The city of Cleveland, OH has over 3,300 acres of vacant land. Local citizen groups have worked to re-purpose some of this land to produce food. These sites include community gardens and market gardens, where food is produced and sold at farmer's markets. The gardeners and farmers working in Cleveland grow a huge diversity of high-quality produce. Over the past year our lab has been examining the insect community found within potential agricultural sites (vacant land) and examining how that community changes when land is converted to produce food. We are interested in understanding how the urban landscape influences the beneficial insects which contribute to sustainable food production.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Farming in Cleveland
The city of Cleveland, OH has over 3,300 acres of vacant land. Local citizen groups have worked to re-purpose some of this land to produce food. These sites include community gardens and market gardens, where food is produced and sold at farmer's markets. The gardeners and farmers working in Cleveland grow a huge diversity of high-quality produce. Over the past year our lab has been examining the insect community found within potential agricultural sites (vacant land) and examining how that community changes when land is converted to produce food. We are interested in understanding how the urban landscape influences the beneficial insects which contribute to sustainable food production.
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THIS MAKES ME REALLY READY FOR SUMMER AND GARDENS AND FARMER'S MARKETS.
ReplyDeleteThis is interesting....things I have not thought about. I will learn lots from your Blog. Thanks for taking time to do it!
ReplyDeleteThanks Michele, We will post more information about this project. We have several experiments planned for this summer to study pollinators and predators in urban agriculture!
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