Craft breweries are transforming cities
Richard Florida famously said that cities in the 21st century will rise or fall largely based on how they can attract the Cultural Creatives. It is more complex than that …
Detroit rewrites the economic integration of urbanity and agriculture
This is a very interesting story of some examples of how urban agriculture is being used in Detroit to solve social problems, and rebuild the city. http://inhabitat.com/americas-first-urban-agrihood-feeds-2000-households-for-free/
March is National Nutrition Month – Let’s Plan for it!
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics has declared March to be National Nutrition Month. The scale of disease resulting from unhealthy eating habits has hit epidemic levels. Recent CDC studies …
New Database on Food Policy
The Growing Food Connections Policy Database was launched today at the American Farmland Trust’s national conference, which includes sessions on food systems policy, in Lexington, Ky., and is available online: http://growingfoodconnections.org/tools-resources/policy-database …
Turning wild chickens into a town asset
There is a lot of clucking going on around North America as city after city allow people to keep chickens in an urban setting. One town has embraced the critical …