As if passing the first Urban Ag Ordinance in Massachusetts wasn’t enough, we have also broken it down for you here in the SOMERVILLE’S ABC’S OF URBAN AGRICULTURE GUIDE. This has the forms you need, some best practices and connections to local resources. (oh, we’ve got local resources…it’s happening here in the ‘Ville.)
B is for BEEEEEEEEEES.
Urban beekeeping= honey + pollination (super important.)
That is the BUZZ. B is for BEES.
A is for AGRICULTURE. Urban agriculture, that is. Growing food in the city. Growing food in small spaces. Somerville’s Urban Ag Ordinance is aimed at encouraging just that. A is for Agriculture. http://www.somervillema.gov/news/somerville-becomes-first-city-commonwealth-unveil-urban-agriculture-ordinance
More than half of the continental United States was in moderate to extreme drought in June — including corn- and soybean-producing states — damaging crops and impacting prices at the grocery store.
Some say if the hot, dry weather continues, this year’s drought could rival the “dust bowl” years of the 1930s.
How are you feeling the heat where you live?
(via impulsivefarmer)
Source: newshour