In my first blog post I talked about a number of topics including how to define sustainability. And thanks to the holidays I was able to clear a bit of head space to think a bit more about this post. The reason for defining sustainability, or the spectrum of sustainability, Read more
Well, our first urban farming meeting is taking place this Monday, Nov. 22. The response has been great with 48 people confirming their attendance. It’s actually a little more than we have room for, but its hard to complain about success! The interest in this meeting is encouraging as an Read more
Well, I have been a busy body in the last while, meeting with all sorts of people and talking about urban farming. So, what has happened: It looks like I have secured some funding for the urban farming working groups, though the exact amount is not yet determined. I am Read more
I think that many of the key challenges around building a successful urban farming movement/network have an organizational basis. One likely key to the success of urban farming is in developing and maintaining a cohesive organization to maintain relationships between farmers while simultaneously building opportunities for farmers and advancing the Read more
After writing my last post I realized I was already trapped in the “give me give me give me” mind set and was neglecting what it is that urban arming can offer in return. Realistically, for everything that urban farmers ask for they need to be able to give something Read more
As I look into the future working groups that this project aims to facilitate I keep getting ideas and thoughts that I need to get written down before I lose them. Which really is the whole point of this blog. I have lately been thinking about working group topics related Read more
Well, I am off and running with some research already. One of my focuses right now is finding literature on urban farming as a business. Found a few good academic papers as well as some urban farmer websites. I am hoping to be able to contact other urban farmers and Read more
Well, I have started taking apart the sprouting system to store it for the winter. It was the first time I had been out to the set up in a fgew weeks and it felt pretty strange to not be growing sprouts! As promised I have a video for you Read more
Well, the sprout season is over and the downtime is nice. But I am already looking ahead to next season. My biggest challenge will be finding a piece of suitable land in the city for production. I do have a few leads but still have some looking to do. I Read more
Well, that’s it. The season is now over! 2500 bags of sprouts later! I am now about to get into writing about the project. It feels good to be done, but I am already thinking about next year. I am still hoping to get a mechanical sprout harvester designed and Read more