Partnerships

Beginner’s Guide to Raising Chickens in the City

Originally posted on Porch.com Evan Dunn Raising chickens can bring a slice of country living to your home in the city. Eggs fresh from the hen house are healthier and tastier than store-bought, and you get the satisfaction of knowing you farmed them yourself. Chicken litter—the spilled feed, shed feathers, chicken poop, and organic bedding […]

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From Food Desert to Food Oasis: USDA Grant Brings Sustainably Grown Produce to the Promise Zone

Everyone should have access to fresh food. Sadly, however, in many urban centers across the country, food accessibility is a growing and multifaceted concern. In an effort to combat food scarcity here in Orlando, Fleet Farming, an agricultural movement that turns residential lawns into microfarms, teamed up with community partners to make fresh food a

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What Type of Composter Are You? Here Are 4 Methods From a Composting Pro.

If 2019 was the year the world woke up to climate change, then 2020 is the year we all should get more acquainted with our waste. Americans are a blithely wasteful lot, producing more than four pounds of trash per person each day. That shakes out to about 267 million tons annually. And 40% of

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Cabernet+Namaste: Taking the Quantum Leap

Leap into local wine! Quantum Leap is a local winery that is reinventing the wine-to-market delivery process by taking eco-friendly measures, assuring that the customer has a sustainably sourced and delicious drinking experience. Their model is to search for top quality, sustainably grown wines from small producers around the world and then reduce their carbon

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U.N. Food Gardens

Fleet Farming recognized by the United Nations Food Gardens Initiative for “outstanding efforts to further sustainable urban agriculture and contribute to the food security and well being of their community.” The United Nations Food Gardens initiative was developed from the premise that community food gardens can serve as an excellent source of local produce while

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