It's been a while since I added a piece to this website as I work my way through all 31 pieces in this show. But as I began to work on a couple of recent pieces on urban farms proper, container gardening, and rooftop farms, I discovered that I hadn't yet posted my latest piece on community gardens. Having run a community garden myself for four years, I know first hand the value of utilizing … [Read more...] about Gardens Build Community
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Food not lawns
The Food: Not Lawns Movement may be one of the most perfect storms in addressing how we can simultaneously cut back on destructive practices in lawn care and centralized food production while increasing healthy and productive ones at the hyper-local level. Between fossil-fuel powered mowers and leaf blowers, heavy water use, application of synthetic — and too often toxic — herbicides and … [Read more...] about Food not lawns
The food and climate intersection
I wanted to do more with this show than just depict urban farming in action, but also to illustrate its benefits. Since food grown closer to where people live travels a smaller distance, and because growing food in proximity to large populations calls for more sustainable methods, overall urban farming results in a smaller carbon footprint, something key to the urgent case for methods — and … [Read more...] about The food and climate intersection
End food deserts now
This piece I decided to do in typography alone. Since food deserts — places that lack access to fresh, wholesome food — manifest in a variety of ways, from dense urban areas with no fresh grocers, to places surrounded by urban land that residents can't use due to zoning, private ownership, liability concerns, etc., to places where residents could grow but they don't know how and don't know how … [Read more...] about End food deserts now
She’s the farmer
Women are making a huge impact in the urban farming world, both as farmers and as leaders of organizations that support farmers, from community gardens to educational institutions to businesses ton development organizations and more. The farmer in this piece, Emily Melvin, is a former Senior Fellow of the Allegheny Mountain Institute who was also part of a team that worked in partnership with … [Read more...] about She’s the farmer
Towering figures in urban agriculture
Here's a print depicting a man who is possibly the most influential figure in Urban Agriculture, Will Allen of Growing Power out of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Allen's been leading the charge on issues like reclaiming abandoned or blighted land, reviving industry, creating jobs, training new generations of young city farmers, reinvigorating urban spaces, composting, teaching school kids … [Read more...] about Towering figures in urban agriculture
