#Urban-farming

I am staying out of New York City’s campaigns for Mayor, but one of the candidates, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, is exceptionally interested in food issues.  He, in partnership with NYU’s Stern Center for Sustainable Business, the Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life

The International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES) has issued a new report with five case studies on successful urban food policy.  lead authors are Corinna Hawkes and Jess Halliday. the five: Belo Horizonte—food security Nairobi—urban agriculture Amsterdam—healthy weight

Michael Ableman.  Street Farm: Growing Food, Jobs, and Hope on the Urban Frontier.  Chelsea Green, 2016. Chelsea Green publishes books on “the politics and practice of sustainable living,” and its catalog gets better all the time. Michael Ableman’s latest book is beautifully designed, packed

Kristin Reynolds and Nevin Cohen.  Beyond the Kale: Urban Agriculture and Social Justice Activism in New York City.  University of Georgia Press, 2016. This wonderfully titled book is about how urban agriculture can do plenty to help address race and class inequities: Moving ‘beyond the kale’

Because transportation from rural areas is expensive and trucks are few and far between (one result of the U.S. embargo), the Cuban government is promoting urban agriculture.  Our Food First tour group went to a small organic farm and store (Organopónico) in Havana: The farm grows a wide variety