Right, Peter Kaufmann of Brighton, right, shows of the energy-efficient Raindance shower. Left, Mr. Kaufmann and Sigrid Stagl installed new windows in their old row houses.
By Emily Wilson, AlterNet Posted on October 2, 2008, Printed on October 2, 2008
Skyrocketing food costs, worries about food security and an urge to do things ourselves have led to a huge surge in urban farming -- gardens in backyards, on roofs, in abandoned lots and even, in the dream of a Columbia professor and his students, in high-rise buildings in the middle of cities.
The attached article, Local & loving it is in today's USA Weekend. The author, Natalie Ermann Russell, shares her recent "locavore" experiences planning a "local-only" family birthday celebration. In the course of the narrative, she offers several links to sites with information about local foods and local economies.
I wanted to forward this article about "The Green Taam" to the meat processing and other working groups of Local Food Systems. Amalia and Ariella participated in many of the Mobile Processing Unit (MPU) meetings and discusions which were held at OARDC this past year. The Cleveland Jewish News featured their new enterprise in a recent edition.
