-time seasonal job vacancies at Hawkwood Plant Nursery

115 Hawkwood Crescent (at the very end of this Crescent), Chingford E4 7UH
Deadline for applications is 21st February 2010 but contact Nicole by 12th February if you are interested!

Organiclea has received funding for two part-time temporary Horticultural Assistant posts through the Future Jobs Fund. If you are aged 18-24 and have been signing on and receiving jobs seekers allowance (JSA) for between 26-50 weeks, you may be eligible to apply.

For more information or to apply, call 020 8524 4994 or email nicole@organiclea.org.uk

3) Trees for Communities and Trees for Schools grant making programmes

Closing date is 31st March 2010
The Tree Council has announced that its Trees for Communities and Trees for Schools grant making programmes are now open for applications. Funds are available for schools and community groups in the UK who can show that children under 16 will be engaged in the planting projects. The Tree Council's National Tree Week is the focus for these projects and successful applicants organise their planting events in conjunction with the Tree Council’s annual celebration of the new tree planting season. The Tree Council can fund projects between £100 and £700 and successful applicants will receive up to 75% towards their planting costs. The remaining 25% will need to be secured by your school or organisation.

For more information go to www.treecouncil.org.uk/?q=grants


4) A Tale of Two ObesCities. Comparing obesity to childhood obesity in London and New York City

The report, entitled “A Tale of Two ObesCities”, was produced by London Metropolitan University and City University of New York and was launched recently. The report makes a series of recommendations for the two cities to tackle the impending problem of childhood obesity; these include setting up a similar scheme to Capital Growth and supporting more urban agriculture in New York City.

To read the full report go to www.schoolfoodtrust.org.uk/UploadDocs/News/documents/Tale%20of%20Two%20ObesCities%20Report.pdf

5) New report by CPRE: Green Belts, A greener future

Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE)’s new report examines to what extent Green Belts are both fulfilling their purposes and positive land use objectives. CPRE has produced a summary of their findings and asks how this vast national asset might better connect urban centres to the wider countryside and to food production; how it can help us to tackle the huge challenges posed by a changing climate; and how it can be valued as part of a nationwide ecological network providing breathing places for people and for nature long into the future.

To read the summary or the full report go to www.cpre.org.uk/campaigns/planning/green-belts/green-belts-campaign-update

6) Growing in the community: a good practice guide for the management of allotments

The Local Government Association (LGA) has recently updated and published its 2008 edition of Growing in the Community. The guide addresses ways of managing existing allotment sites more effectively to help cut waiting lists, issues in setting up new sites, and "meanwhile" alternatives while people are sitting on a waiting list.  The guide will be published in March as a free download from the LGA website www.lga.gov.uk/lga/publications/publication-display.do?id=336352

7) Learning from nature: Islam & permaculture introduction day 

An Introduction to Islamic Ecology & Permaculture for Muslims and those interested in Islam.
Saturday 27th March 2010, 9.30 am – 5pm at Springfield University Hospital, 61 Glenburnie Road, Tooting, London, SW17 7DJ
 
This introductory day, organised by the London Islamic Network for the Environment and Wisdom In Nature, promises to be fun, educational and transformative. It will include an outdoor practical, and opportunities for networking with other course participants. Please bring a copy of the Qur' an (with translation, and preferably also commentary) if you have one.

Sliding scale fee: £30 (standard rate) / £25 (low wage) / £20 (concessions); Early bird fee (for bookings received before March 7th): £25 / £20 / £15 respectively.  For more info and bookings, go to http://www.wisdominnature.org.uk/ call 0845 456 3960 or email islam-permaculture@wisdominnature.org.uk 

8) Events in February 2010 at Hawkwood

115 Hawkwood Crescent (at the very end of this Crescent), Chingford E4 7UH

  • Tuesday 16th, 11am – 4pm: Get fencing, Learn to create fencing structures for field fruit tree hedge.
  • Saturday 20th, 2pm - 5pm: View from Hawkwood with a forest walk, starting from the Nursery, a chance to re-view the past, present and future of Epping Forest – its history, ecology and people from a slightly different perspective with Pete Byfield, woodsman and enthusiastic local-forest historian.
  • Sunday 28th, 11am – 4pm: Open day and seed exchange.

Skill share from 11-11.30am, seed sowing techniques and tips. From 4pm seed exchange and cake! Bring along your own saved seeds, share tips on favourite varieties and gather the seeds saved by others. Heritage varieties from the Organiclea seed stock will be available. All welcome to drop-in for this part of the open day!

9) Organic Gardening Courses in Waltham Forest this Spring
Taught by Organiclea in partnership with Community Learning and Skills
Service (CLaSS) Waltham Forest

  • Gardening for Health and Well-being - Introduction to Organics, Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th March, 9.30am - 3.30 pm, Friday Hill House, Simmons Lane, E4 (Sat) and Hawkwood Plant Nursery, Hawkwood Crescent, E4 (Sun). An introduction to gentle physical gardening activity and correct use of tools. Learn the health-giving properties of certain vegetables and fruit and how to grow them and how to develop a herb garden. Cost: £43/£11
  • Getting Started in the Garden, 10 week evening course. Starting Monday 22nd February, 6.30 - 9.30 pm, Friday Hill House, Simmons Lane, E4

This course is aimed at beginner and intermediate gardeners with an interest in food growing and will provide the necessary skills for this year’s planting. Cost: £118/£29

For more information go to http://www.walthamforestclass.gov.uk/ or to book call 020 8523 9355 or for specific course info or queries email Clare clare@organiclea.org.uk

10) New website - Carrot City, designing for urban agriculture

Carrot City is a website that emerged from an exhibition in Toronto on urban agriculture and design. Carrot City shows how the design of buildings and cities can enable the production of food in the city. It explores the relationships between design and urban food systems as well as the impact that agricultural issues have on the design of urban spaces and buildings.
The website provides a wonderful array of diverse food growing projects all over the world. For more information go to www.ryerson.ca/carrotcity/