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Urban Harvest

Confronting climate change and poverty, a new crop of city farmers comes of age in Africa. Table of Contents | Digital Edition
Guardian Environmental Network
By Abby Caparros-Janto
Oil scarcity and food crisis: the Cuban response
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December 22, 2009:  Oil scarcity and food crisis: the Cuban response Industrialized agriculture is completely dependent on petroleum.  Oil is used to power tractors that sew and harvest crops, trucks and ships that transport food all... read more >
Down on the Farm...
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October 14, 2009: Last Friday, I finally got the chance to visit Garden State Urban Farms (GSUF) in Newark. It was probably one of the most amazing places I’ve been in my life. Unfortunately, the lot that the farm currently resides on was... read more >
A Garden grows in Newark: Urban Farming in the Garden State
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October 7, 2009: When you think about Newark, New Jersey, food production certainly does not come to mind. However, in the last year and a half Garden State Urban Farms (formally Brick City Urban Farms) has begun to change that. GSUF is part... read more >
Abby Caparros-Janto
Abby Caparros-Janto is a student at Barnard College in New York City studying Environmental Policy and Religion.