[p2p-research] metropolitan agriculture in detroit and flint, michigan

[Michel Bauwens]

hi sam, (and steve)

if you have time, a reference to this in our p2p blog would be veryu
welcome,

see below in the worldchanging article for reference to your region of
activity,

Michel



URL = http://www.metropolitanagriculture.com/


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] Description

"Metropolitan Agriculture is an organization dedicated to creating better
links between metropolitan areas and food production. They hosted their
first global summit and launched their 'Innoversity' at the end of
September. They currently bring together six cities: Amsterdam, London,
Detroit, Flint, Johannesburg, Sao Paolo, and Chennai to work on issues
around sustainable food production, exchange ideas and best practice. The
phrase 'metropolitan agriculture' quickly conjures up images of urban
farming, food production on large vacant lots in otherwise heavily built up
areas, and this model is certainly represented amongst the cities
contributing to the conference. In actuality, however, that kind of urban
farming is appropriate to a minority of cities. Much of the potential for
urban agricultural reform is hidden further from view -- for example in
reconfigured supply chains, or in policy focused on poverty reduction or
better nutrition." (http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/011671.html)


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