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"Todmorden" - The Incredible Edible Town

"Todmorden" - The Incredible Edible Town | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it

Herb gardens in strips of earth bordering sidewalks. Apples, pears, cherries, raspberries and strawberries growing all around the town’s health center. Corn growing tall in front of the police station, and fruit trees surrounding the fire station. Vegetables (with invitations to “help yourself”) next to the railway station and bordering parking lots. Residents growing food for themselves in any space not otherwise used. Visitors to the town invited to “take the walk” through the town center to view all of these edible delights for themselves.

No, this isn’t a vision from an inspirational sustainable treatise—it’s a real place.The inspiring result is England’s Incredible Edible Todmorden.... http://organicconnectmag.com/wp/todmorden-incredible-edible-town/#.UO489rbZ03Y

 

Taking the urban garden to the next level: Seattle Creating Massive Edible Forest Filled with Free Food http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1590944878/taking-the-urban-garden-to-the-next-level-seattle-creating-massive-edible-forest-filled-with-free-food

 

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At the Nexus of Agrofuels, Land Grabs and Hunger – Part 1

At the Nexus of Agrofuels, Land Grabs and Hunger – Part 1 | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it

While the United Nations climate talks in Durban enter their ninth day of political feet-dragging, researchers and peasants around the world are busy connecting the dots between so- called "green climate solutions", industrialised agriculture and chronic hunger.

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How Can We Feed the Planet Without Destroying the Planet?

How Can We Feed the Planet Without Destroying the Planet? | YOUR FOOD, YOUR HEALTH: Latest on BiotechFood, GMOs, Pesticides, Chemicals, CAFOs, Industrial Food | Scoop.it

RT @ComingFamine

"I think we need to move to an entirely new paradigm about feeding the world, and doing it at the global scale with global strategies," Foley said. "Instead of calling it agriculture, which we've had for 10,000 years, maybe it's time for something new, what I like to call terraculture, or farming for the whole planet."

During the first morning of the GreenBiz Forums, Jon Foley, director of the University of Minnesota's Institute of the Environment, laid out a business plan for the Earth that aims to feed 9 billion people by 2050 while shrinking agriculture's...

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