urban agriculture
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Peebottle Farms: Chicken expertology
How are chickens like us? Are they easy to care for? Can you feed them onions? Here's what I learned in my first three months.
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Grow a real garden in a LEGO greenhouse
Well, here's an innovative urban gardening solution -- a greenhouse made of transparent LEGO bricks that grows real plants in LEGO mulch.
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Good news for Guerrero’s garden
An update on the Memphis garden that was ruled illegal earlier this week.
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The bee's knees: DIY honey craze sweeps New York
Now that hives are finally legal in New York City, old-school "keeps" are joining brand new enthusiasts to create a honey renaissance.
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Why Walmart's money helps more than it hurts
Growing Power's Will Allen should take Walmart's million-dollar gift and do great things with it. But that doesn't mean the fight against Walmart can't or won't continue.
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Another urban garden bites the dirt
Just when you'd finally forgotten the story of the woman facing jail time for the veggie garden in her front yard, another urban gardener -- this one a teacher who uses his plot for hands-on lessons -- is under fire.
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Peebottle Farms: Chicken run
In which our heroine travels to a real farm and resists buying a dozen laying hens -- but settles for a half-dozen.
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Securing a food future in cities: a case study in repurposing military bases
Farm programs on abandoned military land are opportunities to strengthen food deserts.
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New Agtivist: Lisa Gross is covering the city with trees
Grist's New Agtivist interview series returns, with the voice behind the Boston Tree Party -- a plan to create a massive, decentralized urban orchard.