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	<title>Organic Garden Project &#187; Urban Farms</title>
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		<title>New Generation of Farmers Focused on Sustainable Practices</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin2</dc:creator>
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In this article, Lesley Lammers discusses the passing of the baton from one generation of farmer to the next, citing the demographic of these new farmers as college educated and showing a 30% increase in women since 2002.  This new generation of farmers is focused on taking farming into the future by growing sustainably. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York&#8217;s First Hydroponic Rooftop Farm</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 19:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin2</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gotham Greens]]></category>
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Virag Puri from Gotham Greens
Gotham Greens plans to produce 30 tons of produce annually with the first hydroponic rooftop farm in New York. Constructed on a church rooftop in Jamaica, Queens, at an estimated cost of $1.4 million, the 12,000 square foot greenhouse is powered by 2,000 square feet of solar panels and captures rainwater [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farm Bus Brings Healthy Food to Community</title>
		<link>http://organicgardenproject.com/blog/urban-farms/farm-bus-brings-healthy-food-to-community/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:16:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin2</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Virginia]]></category>

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Virginia businessman Mark Lilly discovered there were people in his community of Richmond who did not have access to healthy food and decided to do something about it. He bought an old school bus on the internet and began stocking it with organic produce sourced from local farms. 
Intent on bringing healthy choices to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windowfarms: A DIY Project Takes Root</title>
		<link>http://organicgardenproject.com/blog/urban-farms/windowfarms-a-diy-project-takes-root/</link>
		<comments>http://organicgardenproject.com/blog/urban-farms/windowfarms-a-diy-project-takes-root/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin2</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Urban Farms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vertical farm]]></category>
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New York artists Britta Riley and Rebecca Bray launched Windowfarms in February 2009 with the goal of creating a hydroponic growing system so inexpensive and easy to replicate that inner city dwellers would be inspired to grow their own food. The vertical vegetable gardens were designed to be made from recycled materials or inexpensive items [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of Urban Farming</title>
		<link>http://organicgardenproject.com/blog/sustainable-farming/the-future-of-urban-farming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin2</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Gardens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Farms]]></category>
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Architects and designers have come up with innovative ways to deal with our impending food crisis.  As the world&#8217;s population moves toward urban centers and density causes green space to diminish, cities are contemplating how they will feed themselves. The trend toward urban farming is inevitable but anticipating limited amounts of land, designers are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>San Francisco Urban Farm Hopes To Expand</title>
		<link>http://organicgardenproject.com/blog/sustainable-farming/san-francisco-urban-farm-hopes-to-expand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin2</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brooke Budner]]></category>
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Little City Gardens in San Francisco, CA is hoping to expand their operation. For the past year, Caitlyn Galloway and Brooke Budner have been growing artisinal salad mix, braising mix and culinary herbs on a 1/16-acre backyard plot in the Mission District, which they sell to individual subscribers and local restaurants. They also hold workshops [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vertical Farms: Coming To Your Town</title>
		<link>http://organicgardenproject.com/blog/urban-farms/vertical-farms-coming-to-your-town/</link>
		<comments>http://organicgardenproject.com/blog/urban-farms/vertical-farms-coming-to-your-town/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin2</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sustainable Urban Farming]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Home Town Farms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local produce]]></category>
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Warning: this is an advertisement, but an interesting one. It&#8217;s an example of another method of sustainable local farming. There has been a lot of talk about vertical farming in the city, but mostly in terms of large scale production.  Home Town Farms is promoting an individual produce shop that actually grows their food [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seattle&#8217;s 2010 Urban Agriculture Campaign</title>
		<link>http://organicgardenproject.com/blog/urban-farms/seattles-2010-urban-agriculture-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://organicgardenproject.com/blog/urban-farms/seattles-2010-urban-agriculture-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin2</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Gardens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urban Farms]]></category>
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Seattle has launched a new campaign to promote local and regional food sustainability and security. Their goal is to make healthy food available in all neighborhoods by finding innovative ways to encourage local and regional food production. The Seattle City Council will partner with other NE Seattle organizations to launch a number of programs, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Abandoned Lot Becomes Urban Farm in San Francisco</title>
		<link>http://organicgardenproject.com/blog/urban-farms/abandoned-lot-becomes-urban-farm-in-san-francisco/</link>
		<comments>http://organicgardenproject.com/blog/urban-farms/abandoned-lot-becomes-urban-farm-in-san-francisco/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin2</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hayes Valley Farm]]></category>
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photo by Chris Martin
Residents of Hayes Valley in San Francisco, CA descended on an abandoned lot this past weekend and transformed it into an urban farm. The lot had been sitting unused for about 15 years, when as part of the city&#8217;s interim use agreement, it was handed over to locals for temporary farming. For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OGP Catches Up with BK Farmyards&#8217; Stacey Murphy</title>
		<link>http://organicgardenproject.com/blog/urban-farms/ogp-catches-up-with-bk-farmyards-stacey-murphy/</link>
		<comments>http://organicgardenproject.com/blog/urban-farms/ogp-catches-up-with-bk-farmyards-stacey-murphy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin2</dc:creator>
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While in New York we met with Stacey Murphy, founder of BK Farmyards.  She&#8217;s been connecting farmers, consumers, landowners and developers in order to establish a strong local food movement in Brooklyn. 
Stacey locates available land throughout the city and hires locals to farm that land.  Available land can include unused patches unsuitable [...]]]></description>
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