Information about biointensive farming, a method of farming well-suited to small spaces.
Archives: Recommended Websites
Puget Sound Public Gardens
The website lists public gardens in the Puget Sound region. The site also hosts galleries of beautiful photography and botanically themed art, an event calendar and a list of gardening resources.
Washington Young Farmers Coalition
A chapter of the National Young Farmers Coalition, this organization “supports Washington’s young and beginning farmers and farmworkers in their pursuit of agrarian revival by offering unique social and educational events, enabling access to critical resources, and fostering a strong community of allies.” The website links to events, jobs and internships and reports of policy positions.
FoodSpan – Food Systems Curriculum
” … a free, downloadable high school curriculum that highlights critical issues in the food system and empowers students to be food citizens. It is aligned to national education standards in science, social studies, health, and family and consumer sciences.” Published by The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future.
Pollinator Partnership
This organization is focused on promoting pollinator health through “conservation, education, and research. Signature initiatives include the NAPPC (North American Pollinator Protection Campaign), National Pollinator Week, and the Ecoregional Planting Guides.” The Resources section includes a learning center and webinars on issues such as habitat restoration.
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)
“The Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) project is an ambitious effort to collect and provide access to quality-controlled data about butterflies and moths for the continent of North America from Panama to Canada.” Species observations submitted by citizen-scientists and verified by experts populate a map-linked database. Users may search the database by location or species to find detailed records with fields such as caterpillar host plants and habitat.
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
“Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems publishes rigorously peer-reviewed research on one of the biggest challenges of our time: sustainably achieving global food security.” Open-access
Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future
The Center is devoted to building “a healthier, more equitable and resilient food system” with with articles, reports programs and events that focus on:
- Food Systems & Climate Change
- Food Policy & Governance
- Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries
- Food Systems & Urbanization
- and related topics
An Integrated Approach to Identifying and Characterising Resilient Urban Food Systems to Promote Population Health in a Changing Climate
A scholarly article from the Cambridge University Press journal Public Health Nutrition.
Urban Farming Work Book
A comprehensive PDF booklet introduction to urban farming benefits, strategy, and practices.