Big Green: Integrate Food Production and Green Building

[Mark Piepkorn]

         "Integrate Food Production and Green Building," an editorial 
from Alex Wilson, has been posted at BuildingGreen -
http://www.buildinggreen.com/auth/article.cfm/2009/1/30/Integrate-Food-Production-and-Green-Building/

         The summary reads:

"In our article 'Growing Food Locally: Integrating Agriculture into 
the Built Environment' (see EBN, Feb. 2009), we examine this vital 
issue of local food, drawing from dozens of examples around the 
country where food production is successfully being integrated into 
the built environment. As the green building movement evolves, this 
should be one of the considerations. Along with keeping us 
comfortable and healthy, emitting no net carbon emissions, and 
minimizing other environmental impacts, green buildings of the future 
can also help to nourish us. In an increasingly urbanized world, our 
buildings and the landscapes around them should become a part of our 
agricultural system."

         The feature story he refers to is also free at the website - 
"Growing Food Locally: Integrating Agriculture Into the Built Environment"
http://www.buildinggreen.com/auth/article.cfm/2009/1/29/Growing-Food-Locally-Integrating-Agriculture-Into-the-Built-Environment/

         And he wrote a blog post about this - yesterday - titled 
"Growing Greener" -
http://www.buildinggreen.com/live/index.cfm/2009/2/3/Growing-Greener



Mark Piepkorn
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