Evangelizing Urban Farming in New York City

by Mike Smith · 2009-09-15 07:01:00 UTC
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Backyards urban farms are teaching local people the value of food, and bringing a sense of realness and pride to their tables and to their neighborhoods. Idealist in NYC reports that there are 10,000 acres of unused land in New York City that could be used to grow food, reporting on project 'bk farmlands' that capitalizing on this, turning unused yardspace into a network of farmyards.

The Boston Glove recently interviewed Novella Carpenter who has written a book about urban farming. She explains the new generation's movement to urban farming bluntly, saying that "the elitism of the slow food movement makes people who are younger want to barf." She continues by explaining that farming improved her relationship with her neighbourhood, that seeing an animal die changes ones perception on consuming meat too often, and of the importance of 'realness' amongst iPhones and digital lives.

With so many evangelizing sustainability, in the UK environmentalists may soon be entitled to the same protections as religious people if a company doesn't take their sustainability and green convictions seriously.

[Photo credit: greensudbury]

Mike Smith
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