Starting an urban farm
chardy_har_har
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Comments (25)I think that the "empty big box store" part of idea is terrible for a number of reasons. One would be infrastructure problems in old or even newer dissimilar buildings. A fast-food restuarant or even a large retail store doesn't buy and raze the lot next door to put up a newer building just because they need more space - there are functional flaws in the older building design even though it was purpose built for that business at one time. It would be prohibitively expensive to repurpose these buildings (or it would have been done $$$.) Another reason would be zoning laws and concerns. For example - if I owned a furniture retail store next to a large grocery store that shut down I doubt that I would be much more upset over a livestock auction moving in next door than over a lettuce factory because I would want the traffic from a compatible business or barring that traffic at all. It would have been great if the article was about q business succeding because of their beliefs against long odds because local consumers wanted their product (this can be done). What I read the article as was that a government supported group in Vancouver *CANADA* (because IMO the writer wants to confuse Vancouver BC with Vancouver WA) has a "system" that they think has potential and then all of a sudden the article shifted with no transition to the *US* where it appears that not a leaf of lettuce has been grown. The phrases "might yield", "should finish" and "plans to grow" should send "investors" running, Well meaning people and government at different levels can do a lot of damage to progress by favoring one idea (or person) over another. Many should step aside and let things take their course. There seems to have been quite a bit of *REAL* success in CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) and farmer's markets recently....See MoreUrban Farming from Countertop to Table
Comments (1)I'm waiting for the sequel: "How to grow fruit trees in your 2005 VW Beetle convertible"....See More2012 Grow Season
Comments (4)UrbanFarm210 - we sometimes get advertising which is not allowed, and possible "open the link and get a surprise....virus!" on this forum and I thought the same thing Melvelena did about the URL, so was afraid to try to go there. And I did see that you just joined the forum the same day which is an indication of advertising or worse. Sorry if I hurt your feelings, and hate to have to watch out for spammers etc., but it happens....See MoreUrban Farming
Comments (5)Similar kinds of things I am aware of or involved with in Philadelphia, Cleveland, and locally where I live in the Lehigh Valley. For example, there's a group I know of where a woman is donating her large property for the youth group of her church to grow food to donate to the local food pantry and also the United Way there is attempting to coordinate home gardeners to be able to donate excess produce to the needy (the big issues with donations are always storage and distribution). Like I said in that other article that got pulled for whatever reason, where there's a will there's a way. It's great work to be involved with! Here is a link that might be useful: Gardens of Giving in Saylorsburg, PA...See Morejnjfarm_gw
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