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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
  • To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [permaculture] farm numbers and production up in periurban areas
  • Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2005 12:21:19 -0400



Article Explores Whether the Way We Eat Can Change Urban Agriculture
In a feature article for the Fall/Winter 2005 issue of Terrain.org, authors Martha Works and Thomas Harvey examine the trends of agriculture and urbanization in metropolitan Portland, Oregon. Although urban growth is often associated with the loss of productive farmland, the article, "Can the Way We Eat Change Metropolitan Agriculture?," shows this has not been the case in greater Portland. As population increased in Portland's metropolitan area from 1.3 to 2 million between 1980 and 2003, so did the number of farms, as well as the number of acres in production. Rural-urban linkages have been strengthened through farmers' markets, community supported agriculture, farmer-chef collaborations, and promotion of local food products, and the authors consider the impact of each of these linkages in detail. They also take a preliminary look at two other cities - Kansas City, Kansas and Charlotte, North Carolina - with different cultures, geographies, and growth patterns, and show th!
ey too have experienced increases in farmland over the past 15 years. The authors conclude that "Changing food preferences and local food politics can affect land use and landscape and help shape a regional dynamic where agriculture connects rather than divides urban and rural residents."

http://www.terrain.org/articles/17/works_harvey.htm

(snipped from attra newsletter)












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