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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 Fanny Ballantine-Himberg
Community Garden Ready to be Picked!
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December 8, 2008:  On 26th Street and Wilshire in Santa Monica there is a beautiful vegetable garden that is ready to be eaten yet it goes unnoticed. If it is noticed, people don't realize that the plants are edible and even if they do, they... read more >
A Greener College Campus
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December 8, 2008: As a prospective college student, I made the required trek last week to visit as many colleges as I could in five days. And as I took these requisite campus tours, sat through information sessions and classes and spoke to... read more >
Guerrilla Fruit Tree Grafting
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November 4, 2008: Guerrilla Fruit Tree Grafting from Fanny Rose on Vimeo.Grafting, in this case specifically fruit tree grafting, is a method of fruit tree propagation where the fruit of one tree is encouraged to grow on the tissue of another... read more >
In Defense of Guerilla Gardening
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October 27, 2008: [Ed note: Read Molly Webster's take on Guerilla Gardening here.]Perhaps I'm biased in this argument as I cannot see any disadvantage to it, no matter how hard I try. Gardening is a recent, but very strong passion of mine.... read more >
Bikers Benefit in Bailout!
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October 27, 2008: I'm not one to talk in terms of big picture politics, but I feel this information needs to be shared. Tucked away into the recent bailout bill is the Bicycle Commuter Act. This allows benefits to those who bike to work.  Sec... read more >
Fanny Ballantine-Himberg
I bike and I garden. I'm not going to pretend that I'm an "environmentalist". I am because the activities I choose to do that are fun for me in my spare time. I love to write, short stories and poetry more than nonfiction, however I relish the opportunity to write... More