Category: Urban Life

866: Maureen Ballatori on Understanding Regenerative Agriculture. From Farm to Future. In This Podcast: Join Greg as he chats with Maureen Ballatori, founder and CEO of Agency29, an award-winning creative agency for food, beverage, and agricultural brands. Maureen shares her journey from growing up on a dairy farm in upstate New York to creating Agency29…

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There’s no better way of exploring the Catalan capital than on two wheels. We talk to the local guides at Steel Donkeys about the benefits of bike tourism, before running down our top 6 tours in the city… “Riding a bike always provides a great feeling of freedom and joy — especially when you ride…

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This post may contain affiliate links.* As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Click here to read our affiliate policy. Estimated reading time: 12 minutes If you look at the pattern of events in countries around the world enduring societal collapse one thing becomes apparent. Violence becomes a new and terrifying fact of…

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I started this series of Downtown Oakland Rail scenarios for a very explicit reason. Find out if and how any other cocktail of rail alignments for a Second Transbay Crossing and HSR to and through Oakland might equal or show a strong alternative to ConnectOAKLAND’s plan of running a new trainline down the I-980 corridor….

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Photo: Haupt and Binder Updated February 2025 From the street, one would never guess that a magnificent narrative of Venetian history, art, and culture was hidden behind centuries-old plaster walls and a set of wooden doors marked 3201. Pass through the entrance, and you step back centuries into the Palazzo Cappello Malipiero Barnabò, the Countess…

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Eggplant, aubergine or brinjal – however you call it, this vegetable is known around the world and each continent boasts of its own culinary version of this colorful “fruit”.  In the Philippines, eggplant comes in different shapes and colors – but the most common is purple. While it is generally a tropical crop, eggplant has been grown…

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img { border: 10px solid #FFFFFF; } Chuffed to see our new paper online. Tomasiello, D. B., Santos, D. H. M., Oliveira, J. L. A., Braga, C. K. V., & Pereira, R. H. M. (2022). A time interval metric for cumulative opportunity accessibility. Applied Geography, 157, 103007. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2023.103007 You can check the ungated PDF and…

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  Image: “urban farming,” by Elizabeth Lloyd on Flickr, CC BY 2.0. Growing food in urban and peri-urban environments has many documented and diverse benefits, including enhancing food sovereignty and building community. But the high market value of city parcels means that finding and staying on land is a top challenge for urban farmers, according…

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Las Vegas, NV  – Indoor Ag-Con, the largest show dedicated to controlled environment agriculture (CEA) , is the place to find the latest trends shaping the future of farming. Come March 11-12, farmers, growers, ag tech leaders, suppliers, advocates and enthusiasts will converge at Westgate Las Vegas to experience an expanded Expo Hall with 200+ exhibiting companies offering the most cutting-edge…

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Do you remember how you travelled to school? In the past, most children walked to school and modern neighbourhoods were designed around schools. A short and safe walk to school was understood as an indicator of the quality of life, social equality and cohesion. Cities throughout Europe are fully engaged in promoting active mobility. The…

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