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November 3, 2009
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Curbing Pollution
, Green Enterprise
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
- Tags:
- agriculture, conservation, density, florida, mining, smartgrowth, sprawl, watershed, wetlands
Lee County, Florida (Fort Myers) is moving forward with an innovative plan to use clustered, dense development instead of large-lot zoning to protect its water supply. Under current zoning the southeastern portion of the Gulf coast county has been threatened...continued→
August 13, 2009
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
- Tags:
- agriculture, community, farmersmarket, food, neighborhood, nutrition, smartercities, smartgrowth
For many years, the American Farmland Trust has been my go-to organization when it comes to things sustainable in farming, conservation, and food, and they have just announced the winners of their national "favorite farmers' markets" contest. Personally, I...continued→
July 15, 2009
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Green Enterprise
, Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
- Tags:
- agriculture, community, food, gardens, neighborhood, smartercities, smartgrowth, victory
A couple of weeks ago, I voiced some reservations I have about proposals to revert large, mostly abandoned sections of inner cities to agriculture. I clearly stepped on some sensitive toes with that post but, without rehashing the...continued→
June 24, 2009
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Health and the Environment
, Living Sustainably
, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
- Tags:
- agriculture, conservation, farmland, maryland, openspace, preservation, smartgrowth
These wonderful photographs of Frederick County, Maryland, are all by my friend Kai Hagen, writer, photographer, conservationist, entrepeneur, and County Commissioner. Kai is concerned that development is sprawling out onto prime soils even while there are ample sites within...continued→
April 21, 2009
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
, Solving Global Warming
- Tags:
- agriculture, community, conservation, farmland, localfood, neighborhood, newtowns, smartgrowth, sprawl, urbanism
I want you to bear with me today, because this one is going to be a little long. America's best farmland is in trouble, and will only be in more trouble when the recovery comes. The American Farmland Trust,...continued→
April 2, 2008
Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably
- Tags:
- agriculture, conservation, farmland, smartgrowth, sprawl
This news is a couple of weeks old but just reached me, as I was going through old email. I am sad to report that the country has lost one of its truly great conservation pioneers.Norman Berg practically invented the concept...continued→
