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		<title>Urban Farm at Atlantic City Nursery One Step Closer to Reality</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/09/urban-farm-at-atlantic-city-nursery-one-step-closer-to-reality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 23:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Vergis Vinh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, a determined group of local community members in the Rainier Beach neighborhood moved one step closer to their goal of getting an urban farm in their neighborhood when the Board of Park Commissioners voted unanimously to recommend the establishment of an Urban Farm and Wetlands Restoration site at Atlantic City Nursery.
Parks and Recreation Superintendent Christopher Williams [...]


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		<title>Seattle PARK(ing) Day Spaces Celebrate Urban Agriculture</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/09/seattle-parking-day-spaces-celebrate-urban-agriculture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Knudsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARK(ing) Day is a worldwide event where artists, activists, and citizens convert cement-covered metered parking spots into lush, temporary public parks filled with potted plants, art galleries, and other fun spaces for people to enjoy. This year the festivities will occur next Friday, September 17.
Though participants come up with a variety of creative ideas for [...]


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		<title>Richard Conlin to Chair PSRC&#8217;s New Regional Food Policy Council</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/09/richard-conlin-to-chair-psrcs-new-regional-food-policy-council/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Vergis Vinh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was just announced today at a Seattle City Council briefing that Council President Richard Conlin will head up the new Puget Sound Regional Food Policy Council.
The goal of the new council is to work with community, business, agriculture, and government actors in King, Kitsap, Pierce, and Snohomish counties to develop recommendations that strengthen local and regional food systems.
Conlin [...]


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		<title>New Report on Promoting Urban Agriculture in Toronto</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/09/new-report-out-on-scaling-up-urban-agriculture-in-toronto/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Vergis Vinh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a new report looking at ways of scaling up urban agriculture in Toronto.  I wonder which ideas would work here in the Puget Sound region.  Some of the recommendations include the following:
Short Term:

rooftop food production
development by the City of a strategy to specifically address increasing development of a hub for soil testing for urban [...]


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		<title>FoodCorps Program Goes Live</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/09/food-corps-program-goes-live/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Vergis Vinh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last May we brought you information about planning for an exciting new program to place Americorps volunteers in schools to assist with improving the food system.  Well, the planning is now done and they are ready to find host sites.  Here&#8217;s information on how to get involved from Civil Eats.
FoodCorps is a national AmeriCorps program in [...]


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		<title>Urban Farm Hub&#8217;s First Sponsor: Kippen House Chicken Coops</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/09/sponsor-kippen-house-garden-roof-chicken-coops/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily Knudsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Urban Farm Hub would like to announce and thank our very first sponsor: Kippen House!  Kippen House chicken coops were designed with the urban farmer in mind. They are stylish, efficient and multi-functional.
Traci, founder and owner of Kippen House, started designing a chicken coop for her own family to use while she was living in [...]


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		<title>FACN Sees Positive Response at Public Hearing</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/08/facn-sees-positive-response-at-public-hearing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Urban Farm Hub Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of local community members organized as the Friends of Atlantic City Nursery (FACN) has been advocating that Seattle Parks and Recreation convert the closed Atlantic City Nursery into the Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands Restoration Project.
The core idea of this project is to transform the existing horticulture buildings into sustainable food-growing facilities [...]


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		<title>Active Retirement</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/08/active-retirement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/08/active-retirement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Vergis Vinh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the AlterNet blog, here is more news on the trend of people going for a new type of active retirement in the form of small-scale farming.
A former Dallas attorney sells sprouts under the cover of a white tarp and a fraying straw hat. A former graphic designer plops candy striped beets on a Mexican [...]


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		<title>Will Incentives Increase Fruit and Vegetable Consumption?</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/08/will-incentives-increase-fruit-and-vegetable-consumption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Vergis Vinh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following  USDA newsroom blog post discusses a new pilot project aimed at determining if incentives increase food stamp recipients&#8217; purchases of fresh produce.
Last year there was a &#8220;Double Your Dollars&#8221; program at several farmers&#8217; markets in Seattle to encourage purchasing of fruits and vegetables by food stamp recipients and results showed a significant increase.
On August 19th Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced [...]


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		<title>Urban Farming 101 &#8211; August 28th</title>
		<link>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/08/urban-farming-101-august-28th/</link>
		<comments>http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/2010/08/urban-farming-101-august-28th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana Vergis Vinh</dc:creator>
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Here&#8217;s news from the Friends of Atlantic City Nursery on a great educational opportunity coming up this Saturday:
You are invited to an educational forum co-sponsored by the Friends of Atlantic City Nursery and Seattle Parks and Recreation Department on Urban Farming on Saturday, August 28th at the Pritchard Beach Bathhouse starting at 10:00 am.
Friends of [...]


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