Positive Future #851 (Feature photo – The Flag of the City of Edmonton – CCA SA 2.0 Generic, By Source, Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=22920864 The city of Edmonton, Canada has a population of almost 1 million people. Earlier this year, the city decided to get into growing food for people in need. You can read the…
Touch the Soil News #1671 (Feature Photo – Vancouver Parks Food Farm – courtesy of Vancouver Parks & Recreation) The city of Vancouver (Canada), after cutting back its floral production for its parks, decided to start raising food for the city’s food insecure. Food is now being grown at the main nursery, at some golf…
Touch the Soil News #1669 (Feature Photo – Urban Farming – CCA SA 4.0 International, Kendo 66)) The Healthy Food Project (https://healthyfoodpolicyproject.org/) just published a landmark report on municipal (city) zoning laws that allow for the standardization of laws and expansion of urban farming. Included are actual examples of what cities have done and how…
Touch the Soil News #1665 (Feature Photo – Port Moody City Hall – Public Domain) Port Moody is a small city within the larger metropolitan area of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada – with a population of 2.9 million people. Port Moody, as a city, is looking to formally enter the urban farming landscape by…
Touch the Soil News #1650 (Feature Photo – Barn in the Park – courtesy of Boise Parks & Recreation) It was not too many years ago that the idea of a city’s Parks & Recreation department to develop an agricultural park was unheard of. The city of Boise, Idaho is at the center of a…
Touch the Soil News #1642 (Feature Photo – Jersey City – CCA 2.0 Generic, massmatt) Jersey City, New Jersey is embarking on a city-sponsored food production plan in which the food produced is free. This city of 262,000 people will establish 10 different farming sites throughout the city. The goal is to reshape the diets…
