Events
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Adopt-a-Lot KICK OFF
It is my pleasure to invite you to the Kick-Off Event for Jersey City’s Adopt A Lot Program, “Growing Together,” on Saturday, May 7th 2011 from 11am-6pm ...
Posted May 4, 2011 6:12 AM by Richard L Williams
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Adopt-a-Lot Vote: Unanimous
At City Hall on Wednesday 23rd January 2011 the changes to the Adopt-a-Lot ordinaces were unanimously supported by the City Council.
The ordinance is one that revises the ...
Posted Feb 24, 2011 10:06 AM by Richard L Williams
News
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Camden's surge in community gardening
Inquirer Staff Writer, By Virginia A. Smith
The Camden story is all too familiar. More often than not, it's about poverty, corruption, and violence.
But here's a new ...
Posted Oct 14, 2010 7:08 AM by Richard L Williams
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Detroit Greening
Below is link to great video with Detroit as case study on preamaculture and society. Very interesting:- - http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/community/permaculture-and-society-the-example-of-detroit ...
Posted Aug 23, 2010 8:45 AM by Richard L Williams
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Local
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Carol Lester
Carol Lester is a long time Jersey City community activist, a newly elected member of the Jersey City Board of Education and an award winning songwriter. Carol is also a ...
Posted Sep 27, 2010 1:01 PM by Richard L Williams
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Urban Agriculture
Urban Agriculture is the growing, processing and distributing of food, and other products, through intensive plant cultivation within and around a city.
Activities include, but are not limited to:-
- community ...
Posted Sep 27, 2010 12:41 PM by Richard L Williams
Impacts
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Environmental/Ecological
Growing food locally significantly reduces "food miles", how far food travels from where it's grown to where it's consumed. A local "foodshed" requires fewer natural and human resources ...
Posted Jul 30, 2010 7:14 AM by Richard L Williams
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Physical Health
Eating vegetables, herbs, fruits, and berries helps us maintain optimal physical health. Combined with an active lifestyle, a plant-based diet can help address obesity and diabetes issues. Vegetables provide ...
Posted Aug 11, 2010 1:13 PM by Richard L Williams
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