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Plant Talk: Five Reasons Why Urban Farming Is The Most Important Movement Of Our Time

Plant Talk: Five Reasons Why Urban Farming Is The Most Important Movement Of Our Time | The Barley Mow | Scoop.it
"While most other houses on my street have grass lawns, my yard sprouts zucchinis, tomatoes, pomegranates, kale, spinach, apples, figs, guavas, almonds, garlic, onion, strawberries, and more. Over 500 plant species all in all. We grow more than 3000 pounds of food per year on a plot of land the size of a basketball court—enough fruits and vegetables to feed my family of four year-round. Our house is part of a growing global movement of people involved in urban farming..."
Via Alan Yoshioka
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France's small-scale organic farmers celebrate 10 years of boxing clever

France's small-scale organic farmers celebrate 10 years of boxing clever | The Barley Mow | Scoop.it
Scheme provides consumers with direct access to produce and allows growers to plan for the long term...

 

"Vivien Lamouret, 30-ish, is only too happy to explain his work as a market-gardener. Based at Mareil-sur-Mauldre, a village 40km west of Paris, he sells all the organic vegetables he grows direct to consumers, thanks to the system invented by the Associations for the Preservation of Peasant Farming (Amap).

By joining an Amap, consumers deal directly with growers, committing themselves several months ahead of the harvest to buy a selection of fruit and vegetables from a particular farmer."

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