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Urban Ag Ambassador Spotlight: PatrickSomerville Urban Ag Ambassadors receive free ag training in exchange for 30 hours of community service This past summer I worked at the community garden at the Chuckie Harris Park in East Somerville. The garden was in difficult shape. We also struggled with attracting input and interest from…
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Seed saving is the art of collecting the seed from your crop and using it in subsequent seasons to grow new plants. Even if you save only small quantities of a few crops, understanding more about the life cycle, breeding tendencies, and botany of your crops will help you manage and care for them more…
So here I am again leaving Helsinki five years after my last visit and my last comments posted here in2013. So before I put down my thoughts about the latest developments, most notably the Airport Ring Line and the first stage of the Länsimetro to Espoo, I want to add some updates to the earlier…
It’s been seven weeks since my last post. A post in which I promised myself I would try to post more regularly to help me keep track of what’s happening on the farm and in my mind about what’s coming next out there. That hasn’t happened. So, today I’m going to record seven vignettes, one…
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This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Become A Member This story was co-published with Overstory, an online newsroom covering the systems and solutions behind Hawai‘i’s most pressing issues. For the last year and a half, Chase Hasegawa and…
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In modern urban life, neighborhood interaction is gradually declining, affecting social cohesion and residents’ well-being. The design of residential communities plays a crucial role in shaping these interactions. China and the UK have distinct approaches—Chinese residential compounds are often enclosed and managed by property companies, while British communities tend to be more open and encourage…
The annual World Happiness Report has once again crowned Finland as the happiest country in the world, followed closely by Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, and the Netherlands. While the report evaluates GDP per capita, social support, life expectancy, and other key indicators, one major factor behind these nations’ high rankings is their investment in urban livability—putting…
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In a recent video, “Savor the Harvest,” I taste test my two fig varieties, plum liqueur, a hot chili from Sicily, harvest calyxes from roselle hibiscus and much more. It is a video I hope you will watch, like and share. I share this newspaper clipping of my mother, who is going downhill fast. Her…
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Squirrel deterrents are necessary for your garden. Keeping them out of the garden is something every urban farmer faces. In our house, they’re almost a curse word–I’ve begun referring to them as the “s-word” to keep my blood pressure in check. These furry little devils constantly threaten my front-yard garden and are readily finding new…
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Ignored- framed is about the forgotten textile mills of Mumbai, that became disused and non-functional after the Great Bombay Mill Strikes of the 1980s. Occupying more than 6 acres in the heart if the city, Shakti Mills was allowed to degenerate for more than 35 years, a span of time that devolved it into a…
