Helping school children eat healthy

Originally published in Issue 15, October 2016 Chris Higgins, general manager at Hort Americas, talks about why he and his company are involved with Tour de Fresh. I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Chris Higgins, general manager at Hort Americas, to discuss his recent philanthropic activities, most specifically regarding his important work […]

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Kimbal Musk is spreading a “community through food” philosophy

Kimbal Musk, co-founder of The Kitchen restaurants and The Kitchen Community, a non-profit organization that has established nearly 300 school Learning Gardens, is working to spread his philosophy of the power of good food and good drink to connect people as family, friends and community. While Elon Musk has made a name for himself in […]

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Duron Chavis is helping people eat and live healthier through urban agriculture

Originally published in Issue 13, April 2016 Duron Chavis, indoor urban farm director at Virginia State University, is helping citizens of Richmond and Petersburg, Va., have access to locally-grown produce year round. When Duron Chavis started the Happily Natural Day festival in Richmond, Va., in 2003, he never imagined how this one day event would […]

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The Dallas Morning News features Dallas’ Central Market for growing their own salad

Published by the Dallas Morning News You want fresh? Dallas’ Central Market is growing salad behind the store By Maria Halkias Fresh is a word that’s used loosely in the grocery business. To the consumer, everything in the produce section is fresh. But most fruits and vegetables are picked five to 21 days earlier to […]

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Second in Seedstock ‘Future of Food’ Field Trip Series to Focus on Community Development

LOS ANGELES – Mar. 7, 2017 — Slated for Friday, March 17, 2017, the ‘Future of Food – Community Development Field Trip’ will visit a series of innovative food and farming ventures that have emerged to increase food access, reduce food waste, create jobs, advocate for food justice, and improve health and nutrition across Southern California. The tour is […]

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Grown Locally: Quality, Community and Family at Ruibal’s Plants of Texas

Growing the best ornamentals, vegetables for Dallas Urban Ag Products presents “Grown Locally: Quality, Community and Family” a short documentary about Ruibal’s Plants of Texas and how they are passionate about locally grown produce and plants Matt Ruibal, owner of Ruibal’s Plants of Texas in Dallas, is looking to pro- duce the best ornamental plants […]

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The Green Miracle of the Bronx to Deliver Aglanta’s Keynote

Hearing Stephen Ritz of Green Bronx Machine speak is a sensational experience. Stephen’s energetic style fully engages by binding the listener on a journey of wide ranging emotions. There will be moments of intense sorrow and despair where the world seems hopelessly broken. Rest assured though, Stephen guides us to emerge from rock bottom with […]

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Sam Wells (Picking Snap Peas at Renewal Farm in Garrison, NY) (1)

Project Renewal & The Bedford Green House – Renewing Lives. Reclaiming Hope.

“Angels among us” was my first thought when I recently spoke to Sam Wells of Project Renewal (http://www.projectrenewal.org/) based in Lower Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood. At Urban Ag News we’re all about educating our readers and sharing the good news surrounding controlled environment agriculture, so it was refreshing when I was contacted by Sam who was […]

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Tour de Fresh 2015 Video Recap 2

Here is another video update reporting how great the Tour de Fresh was! NBC News 12 in Phoenix, Arizona reported on it and shows how a local elementary school is enjoying a salad bar now with healthy fruits and vegetables. Tour de Fresh has raised money for the Let’s Move Salad Bars back to School […]

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