The “New York Times” has a piece today about the growing interest in vertical, urban farming. I guess it’s good that people are thinking about growing the food closer to where the people are, and there are some aspects I like about the idea, like the fact that you can, at least in theory, grow […]
I’m thinking about changing the name of this site to: Mark Maynard’s ‘What I’m Doing Tonight Instead of Blogging Blog.’ Tonight, the plan is to go to bed early and read today’s “New York Times Magazine.” It’s on cities. So far, I’ve just skimmed it, but it looks really good. I’m particularly looking forward to […]
Our friend Lisele just left a comment in last week’s thread about farming, alerting us to the fact that our local CSA, a farm called Boxelder Acres, was closing down. According to their Local Harvest write-up, the farm, which had for the past ten years been Certified Organic, discontinued certification last year in order to […]
Can someone please verify this? I just received an email from Friends of the Earth alerting me to the fact that the FDA, buckling under pressure from big biotech and the agro-business lobby, has cleared the way for the sale of cloned meat. What’s more, they claim that, according to language in the new Farm […]
Jane Jacobs, author of “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” (1961) and patron saint to urban planners the world over, died today, at the age of 89. She will be missed. (And, isn’t she cute?) (note: That third link will take you to an interview Jacobs did with our new friend Jim “Fuck […]
