Posted on 07/27/2011 6:10:57 AM PDT by Libloather
Emanuel: Turn Eyesores Into Urban Farms
July 26, 2011 1:55 PM
CHICAGO (CBS) Green acres could be sprouting up all over the city of Chicago if Mayor Rahm Emanuel has his way.
As WBBM Newsradio 780s Bernie Tafoya reports, Mayor Emanuel on Tuesday stood in an urban farm, in what was once an abandoned truck depot at 33rd and Iron streets in the Bridgeport neighborhood.
He says he wants city ordinances updated so abandoned land all over the city can generate new jobs, and food for those in and around neighborhoods that are called food deserts.
Our ordinance will deal with the ability of turning a plot like this, that was an eyesore, into an economic engine in the neighborhood thats one creating hundreds of jobs just here in this one site, and there are thousands of sites like this throughout the city, Emanuel said.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicago.cbslocal.com ...
3 days, not a few months.
But, it occurs to me, you could plant dent corn for ethonol on these plots - humans can’t digest dent corn, and who cares how polluted the soil is?
Gardens are a visible “see, we did something about high food prices” answer.
The problem is where they will get the workers, since most people on food stamps are not willing to work or working under the table.
Google urban food gardening and you might find it a bit uncomfortable to consider the possibility that this is all a set-up to establish subsistence food security.
These are already widely used in Cuba, Venezuela, Congo, Ghana, China etc. all supported through the UN.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=38691&Cr=democratic&Cr1=congo
Now don’t forget about that change in the farming laws that we were all up in arms about. You know, The Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510), which ramped up regulation of small farms. 0bama signed that on 1/4/2011.
This regulation will establish mandatory, science-based, minimum standards for the safe growing, harvesting, sorting, packing, and storage of fresh fruits and vegetables. This will be a monumental shift in food safety, says James R. Gorny, Ph.D., FDAs senior advisor for produce safety. http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm262031.htm
Almost sounds like it is going to be too costly and create food shortages due to regulation and farmers refusing to farm. Growing local will become the norm not the exception.
Oh, I didn’t mean until everybody starves to death - I meant how long until the grocery stores are empty.
After that, it gets interesting.
City now growing pot for the hood.
This is simply another way of taking property. Agenda 21
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