Urban farming

• Farms have sprouted in cities across the country over the past several years as activists and idealists pour their sweat into gritty soil. Now Paul Lightfoot wants to take urban agriculture beyond the dirt-under-your-nails labor of love.
(Huffington Post)
• A Portland group called The Urban Farm Collective is farming vacant lots and shared land in north and northeast Portland. The collective is made up of 75 people, and they volunteer their time farming 11 plots in the city.
(kptv.com)
• Organizers believe it may be the first urban farming collaboration with a housing authority in North or South Carolina. Hinman, a landscape architect student at N.C.
(The News & Observer)
• Lisa W. Foderaro reported last week on urban farms that have been taking root on roofs above the city. An abundance of unused space combined with a large demand for locally grown produce point to a potential for profits for intrepid city farmers.
(New York Times Blogs)
• MILWAUKEE, July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Conservation Leadership Corps (CLC) gets underway this week with 55 Milwaukee teens digging into conservation and restoration work in Milwaukee County Parks.
(Yahoo Finance)
• With more than 80 percent of the U.S. population living in metropolitan centers, urban farming has the ability to drastically enhance economic growth, increase food quality and build healthier communities.
(Baltimore Sun)
• In front of Gabe Epstein's home is a book box – a brightly painted cabinet, marked with the simple instructions to take a book, leave a book, or both.
(Saanich News)
• "Most farmers don't make much more than $20,000 to $25,000," said Nathan Watters of Minneapolis, who doesn't yet make what he would consider a livable wage from his urban farming projects — about $15,000. "But we are still a sustainable hobby.
(Yankton Daily Press)
• An opportunity for Pittsburgh is demonstrated by Will Allen, a genius MacArthur Award winner, who planned and has been successful in vertical, multistoried buildings making urban farming possible.
(Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)