The Urban Oasis Project is an all-volunteer organization dedicated to building food gardens in the city. Think fruits and vegetables growing in a garden in your backyard. Bananas, okra, melons, herbs, mmmm. Urban Oasis Project is the brainchild of CSA member Melissa Contreras, who together with Art Friedrich, host monthly meetings and potlucks. The next [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Urban Oasis Project
Posted in agritourism, farmer/grower, food, location, locavore, people, tagged food garden, potluck, Urban Oasis Project on July 31, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Goat milk ice cream?
Posted in chef, farmer/grower, food, interview, locavore, market, people, photo, tagged goat milk, Hani Khouri, Local Links, Redland Mediterranean Organic on July 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hani Khouri, owner of Redland Mediterranean Organics (and the latest grower to join Redland Organics), makes cheese and ice cream from goat milk. Wait a minute… what’s that… goat milk ice cream? Um, how does it taste? Like really, really good ice cream. And when was the last time that you experienced a flavor like [...]
State 1, Lowes 0
Posted in development, location, politics, tagged UDB on July 29, 2009 |
What happens here in Miami-Dade County could set precedents for other counties regarding sprawl. Why don’t developers reconsider urban infill? Florida Cabinet thwarts plan to alter Miami-Dade development boundary The state Cabinet overruled Miami-Dade County and stopped an attempt to move the county’s western development line. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1161697.html
Urban sprawl and farms
Posted in development, location, politics, tagged UDB on July 27, 2009 |
Urban sprawl is a hot button issue is South Miami-Dade County. Depending on whom you speak to, they’re either strongly for it or against it. The UDB, or Urban Development Boundary, is a line drawn in Miami-Dade’s master plan that separates agriculture from suburbia. Periodically and frequently, developers petition the county and state to move [...]
Florida Small Farms Conference
Posted in farmer/grower, tagged conference on July 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Today is the last day to register at the regular attendee fee for the UF/IFAS Florida Small Farms Alternative Enterprises Conference in Kissimmee on August 1 and 2. You can still register after today, but you’ll pay a little more. If you want to meet growers from Redland Organics, several of them will be presenting [...]
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