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18 Jan, 2010

Urban Organic Farming

Posted by: Dina Eliash Robinson In: Urban organic farming

FreeRangeClub.com has brought out the importance of the ongoing urban organic farming movement in articles and videos. Colleges, High Schools and, even the Boys and Girls Clubs of America have planted organic gardens and instituted programs to teach their students to grow, cook and eat foods made with organic vegetables, herbs and fruits.

This movement has extended to the adult population, and particularly to marginalized urban neighborhoods, where fast foods have been the food of choice, and fruits and vegetables have not been an important staple of their diet.

We would like to point out an article from the San Jose Journal, reprinted in the New York Times, which talks of how a nonprofit group is helping families in low income, mostly Latino neighborhoods of San Jose, California grow their own organic produce.

2 Responses to "Urban Organic Farming"

1 | Benedict Dupree

May 1st, 2010 at 9:22 am

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it is still better to adhere on organic farming because the fruits and vegetables does not contain those harmful chemicals..,”

2 | Adam Hiner

July 16th, 2011 at 12:10 pm

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I met you at whole foods today. We have a local farm to table restaurant that just opened in Hillcrest called Local Habit. We are at 3827 5th Avenue, SD, CA 92103. Hope to see you there. Also my sister and I have a really huge organic urban garden and we are fighting to make backyard chickens legal with no restrictions in SD. Contact my sister Rachel for more info at rachel@sandyfeetevents.com.

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Mr. Popoff’s e-mail was forwarded to me for reply—mostly because researching all things pertaining to organic foods, from production to consumption, has been my task since FRC first hit the Web. Far from claiming expertise—the topic is too vast and changeable—I merely admit to passionate interest in factual information that leads to safe foods and healthy nutrition.

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E-mail from Mr. Mischa Popoff to The Kitchen Shrink:

Dear Catharine,

To listen to some media outlets you’d think the multi-billion-dollar organic industry was infallible. I’m trusting you’ll be a bit more objective.

As you may already know, I worked for five years in the United States and Canada as an organic inspector. I believe fervently in the principles of organic farming but maintain that we have to prove those principles instead of operating on the politicized, bureaucratic honor system that’s been the organic industry’s mainstay for the last decade.

See remainder of Mr. Popoff's Email & Dina's Reply

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