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City Agriculture – July 31, 2022

July 31, 2022 By gmoke

The French Parliament recently approved a new law requiring all new commercial buildings to partially have their roofs covered with plants or solar … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: agriculture, cityplanning, climate, ecology, energy, environment, farming, food, gardening, sustainability

Building Soil for Earth Week

April 17, 2021 By gmoke

Pleistocene Park Discussion with Manager, Nikita Zimov Sunday, April 18, 9 - 10:30 AM ET (GMT-4) Zoom … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: agriculture, earth-day, ecology, economics, environment, farming, food, soil, sustainability

City Agriculture – January 21, 2021, the Happy Inauguration Issue

January 21, 2021 By gmoke

A rooftop forest for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: agriculture, cityplanning, ecology, energy, environment, farming, food, gardening, logistics, sustainability

City Agriculture – November 7, 2019

November 7, 2019 By gmoke

Net Zero plant-filled Singapore pavilion for Dubai’s 2020 World … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: agriculture, city planning, ecology, energy, environment, farming, food, gardening, green, sustainability

Agrophotovoltaics, Agriphotovoltaics, Solar Sharing

September 17, 2019 By gmoke

Fraunhofer Institute in Germany has been doing “agrophotovoltaics” studies for the last few years, the concept of producing both crops and solar power on the same land. Their 2018 study results are available here: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Editor, User Tagged With: agriculture, ecology, energy, environment, farming, solar, sustainability

UMass Sustainable Food and Farming Certificate Program

July 2, 2015 By gmoke

We currently have 600 students registered in our UMass Sustainable Food and Farming Certificate Program. If you are interested in this 15 credit UMass degree, see: https://stockbridge.cns.umass.edu/SFF-Certificate AND..... Our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: agriculture, business, education, farming, food, industry, umass

MA Farmer receives check for $0 for beef he sold

September 5, 2009 By shack

On the dairy side: According to Ziemba, it costs him and farmers like him $20 to produce 100 pounds of milk, but the market price for that 100 pounds is just over $10. By milking 175 cows, seven days per week, Ziemba produces 10,000 pounds … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: beef, dairy, farming, milk

E-I-E-I-O is no longer enough

November 4, 2007 By shack

"Sensing the winds of reform at his back, Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, told a reporter in July: "This is not just a farm bill. It's a food bill, and Americans who eat want a stake in it."Pollan … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: farm-bill, farming

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