As mentioned in previous posts on the Rural Sociology weblog, an international conference entitled ‘Agriculture in an Urbanizing Society’ will be held from 1 to 4 April 2012 in Wageningen. A whole range of different topics and research findings will be presented and discussed in 20 different working groups, including a variety of food themes such as [...]
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Government and industry to blame for hunger on the UK high street
There is a great piece in this weekend’s Observer newspaper about growing demand for food charity handouts in the UK. FareShare, the charity that channels the redistribution of surplus to the requirements of food supermarkets and manufacturers, reports a rise in recipients from 29,000 to 35,500 this year. It now channels otherwise unwanted food through [...]
Mission: Vegetable Garden – Part 1: Planting
First of all, meet Johnston: Johnston is the gardener of the compound to where I just moved in. When I arrived, I saw that he had planted some tomatoes in the front garden. We talked and he demonstrated an obvious passion for gardening, and was sad that the rain had spoiled his tomatoes. I asked [...]
Die Produktive Stadt / Carrot City – Designing for Urban Agriculture
Carrot City is a traveling exhibit that shows how the design of buildings and cities can enable the production of food in the city. It explores the relationships between design and urban food systems as well as the impact that agricultural issues have on the design of urban spaces and buildings. The focus is on how [...]
Urban food growing in city re-development
Growing food inside cities as tool or contribution to the re-vitalisation of city quarters, neigborhoods or completely new city developments is currently in high fashion. The examples of successful integration of food growing or even bigger…urban agriculture in city development, however, are still scarce. Designers and artists are at the forefront of imagining what it [...]
How food shapes our cities
Watch the Ted talk of Carolyn Steel, one of our bloggers.
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