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Given the near inevitable rise in future oil prices, the economic benefits of expanding urban agriculture, even in affluent societies, will become much more obvious. Aside from supplying more fresh produce, it will help millions discover the social benefits and the psychological well-being that urban gardening can bring.

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newsquew
March 19, 2007, 11:54 p.m.
Urban community gardening has so many positive attributes I'm surprised that more of us here in the U.S. are not doing it.
It would serve as a great way for urban kids to not only get to get their hands dirty & know their roots (pun intended), but to also developed some personal responsibility & pride of accomplishment. Many other factors as well... like helping to feed yourself with personal effort. But, one may have to miss some summer TV reruns to get the job done!
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jdhatl
March 20, 2007, 5:32 a.m.
My neighbor has rosemary growing on his steps
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Natureboy
March 20, 2007, 8:32 a.m.
Consider that the produce you buy in a supermarket has often traveled more than a thousand miles to reach you. Now think what it will cost when gas hits $5 a gallon. Better we learn to eat locally, now.
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walden3
March 20, 2007, 9:10 a.m.
Growing stuff is one of the most rewarding, relaxing and learning experience that I can think of. It is active meditation in the highest form. Most of life's lessons can be learned in a little 10 by 10 plot, from genesis and birth to death and decay. There are even lessons to be garnered in the thinning of plants and treating living plants with the dignity that they deserve.
"But though an old man, I am but a young gardener."
T. Jefferson, 8/20/1811