So, food prices are going to remain high for the next 10 years, the Farm Bill was so bad they took two attempts to pass it, and food imports are set to top $1 trillion.

As Steve McCroskey says in the 1980 classic Airplane!, it looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.

Or at least to stop blogging.

But that's because I've been a little busy. ... read more »

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Posted on 22 May, 2008 - 23:13

This morning, I had a fantastic conversation with Brahm Ahmadi, Eric Holt-Gimenez and John Bela who’s working on designing the San Francisco Victory Garden that we’ll be digging outside City Hall later this year.

In our chat, we talked about the key constraints to successful urban agriculture, and about how the urban agriculture of the future will involve a commitment not just to production, but to a new food system. I’ll be writing up the meat of our conversation in a couple of pieces that I’ll post next week. ... read more »

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Posted on 23 May, 2008 - 01:38