Food Tank

JUNE 14, 2024

Urban agriculture can take on many different forms including, but not limited to, community gardens, urban farms, greenspaces, bioswales, rain gardens, community composting, beekeeping, and aquaculture. Many utilize regenerative growing and composting to maintain healthy crop life cycles from seed to harvest and foster healthy soils.

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Agriculture Agriculture Food Compost 128

Farmbrite

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Compost: Compost improves and adds nourishment to the soil. For composting systems, nutrients (like nitrogen) can be added in the form of green materials (grass clippings, kitchen scraps), and carbon (in the form of dry leaves, and straw) that can balance the nitrogen. We might suggest using both compost and fertilizer.

Fertilizer 93

Fertilizer Compost Crop Distribution 93

Food Tank

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Highlighting urban gardens, aquaculture oyster farms, food forests, and more, this book shows the varied ways that farmers can sustainably feed their communities. With the help of a neighbor, the three children mix manure, spread, mulch, and sow seeds while uniting neighbors and demonstrating the power of community.

Food 112

Food Farming Farming Grain 112

Civil Eats

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Hartman’s guide to how to downsize to fit into an urban or suburban neighborhood is like a study in farming history: pare down to seven tools, leave roots in place to nourish the soil, and “trust the compost.” Is it inappropriate, indulgent, myopic to contextualize my understanding of seed writ large with my understanding of self and place?”

Food 145

Food Farming Farming Seeding 145

Food Tank

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Through its Seeds for Resilience project, Crop Trust aims to strengthen national gene banks across sub-Saharan Africa, helping local farmers access diverse, climate-resilient crops. Every seed is important. Theres nothing more meaningful than planting a seed and watching it grow, says Waters.

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Food Agriculture Agriculture Ruralism 139