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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Investigating The Potential For The Expansion Of Urban Agriculture In The City Of Edinburgh</span><br><br>A recent increase in urban food production has been stimulated by both the recognised advantages which it brings in terms of health, recreation and urban sustainability and by the solution which it represents to the many problems associated with the globalisation of the food system, urbanisation and increasingly intensified agriculture.<br><br>The City of Edinburgh has experienced not only a growth in the number and diversity of urban food growing projects over recent years but also a rise in waste, carbon emissions and both human and environmental health problems.<br><br>This study aimed to address these problems by assessing current food production and subsequently quantifying the room for expansion of food growing in the city. Case studies were conducted detailing information on 16 different food production
projects within the City.<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Association of American Geographers calls for papers on urban agriculture</span><br><br>Urban Agriculture (UA) is undergoing a renaissance in North American cities. Over the past few years, communities and individuals have launched innumerable initiatives to farm and garden in empty lots, at schools, in back yards, and on roofs and stoops. This renaissance has led seed companies to report record sales, prompted Michelle Obama to plant a model garden at the White House, and motivated municipal governments to open public parks to UA. Far from being a new phenomenon, however, this renewed interest is building on a historical legacy of UA as a critical part of North American urban culture and landscape.<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Permablitz - Eating the suburbs - One backyard at a time</span><br><br>Permablitz: new word, noun<br><br>1. An event in which volunteers use
permaculture principles to transform a suburban garden into a place that produces its own food. A combination of the words permaculture - a design system for sustainable living and land use - and Backyard Blitz a television program in which backyards receive a makeover.<br><br>The rules of a permablitz are simple: if you want a permablitz crew to turn up to your place, you have to help out on at least two other working weekends before they will do so. In addition, Palmer defines a permablitz as a day in which "two or more people come together to --<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cultivate vegetables! Soviet poster ca. 1930</span><br><br>Workers are encouraged to cultivate vegetables near factories. On the poster, a realistic still life is combined with a modern constructivist background. It is issued by the publishing company of AChR, the Association of Revolutionary Artists. This organization is the main promotor of Socialist Realism and
develops a stranglehold on the visual arts.<br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Vegetable Garden at Tower of London ca. 1870-1900</span><br><br>An exterior view of the Tower of London showing Middle Tower with guards and a vegetable garden in the foreground.<br>Photographer: York and Son<br><br><br></font></td>
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