Visit the project official blog @ http://pleasetouchgarden.tumblr.com/ Have you ever walked past that empty lot on Grove Street, right next to the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium and City Hall? This high-traffic space in midst...
Saturday was Soil Day in my permaculture design course. But if you really want to learn all about soil – from how to determine its texture to how to manage its structure and prevent...
A few years ago I had the chance to sit down with Ernest Callenbach and discuss solutionary governance ideas. I posted this after the interview. Any reference to state referendum bills and their numbered...
What public land might be underutilized or vacant that could be used for food production or other ecosystemic uses in San Francisco? We’ve already assessed the opportunities of Recreation and Park Department land, but...
After backyards, Recreation and Parks Department (RPD) land seems like a logical place to seek space for food cultivation. Although RPD has over 4,000 acres of land, I am not certain that prioritizing that...
As the buzz around urban agriculture reaches a exciting pitch I frequently hear students, friends and associates ask “what about growing food on the rooftops in San Francisco?” It does seem odd that in...
Once we examine the city as a whole and assess space for growing food, how do we prioritize our growing energy? It seems to me that space where water is available and where people...
If it is the case that fossil fuels are scarce and not renewable on human time scales, then it follows that any sustainable or permanent culture must develop a food system that is independent...
Practical Guidance on the Use of Urine in Crop Production: A Review The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), a non-profit research institute based in Sweden, launched it’s latest publication September, 2010: Practical Guidance on the...
So often when speaking to urbanites in the Bay Area and beyond about growing food, I hear the resigned, nearly mantric lament, “my apartment does not have any access to any gardening space.” How...
