http://www.healthycal.org/archives/7513 Fri, 17 May 2013 22:37:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.healthycal.org/archives/7513/comment-page-1#comment-9433 Urban agriculture Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:14:15 +0000 http://www.healthycal.org/?p=7513#comment-9433 [...] Urban ag before it was hipRosa Ramirez, HealthyCal.org Texanita Bluitt has lemon, plum and orange trees in her backyard. In raised beds, she grows mustard greens, curly mustards, cabbage, carrots, turnips, onions, celery and potatoes. When she wants to make strawberry pie for her granddaughter, she goes to her backyard. [...] [...] Urban ag before it was hipRosa Ramirez, HealthyCal.org Texanita Bluitt has lemon, plum and orange trees in her backyard. In raised beds, she grows mustard greens, curly mustards, cabbage, carrots, turnips, onions, celery and potatoes. When she wants to make strawberry pie for her granddaughter, she goes to her backyard. [...]

]]> http://www.healthycal.org/archives/7513/comment-page-1#comment-9397 Esperanza Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:44:50 +0000 http://www.healthycal.org/?p=7513#comment-9397 I truly appreciate this perspective! I consider my own backyard food production an extension of my cultural practices. My family has always grown food and kept food animals, even in San Francisco, CA. It is a total misperception that the renewed energy in backyard farming means it is a new practice. Thank you for highlighting this. I truly appreciate this perspective! I consider my own backyard food production an extension of my cultural practices. My family has always grown food and kept food animals, even in San Francisco, CA. It is a total misperception that the renewed energy in backyard farming means it is a new practice. Thank you for highlighting this.

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