July 2010
35 posts
Watchhttp://localgrow.org/
Breaking Through Concrete →
stories from the American urban farm
Farming in Detroit: Schools of chard knocks |... →
Discovering Urbanism: Ebenezer Howard's Garden... →
Greening—and feeding—the city with a ‘garden... →
Raids are increasing on farms and private... →
Hospitals buy antibiotic-free meat, citing drug... →
HOW TO: Find Good Food Online →
Consumers Continue to Invest in Farmers Markets,... →
East Bay Express | Best of the East Bay 2010 |... →
Congratulations Jim! Check out the video we made about Jim on our videos page!
SF Food Wars →
New York Compost: Connecting the City to the Soil... →
Off The Grid SF →
Off the Grid is roaming mobile food extravaganza that travels to different locations daily to serve delicious food, with a free side of amazing music, craft and soul. We’re bringing all your favorite gourmet food vendors together to create a market like you’ve never seen before. Look for us to begin adding some spice to your neighborhood the summer of 2010.
Vertical Farming →
WatchWWOOF: The Movie Trailer
Supporting bees by getting beekeepers online →
Much has been written about declining honeybee populations and the danger this could have for the rest of our ecosystem, including food production. One solution is to support beekeepers, which is where Heimathonig comes in. Launched in Germany earlier this year, it’s a directory that helps consumers find and buy from local beekeepers.
Five new business ideas for urban gardening →
What is Ooooby? →
Ooooby is an acronym for ‘Out of our own back yards.’ Ooooby is all about connecting communities through local food. Whether you grow food in your own back yard or if you just like to eat locally grown food, then Ooooby is for you.
Landshare - connecting growers to people with land... →
Landshare brings together people who have a passion for home-grown food.
It’s for people who:
Want to grow veg but don’t have anywhere to do it
Have a spare bit of land they’re prepared to share
Can help in some way – from sharing knowledge and lending tools to helping out on the plot itself
Support the idea of freeing up more land for growing
Are already growing and want to join in the...
British retailer issues bonds with returns paid in... →
British high-end chocolate maker and retailer Hotel Chocolat, which currently operates over 40 stores in the UK, the Middle East and the US, wants to expand even further. But rather than turning to banks or big investors for money, they’re inviting customer to buy bonds. Bonds that will pay chocolate returns. Two values of Chocolate Bond will be issued: both with the return paid in monthly...
Shares in New Zealand beehives help protect Manuka... →
New Zealand start-up Your Pure Honey is offering customers the chance to own a share of a beehive in and enjoy the Manuka honey it produces. A basic share costs USD 285 per season (September–May) and yields 2kg of raw honey (delivery costs are included). Those who their own personal colony can adopt an entire hive as a ‘Premium Partner’ for USD 2,500 and receive 20kg of honey at the...
Online gardening service sends seeds when it's... →
There’s no end in sight to the gardening innovations popping up each week all around the globe. The latest spotting? SproutRobot, a San Diego-based web service that offers regionally optimized gardening plans and sends seeds when it’s time to plant.
Grocer launches rooftop garden for hyperlocal... →
If Fortnum’s can keep bees on its roof and sell the hyperlocal honey they produce, it stands to reason that other purveyors of food should be able to make the most of their rooftops in a similar way. Enter London grocer Thornton’s Budgens, which just began selling organic produce grown in a rooftop garden of its very own.
“New Zealand’s Giapo Gelato is now inviting consumers who grow organic...”
– Ice cream shop crowdsources its organic fruit
Urban Forest Map →
Creating a map of the urban forest in SF one tree at a time
“Under an executive order from Mayor Gavin Newsom, Coke, Pepsi and Fanta Orange...”
– Sugary-drink ban starts to affect S.F. sites
“Around the world, a billion acres of agricultural land lay abandoned. In the...”
– Technology Review: Startup Aims to Bring Useless Farmland Back to Life
Farmers for the Future →
A network for young & beginning farmers
“Urban Roots is not just a film its the story of a movement. This movement is...”
– Urban Roots Blog
June 2010
14 posts
Welcome to FoodHub: Where food people connect. →
Rooftop gardens project | liberating spaces for... →
WatchPopTech 2009: Michael Pollan
WatchPopTech 2009: Will Allen
May 2010
5 posts
noah | networked organisms and habitats →
“i was telling you about that app. basically, you upload photos and descriptions of plant and animal sightings, which appear geotagged on a map. it’s called “noah” -D