Dartmouth UK (SPX) Nov 20, 2012 -
Dartmouth plant biologist C. Robertson (Rob) McClung is not your typical clock-watcher. His clocks are internal, biological, and operate in circadian rhythms-cycles based on a 24-hour period.
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![Data Farming: Demonstrating the Benefits of Urban Agriculture [INFOGRAPHIC] | Sustain Our Earth | Scoop.it](http://img.scoop.it/E2u2Mr3HEjoLK8SSowYJXzl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVaiQDB_Rd1H6kmuBWtceBJ)
Design Trust put together a metrics framework that measured the associated activities of urban agriculture with the known benefits derived from various studies to convince city officials of urban farming's positive impact.
Transforming underutilized land into productive urban farms was one of the many topics which were presented at the recent Kansas City Design Week. Jerome Chou, past Director of Programs at the Design Trust for Public Space, presented his unique experience with the implementation of the Five Boroughs Farm in New York City and the impact that urban agriculture can have on low-income areas of a city. Chou pointed out that having the land available for an urban farm is only half of the battle. The other half involves changing local zoning laws, influencing political opinion, garnering economic support, and proving the project will have a net benefit to a community... Via Lauren Moss, landscape architecture &sustainability Delete the scoop?
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Tags: infographic, food, agriculture, sustainability, urban, urban ecology, locavore, land use, unit 5 agriculture, unit 7 cities. Via Seth Dixon, PIRatE Lab 
Crissy Borton's comment,
September 11, 2012 8:36 PM
Looking at purchasing a house in the next year or so and this is one thing we have been looking at. Although we don't want to raise our own meat we would like to grow everything else we eat.
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February 3, 10:44 PM
Good visual representation of what it would take to be self sufficient. Delete the scoop?
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A heartfelt & moving story of how instruments made from recycled trash bring hope to children whose future is otherwise spiritless. Via Seth Dixon 
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April 24, 5:11 PM
What a wonderful thing! This is a very heartwarming story Delete the scoop?
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