Down On The Urban Farm

I found this great directory of green and sustainable products and resources:

VivaGreen.com

Another urban farm springs to life, tis time in Indianapolis

I found a wonderful resource: localharvest.org.

It is a great website for finding farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies.

I'm seeing more and more articles >a href="http://site.cleanairgardening.com/info/ready-to-rip-out-your-lawn-and-become-a-suburban-farmer.html">like this - People replacing their lawns with vegetable gardens.

Not everyone can keep a cow, but everyone can make cheese. Not everyone has a field of wheat, but we can all make our own bread.

This stand-out quote is the first thing you see at Home Farmer, a UK magazine about urban farming. The price of a subscription here in 'The States' is pretty steep, and - after having lived in the U.K. a number of years ago - I'm not sure that the growing techniques would apply here in arid Arizona, but we can dream.

They do have a blog:

http://www.homefarmer.co.uk/blog.asp

There is a great article on SaveChange about the different methods of composting.

Vineyards in Arizona????

Yes!

Alcantara Vineyards is on a portion of 87 acres overlooking the confluence of the Verde River and Oak Creek, off Highway 260 between Camp Verde and Cottonwood, not far from I-17.

Saturday, May 3, 2008 Alacantara Vineyards will be hosting a celebration of the local wines and foods of Northern Arizona. The day will include local wine tastings, sampling organic cheeses and local produce, wonderful local breads, olive oil, pecans and other delights.

Sustainable Arizona is co-hosting the event as part of their annual meeting. Their members will exhibit healthy living, permaculture, solar and other green technologies for visitors. Noted harp-guitarist, William Eaton will be there with friends to provide live music. The event is free and doors open at 11 am, and the festivities run until 5 pm.

More information:

http://www.sedona.biz/alcantara-vineyards0108.htm

The blogosphere is suddenly full of articles about biodegradable pots. I found some made from chicken feathers!

I found this great article on The Grinder today:

http://www.chow.com/grinder/5374

Kipp Nash of Boulder Colorado has converted his front yard to an urbanfarm. He has also convinced his neighbors to let him take over their front yards and farm them as well. He is now farming eight yards. Boulder residents can buy CSA shares, and the residents of Nash’s “farms” get paid rent in produce.