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Comment on The urban farming challenge — why New York can’t be all that green by Stacey Murphy (BK Farmyards)

Stacey Murphy (BK Farmyards) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:33:08 +0000

Hi Dave,
As a big proponent of decentralized urban farming, I wanted to offer some counterpoints. While I agree, NYC cannot feed itself, we can go a LONG way.

First, that graphic study assumes a couple of very unsuitable ideas: 1. that we would grow grain for animals in the city (why we grow grain for animals at all is a complete mystery to me…doing it in the city is beyond ridiculous) 2. that we would grow our cereal grains in the city. not a great idea…definitely need some growing outside the city. 3. It is really, really expensive to talk vertical tower growing…not at all a very sustainable idea.

However, here’s the good news:
There are 10,000 unused acres in NYC. If we grew on half of this land, we could produce fresh vegetables for 700,000 people.
There are 52,000 acres of private yards in NYC. If only 10% of those were farmed, we could produce fresh vegetables for 700,000 people.
We just fed a quarter of the population of NYC their fresh produce…I would say that is a pretty good start.

There are plenty of websites out there that talk about food as a distribution problem not a production problem. I think you agree that you would like your food grown as close as possible…the question is always what kind of growing makes the most sense for urban areas.

Check out what we do:
http://www.bkfarmyards.com
Stacey

Comment on “The Cove” Oscar coverage roundup: cameras, speeches and the new “Cove” TV show by Beyond The Edge

Beyond The Edge — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:10:37 +0000

We sincerely hope that the Cove's continuing success will open peoples eyes to our interdependence with our planet and all of its creatures. As a way to show support our newly formed organization http://www.beyondtheedge.org will be matching donations made to the Ocean Preservation Society contributed before March 31, 2010

Comment on ‘The Cove’ director helps bust illegal whale-meat sushi sellers by “The Cove” Oscar coverage roundup: cameras, speeches and the new “Cove” TV show | BigGreenBoulder Boulder, CO : BigGreenBoulder

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:05:01 +0000

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Comment on “Sizzle,” the global warming comedy by “Sizzle” Confronts Global Warming With Humor (VIDEO) | Twitmerlin - News, Celebs Gossip, Social Media

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:46:16 +0000

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Comment on Did WSJ just give Boulder the big green beatdown? by Richard Stuebi/Advanced Energy » Blog Archive » Behave yourself!

Richard Stuebi/Advanced Energy » Blog Archive » Behave yourself! — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:07:52 +0000

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Comment on What’s a Kachingle? by Kachingle Blog : What’s a Kachingle? by Dave Burdick of BigGreenBoulder

Kachingle Blog : What’s a Kachingle? by Dave Burdick of BigGreenBoulder — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:39:33 +0000

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Comment on Is the frozen dead guy in Nederland contributing to global warming? by Moran_Bunrift

Moran_Bunrift — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:01:36 +0000

Ummm,

I wrote the quoted comment and stand by it. Your logic is flawed.

In response: The CO2 in question is produced by a process (thus adding to the atmospheric CO2) and could be sequestered instead of releasing it to the atmosphere to keep a dead guy frozen.

Thus the carbon footprint is being caused by the demand for dry ice to keep a dead guy frozen.

Comment on Bighorn Sheep pneumonia epidemic: hundreds dead by Dave Burdick

Dave Burdick — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:22:00 +0000

From what I can tell, no, not really. Here's some more information from a great little piece on bighorn sheep pneumonia in the Missoulian:

"We're wondering if there's some perfect storm – some ideal set of environmental circumstances favoring the pathogens," Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks regional wildlife manager Mike Thompson said. "These organisms are in the environment and in the sheep all the time. But with three different herds like this (having pneumonia outbreaks), are there just circumstances that increase the probability?"

A Rock Creek resident reported seeing a sick bighorn ram in the drainage about 30 miles east of Missoula last week. That was the same time FWP crews were trying to control a disease outbreak above West Riverside, and two months after pneumonia ravaged a herd south of Darby.

There's no vaccine or effective treatment for pneumonia in wild sheep. Between 70 percent and 90 percent of sick sheep die within weeks of infection.

Comment on Bighorn Sheep pneumonia epidemic: hundreds dead by taylen2404

taylen2404 — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:49:22 +0000

sad news…
is there anything they can do to stop the spread?

Comment on Urban potato crop in a bin on a balcony by The urban farming challenge — why New York can’t be all that green | BigGreenBoulder Boulder, CO : BigGreenBoulder

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:42:06 +0000

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