Touch the Soil News #1287 (Feature photo – Local Farmers – Public Domain)
An interesting article showed up in the U.S. News and World Report about growing food in cities. It is one of the most in-depth articles about food security for cities ever to hit mainstream media. What makes cities important is that there is no comprehensive food-security plan at the federal level other than perhaps food banks.
The author Miguel Altieri suggests that the U.S. look at Cuba’s food system of food production. You can read the full story here: