Monthly Archives: November 2011

Urban Farming is booming (City Farmer News)

Posted on November 26, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.cityfarmer.info/2011/11/24/aspiring-urban-farmers-can-now-apply-for-the-beginning-urban-farmer-apprenticeship-program/ Aspiring urban farmers can now apply for the Beginning Urban Farmer Apprenticeship program Linked by Michael Levenston VIDEO SEEN AT : http://youtu.be/lmSTZ4sWyzg Beginning Urban Farmer Apprenticeship The Beginning Urban Farmer Apprenticeship (BUFA) program is a partnership … Continue reading →

Posted in urban agriculture/farming

Urban agriculture boom in Bangalore (City Framer News / New Internationalist)

Posted on November 26, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.cityfarmer.info/2011/11/24/bangalore%e2%80%99s-urban-agriculture-boom/ Bangalore’s urban agriculture boom Linked by Michael Levenston Bangaloreans are starting a movement to grow organic food for their families. http://www.newint.org/blog/2011/11/24/bangalore-urban-agriculture/ By Mari Marcel Thekaekara | New Internationalist Nov 25, 2011 Excerpt: Before it hit the … Continue reading →

Posted in urban agriculture/farming

International farmers’ conference to stop land grabbing (AfricaFiles / GRAIN)

Posted on November 26, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.africafiles.org/article.asp?ID=25969 Mali: Farmers mobilise to find solutions against land grabbing Summary & Comment: This is an article about a conference of some 250 delegates from 30 countries, meeting in Nyeleni, Mali. It was the first on the … Continue reading →

Posted in land grab

Strategy to fight deforestation (The Daily Star)

Posted on November 26, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2011/Nov-18/154460-one-year-program-to-produce-strategy-to-fight-deforestation.ashx#axzz1eoxvs0zO One-year program to produce strategy to fight deforestation By Enora Castagne – The Daily Star BEIRUT: The first National Forest Program was launched Thursday, by the agriculture minister in cooperation with the German Development Cooperation agency … Continue reading →

Posted in deforestation

Reforestation campaign in Lebanon (The Daily Star)

Posted on November 26, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2011/Nov-26/155258-lebanon-begins-landmark-reforestation-campaign.ashx#axzz1eoxvs0zO Lebanon begins landmark reforestation campaign By Olivia Alabaster – The Daily Star BEIRUT: Fairouz first performed “Lebanon the Beautiful Green” back in 1957, singing, “Lebanon o beautiful green on your hills, My heart’s story and nostalgia … Continue reading →

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Poverty drives deforestation (Google / The Daily Star)

Posted on November 26, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-News/2011/Nov-26/155256-poverty-drives-deforestation-in-northern-bekaa-valley.ashx#axzz1eoxvs0zO Poverty drives deforestation in northern Bekaa Valley By Rakan al-Fakih – The Daily Star HERMEL, Lebanon: With the beginning of winter, residents of villages and towns in northern Bekaa, many of whom … Continue reading →

Posted in deforestation, Desertification, poverty

Desertification affecting 120 million hectare of land in India (Google / MSN News)

Posted on November 26, 2011 by

Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://news.in.msn.com/business/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5624775 Desertification is affecting about 120 million hectares of land in the country, a top agriculture scientist said today. “Around 120 million hectares of land has been affected by desertification in Madhya Pradesh, … Continue reading →

Posted in Desertification

Growing fresh food in a cracker box on a cabin windowsill (Rene DELACRUZ)

Posted on November 26, 2011 by

I really like the photo below because it shows that we don’t need expensive materials to grow fresh food at home. Rene DELACRUZ posted it on Facebook : http://www.facebook.com/groups/homefarmersclub.ucg/ illustrating that it is possible to grow bell peppers in a … Continue reading →

Posted in container/bottle gardening, food / food security

Sack gardening, a novel tool for the hungry and malnourished (Willem Van Cotthem)

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

In many countries sack gardening is making sensational progress.  It takes the flight of the condor. On February 18, 2010, IRIN News published the article ‘KENYA: Bag a farm‘ (see : http://desertification.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/urban-farming-growing-vegetables-in-sacks-in-kenya-irin/): ‘Faced with high food prices, low income and … Continue reading →

Posted in container/bottle gardening, food / food security, hunger / famine, malnutrition, sack gardening

Africa : governments are being rushed into signing away water rights (NGO News Africa)

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

Read at : http://www.ngonewsafrica.org/?p=10682 Continental: Africa’s great ‘water grab’ International Institute for Environment and Development Peter Brabeck-Letmathe The banks of the Niger river, in southern Mali, have been flooded by a steady stream of foreigners. Coveted by foreign investors eager … Continue reading →

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