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Urban Farming For Profit

lfcadmin — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:12:12 +0000

I have long believed that urban farming cannot be truly sustainable unless there are people who can earn a living or partial living at it. It needs to turn into small business to remain with us for a long time. We need to consider our local ordinances and our attitudes about urban farming so that it is viewed like any other small business and is welcomed in our neighborhoods. Read the full article: Urban Farming For Profit.

City Folks Farm Shop Opens in Columbus

lfcadmin — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:08:42 +0000

City Folk’s Farm Shop, the store that assists Columbus home gardeners, backyard livestock raisers, and homesteaders. We offer tools and services to promote Happy Growing! Today is the store’s soft opening. Stop by and check it out!

4760 North High Street • Columbus, Ohio 43214 • 614-946-5553

Franklinton Gardens Hosting volunteer work days

lfcadmin — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 21:46:11 +0000

Dear Friends of Franklinton Gardens,

During the next two weekends in February, Franklinton Gardens will be hosting volunteer work days from 9am-4pm at the Farmhouse, the Franklinton Gardens intern house at 909 W Rich Street. We are in need of many hands to help with remodeling work that we hope to finish by March 1st. Work detail will involve removing wall paneling, removing drop tile ceilings, patching holes in the walls and ceilings, cleaning windows, painting walls, ect. The more volunteers the better, we have loads of work and can accommodate both indoor remodeling and outdoor garden preparation projects, depending on volunteer turnout and weather. If you plan to help out either this weekend (February 18th and 19th), or the next weekend (February 25th and 26th), please notify us at info@franklintongardens, or by phone at (614) 205-3591 so that we can plan accordingly.

Thanks for your support!

Franklinton Gardens is dedicated to promoting urban agriculture and healthy food access in the Franklinton neighborhood. Creation of beauty in abandoned places, the sharing of food among neighbors, educating about nutrition and active lifestyles, and building a just and peaceable community are central themes of the Franklinton Gardens mission. — Nicholas Stanich Americorps VISTA, Franklinton Gardens Franklinton Gardens 909 W Rich Street Columbus, Ohio 43222 Cell: 614-562-4804 Office: 614.224.4770 Email: info@franklintongardens.org www.franklintongardens.org

Diversified Urban Farm Opens Farm Store in 2012

lfcadmin — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:42:13 +0000

Frijolito Farm, one of Columbus’s few diversified urban farms, continues to evolve to overcome the challenges of small scale urban farming. 2012 includes opening a farm market store and offering gift cards.

Read the story on the Farm Blog:

http://frijolitofarm.com/blog/2012/01/improvise-adapt-overcome/

Franklinton Gardens Organization Heads Healthy Corner Store Initiative

lfcadmin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:52:04 +0000

The challenge to getting fresh food into the urban center is building enough demand among the residents. This article shows that shopkeepers at corner stores want to carry more fresh vegetable and fruit, but the demand for such is not there yet. Economically disadvantaged people usually have less time to prepare fresh whole foods. Many folks lack the cooking skills and often the equipment. It is much easier and usually cheaper to eat processed foods that are much less nutritious. Franklinton Gardens is working on the many elements of this complex issue.

Read the full story at the Dispatch

Want to get involved? Learn more about the Franklinton Gardens Organization at their website www.franklintongardens.org

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Local Foods Week Starts Sept. 30th

lfcadmin — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:55:35 +0000

Want to eat healthier, support the local economy, meet some new friends? Check out the festivities for Local Foods Week.

Urban Columbus Worm Farm Featured on ONN!

lfcadmin — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:36:08 +0000

One20 farm of Columbus is featured on Ohio News Network. In their Green Ohio segment. Also featured is Sunny Meadows Sunflower Farm another of our local urban farms. Way to go!

View the story and video follow the link below:

Columbus Farmer Has Unique Crop | Ohio News Network (ONN).

Can you Farm in a Truck?

lfcadmin — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:05:58 +0000

A guy in Brooklyn needed more fresh veggies in his diet, but had no land to garden. So he turned the bed of his pickup truck into a garden and ran a CSA where he drove right to the members and harvested on site. He made a documentary with music written for the film. Wonderfully entertaining.
Truck Farm
A Wicked Delicate Film and Food Project
www.truck-farm.com

Urban Farms of Central Ohio

lfcadmin — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:55:37 +0000

View Urban Farms of Central Ohio in a larger map

We are building a map of urban farms. If you know of a farm that is in an urban (or suburban) area and sells direct to consumer, restaurants or stores, please comment and let others know about them.

View Urban Farms of Central Ohio in a larger map

Alternative Chicken feed

lfcadmin — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:50:53 +0000

For those who are looking to reduce their dependence on corn and soybean based feeds. There are a number of online sources on alternative chicken feed formulation for small producers.

Lionsgrip has a good introduction and details on alternatives at http://www.lionsgrip.com/intro.html

Energyfarms.net has a list of % of protein by wt. of various food sources such as earthworms 28%, dried peas and beans 24%, and sunflower seed 26%. Interestingly duckweed is listed as 50%. They also have a homegrown recipe mix of Peredovik Sungflowers seeds, Sorghum, Millet, and Ground corn.

http://www.energyfarms.net/taxonomy/term/233