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Ken Cousins

Grist: The new wave of urban farming (and fresh food from small spaces!)

Do you dream of an organic garden, but don’t have a yard? A flock of chicks, perhaps, but don’t have a yard? Home-grown food, and lower grocery bills (but, alas, no yard!)? Dream no more, because you can have it, and without quitting your job, trading your bus pass for a pickup, or moving to the rural north.

A new wave of farming is happening in a city near you. While true, Old MacDonald had a farm (ee-i-ee-i-o), his offspring have some urban fish to fry. They’re working off loans, and can’t ne… Continue

Posted by Ken Cousins on November 19, 2009 at 9:53am — 1 Comment

Elliot Cohen

Notes from Stone Soup Nov 7th Group Purple

Stone Soup Notes - Urban Business Plan Template.pdf

The above file contains the notes from Group Purple's initial brainstorm as well as the further discussion and design of the business plan template.

You will find a list of the initial ideas we had (many of which were good), as well as the short list and then the final design discussion around the Urban Business… Continue

Posted by Elliot Cohen on November 8, 2009 at 4:54pm

Edward Benote

This is for the "Resource Center Team!!

I knew about this place a little, however until yesterday it really didn't occur to me....this is a GREAT model to craft our local variant I think. It has many of the elements discussed yesterday and brings together a centralized physical and digital point.

http://www.resourcecenterchicago.org/

It is also utilizing our collective skill sets dynamically.

Posted by Edward Benote on November 8, 2009 at 11:18am

Edward Benote

November 7th Event! Success!

I am totally excited at the gravity created today at the BALLE/B-Sustainable group....it is too much to describe right now, however things are moving dynamically.

Thank you for hosting and guiding the next steps in this incredible journey. Zero point.

Posted by Edward Benote on November 7, 2009 at 9:47pm

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Viki Sonntag

What are the Urban Ag Stone Soup Projects?

The Stone Soup Projects are an experiment in creating “open source” economic development projects to accelerate the growth of a sustainable regional food system. Our first “series” of projects are on…

Tagged: project, design, soup, stone, ag

Started by Viki Sonntag Jan 19.

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Do you dream of an organic garden, but don’t have a yard? A flock of chicks, perhaps, but don’t have a yard? Home-grown food, and lower grocery bills (but, alas, no yard!)? Dream no more, because you can have it, and without quitting your job, tradi…
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Urban Farming Radio Show - Green$ense

This edition of Green $ense will focus on urban agriculture - from gardening to farming - as Robert Colangelo interviews guests that include non-profits, visionaries, and entrepreneurs that are reducing the carbon footprint by bringing food to the people. Podcasts available at http://greensenseshow.com.

Glenda Daniel, Community Greening Director of Openlands, will discuss how they are protecting open space, how they're working within cities to raise food, and why urban gardening is popular.

Ken Dunn, Founder of The Resource Center, talks about how he established the Resource Center over 30 years ago, and what they are doing to revitalize city neighborhoods in Chicago through urban gardening.

Chad Bliss, Executive Director/Founder of Cob Connection, talks about where they've established urban crops, where and how they generate income, and how they work with students to build food systems in the community.

George Economos, Marketing & Community Relations Specialist at Whole Foods Market, talks about the network of local growers they use to sell their produce in Chicagoland stores.

Mike Score, Chief Advisor to Hantz Farms, talks about how they are going to create the world's largest urban farm within the city of Detroit, and what obstacles they've had to overcome so far.

Nick Brusatore, Technical Director of TerraSphere Systems, LLC, talks about how this entrepreneurial startup company has developed a unique high-technology that takes farming vertical to increase crop yield.

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