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Truck Farm: the Concrete Jungle’s Mobile Garden

by Matt Embrey on August 26th, 2009

I am intrigued with the creative way concrete jungle dwellers are finding ways to grow gardens whether it’s through yardsharing or fire escape farming, and now, Truck Farms. Film makers Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis, the creative minds behind King Corn and The Greening of Southie are proving that you can garden anywhere with their [...]

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Hyperlocavores, Yardsharing, and Distributed Urban CSA Farms

by Derek Markham on April 25th, 2009

I’ve heard the cliché recently that “Local is the new organic.” In response to that, a buddy of mine said “No, local is the original organic.” And he’s right. In the last 100 years, our food system has gone from a local farm, kitchen garden, and green grocer model, to a globalized heavily travelled agri-industrial [...]

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