‘Planting Is a Right’: Guadalajara’s Urban Ag Rebels Rally Against Proposed Regulations — Again
From traffic medians to collective milpas, grassroots growers push back against a law they say criminalizes community care of the land. On a traffic median in Guadalajara, a patch of maize has grown and flourished every summer for nearly a decade. It was planted not by a government program or a corporate green initiative, but […]
'Without Corn, There Is No Country:' Native Maize Revitalization in Guadalajara
As part of the National Day of the Corn events on Sunday, Sept. 29, from a cornfield planted in the median of one of the city’s biggest thoroughfares in center of Guadalajara, Mexico, the Colectivo Coamil Federalismo—an autonomous project focused on urban agriculture—demanded the protection of corn at the national level. Through a cultural and […]
Party with a purpose at the Farm
Saturday dawned misty and chilly, but it didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the crowds who flocked to the Last Organic Outpost Saturday to celebrate the two-year anniversary of the group’s Emile Street Farm, learn about food security, forage for wild edibles, eat organic tamales and meet interesting folks. (photos by Mona Metzger of Houston Green […]
Last Organic Outpost's Greenfest on video
In case you missed it, the best of Houston turned out on the farm for the Community Greenfest at the Last Organic Outpost’s Emile Street Community Farm. Channel 39’s Going Green With Yolanda Green caught a great slice of celebratory life in a two-part video tour, now available on their website – and here. Enjoy! […]
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