permaculture

["Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lflj@bellsouth.net>]

WORKING WITH URBAN FARMERS FOR FOOD SECURITY
The United Nations predicts that over the next 25 years nearly all population growth will be in the cities of the 
developing world. At current rates, 60% of the world’s total population will live in cities by 2030. As the cities grow, 
so does the number of urban poor. Unemployment, hunger, and malnutrition are commonplace. In the big city, most of any 
cash income the poor might bring home goes to feeding themselves and staying alive; any food that does not have to be 
bought is a bonus. As a result, more and more people are attempting to grow at least some of their own food to 
supplement poor diets and meager incomes. But farming in the city — urban agriculture — is too often seen by 
municipalities as a problem to be eradicated rather than as a part of the solution to making the city and its 
environment more sustainable.
http://www.idrc.ca/in_focus_cities/
Slide Show:
http://www.idrc.ca/in_focus_cities/ev-93796-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html