Urban Agriculture News : October, 2006

  October, 2006   Volume 1, Number 2     



Book of the Month


urbanism
 • West Loop real estate firm touts New Urbanism
 • New urbanism promises to transform downtown Waco
 • 'New urbanism' goes bust
 • Lectures to focus on social and technological issues

agricultural technology
 • The Worldwide Class Struggle
 • Over 1,200 lots traded at Universal Agro-Industrial Exchange
 • Poly receives $1.5M donation
 • Divergence Adds Wong to Board of Directors and Geary to Scientific

sustainable cities
 • Minnesotans feel burden of sky-rocketing property taxes
 • Shelter crisis looms
 • Asia Commercial Bank enjoys healthy growth, high profits
 • Govt grand plans for Isiolo town

landscape development
 • Westfield Fall Events to Benefit 25 Elementary Schools
 • Bosses give respect to gain respect
 • Discovering that Where There's Smoke, One Must Investigate
 • Subscribe to the Hotelier Middle East Update:




Growtech Eurasia
International Exhibition for Horticulture, Floriculture & Agriculture: Antalya
ECOSUD
Conference on Ecosystems & Sustainable Development: Coimbra
BIO EXPO
Exhibition of Vicenza & Veneto Organic Products: Vicenza
YUGAGROPROM
Agriculture Exhibition: Krasnodar

Featured Articles

My Greek Kitchen [  Sydney Morning Herald  ] Wed, 04 Oct 2006 sharing her knowledge with us, presenting recipes for kebabs and avgolemeno soup between visits to markets, a third-generation shoemaker, city gardens and the Read More ...
Beattie shelves report calling for Palm Island changes [  The Australian  ] Tue, 26 Sep 2006 Peter Beattie in the wake of the riots, was intended to set down strict time frames for negotiation to tackle issues such as land tenure, housing shortages Read More ...
Kenya: Too Many Pitfalls in Proposed Land Bill [  AllAfrica.com  ] Fri, 29 Sep 2006 The Draft Land Policy document captures this spirit under the clause titled 'Land Tenure Issues: Gender and Equity Principles'. It says: Read More ...
He Poroporoaki ki Tä Hugh Käwharu (1927-2006) [  Massey News  ] Thu, 21 Sep 2006 “His own research interests in Mäori land tenure and Mäori community development provided a basis for later research initiatives at Massey,” Professor Read More ...
Govt stakes agric land [  Republic of Botswana  ] Mon, 18 Sep 2006 He said however that maps of Mahalapye, Palapye, Serowe, Selebi-Phikwe and Tutume reveal the dominance of the tribal land tenure system. Read More ...


Your back yard…more beautiful than a tropical rainforest? [  Rock River Times  ] Wed, 11 Oct 2006 Kingsville, Kan. and is designing the signature Heartland Harvest Garden, planned as the nations premier edible landscape. His Read More ...

Kenya: Land Policy Highly Welcome [  AllAfrica.com  ] Mon, 16 Oct 2006 It is an idea whose time has come. As we learnt from the Ndung'u report, there are several anomalies in the land tenure system. Read More ...

Sciences et techniques [  Cameroon Radio Television  ] Wed, 11 Oct 2006 will soon make available more funds for the promotion of mental health in Cameroon; Officials of the Ministry of State Property and Land Tenure to present a Read More ...

Casper looks at big annexation [  The Casper Star Tribune  ] Tue, 19 Sep 2006 Addition, located about 10 miles north of Casper off Bryan Stock Trail, are proposing to annex the land into the city by rezoning the land to urban agriculture Read More ...


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Make them wear Cebuano costume? [  Sun.Star  ] Tue, 10 Oct 2006 Edmund del Puerto, land tenure section head of the Division for the Welfare of the Urban Poor, said a one-hectare lot in Sitio Tac-an, Barangay Budlaan, Cebu Read More ...

Lure butterflies with plants they like [  Ventura County Star (subscription)  ] Fri, 29 Sep 2006 growing to just 3 feet. These are real problem-solvers and can be used as butterfly magnets in city gardens. This is the perfect Read More ...

Côte d'Ivoire: IDPs face deepening protection crisis as political [  ReliefWeb (press release)  ] Mon, 09 Oct 2006 militia failed to get underway; the parties continued to wrangle over key legislative reforms relating to citizenship and land tenure (although President Read More ...

Kenya: Policy Pays Lip Service to Housing Problems [  AllAfrica.com  ] Wed, 27 Sep 2006 It is worth noting that attempts at addressing slum problems will come to nought if focus is not on urban land tenure and administration. Read More ...

Amity to bear certification cost for organic produces [  Financial Express  ] Wed, 27 Sep 2006 NEW DELHI, SEPT 27: In an effort to boost peri-urban agriculture in the country, Amity University has planned to bear the cost of certification of the organic Read More ...

OBJ, Atiku Feud Frightens Me [  Newswatch (subscription)  ] Tue, 10 Oct 2006 We tried to get our people into cooperative, because we have very difficult land tenure system, where people own just very little parcel. Read More ...

Romios Options Property in the Galore Creek area, Northwestern [  Market Wire (press release)  ] Thu, 05 Oct 2006 The JW Property consists of one land tenure which encompasses approximately 613.8 hectares (1,516.7 acres) of land in the Liard Mining Division in northwestern Read More ...

NW Gardens: Welcome to Birdland: Make your yard a landing strip [  Seattle Post Intelligencer  ] Sat, 23 Sep 2006 Quiet winter visitors can be seen at feeders, on the ground or at the birdbath, even in our city gardens, including decks and patios. Read More ...


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