Replace Your Lawn with an Edible Garden and You Will Get Arrested in Many Cities Across America

Productive Property vs. the Lawn Police
by Karen De Coster

It’s amazing to see the number of individuals who are being persecuted for using their own property for productive purposes. This house and garden in Florida violated an “appearance code.” Appearance is always subjective, that is, until the government perverts definitions to enforce its arbitrary laws.

Individuals […]

Urban Agriculture: 3-D Vertical Barrel Gardening

http://www.EasiestGarden.com – Our most striking video yet! We’ve yet to show anyone our test barrels without them being visibly impressed, and we’re sure you will be too. Complete plans/DVD sets are available from our website and detail a step-by-step process to recycle a used 55-gallon, 30-gallon, or 5-gallon plastic container into a garden able […]

Urban Agriculture in Ottawa Could be a Model for Food Security in Other Cities

Health Impact Editor Comments:
Watch this very informative video and see how Ottawa Canada is leading the way in modern urban agriculture. Urban areas have used up agricultural land to house more of the world’s population, and most food purchased has traveled an average distance of 1500 to 2500 miles to get to your grocery store. Watch how one […]

Composting Kitchen Scraps with a Worm Bin

by Patti Moreno
The Garden Girl
A worm bin is a perfect solution for anybody with a small patio or garden. It also works well for condo dwellers where there are rules and regulations against composting. The worm castings (or worm poo) make the best natural fertilizer, and its power can be extended by brewing […]

Urban Gardening: How to Build a Raised Bed and Hoop House

by Garden Girl TV


I fell in love with the idea of raised bed gardening when I quickly learned how unreliable city soil can be. This video is all about getting you started with raised beds, including how to build your own. I will also demonstrate how to build a hoop house. The raised bed […]

Cultivation Meets Regulation: Bay Area Urban Agriculture

by Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture
Good News for SF Farmers
San Francisco urban agriculture advocates are rejoicing this week after the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to amend the zoning code to allow small-scale commercial farming in areas previously deemed residential.
The shift will allow farming enterprises under an acre in size to grow […]