Metropolitan Gardening

FYI: farmers markets have grown 16% this past year according to the recent USDA announcement ! Wait this is a bad time for the economy how is this even happening??!??! Unless maybe people are reinventing their food consumption habits in a response to the economic crisis. Here's a couple ways to actively support with low low effort your fave farmers market(s). The bestest link for a friggen amazing user generated pictures of farmers markets . Just enter your locale and see the market where you can shop in real time. You can see a sample of the Union Square Farmers Market posted above as a slideshow widget. Join the Food Revolution and Vote for Your Favorite Farmers’ Market  VOTE  HERE  Here's the USDA link to info on farmers markets for faith based and neighborhood partnerships.This is a cool chart showing how much of our food is grown on urban fringe areas . 

The JUST FOOD mission is to unite local farms and city residents... If you are in NYC and you want to shop for produce grown in the city here is a fantastic list - Just Food brings the thunder and the rain of solid info regarding where to go to market. And if it's food fests you like - get your tickets for " Let Us Eat Local " the tasting event features over 2 dozen fooderies at the South Street Seaport on September 16, 2010 and celebrates locally grown food. (If you have information on locally grown food in your city please leave your web address and/or email in the comments section here so we can post about the growing local food movement in american urban culture. -BTO)