Urban Gardens

Urban Farming Yields Fresh Foods, Land Reuse

In backyards and on once-barren city lots, local growers produce crops and livestock.

Martha M. Hamilton

for National Geographic

PUBLISHED MAY 18, 2014

Chickens are coming home to roost in U.S. cities, near pens for goats and hives for bees. In urban yards and on once-vacant lots, planting beds brim with herb plants, pea vines, and the ubiquitous kale.

A new wave of urban agriculture is flourishing because it benefits consumers concerned about sustainably grown food as well as cities with land to spare. It started in 2008, fueled both by economic stress and concerns about nutrition, childhood obesity, and diabetes highlighted by First Lady Michelle Obama.
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Lunch for today

Today my lovely wife +Sylvia Wormley fixed me this wonderful salad.  Now you may think that a salad is just lettuce and a few tomatoes. This is not your mamma's salad.  I will list most of the ingredients. Sylvia may post the real ingredients soon.

1. Leafy greens including some spinach and dandelion leaves from our back yard.
2. A half of a can of salmon.
3. One large navel orange.
4. Avocado.
5. Cucumbers.
6. Strawberries
7. Some black rice, not sure what it is really called, but it is good.
8. Rachelle Bitterman's special dressing.

Here is the salad before tossing.

Here is the salad after tossing

How to make kefir - an inexpensive and delicious probiotic drink better at nurturing your immune system than yogurt & no cooking required

Lunch for Today

Today my lovely wife +Sylvia Wormley fixed me this wonderful salad.  Now you may think that a salad is just lettuce and a few tomatoes. This is not your mamma's salad.  I will list most of the ingredients. Sylvia may post the real ingredients in another post.

1. Leafy greens including some spinach and dandelion leaves from our back yard.
2. Three hard boiled eggs.
3. Canned tuna.
4. Avocado.
5. Cucumbers.
6. Blue cheese dressing
7. Some black rice, not sure what it is really called, but it is good.
8. Cherry tomatoes.

Here is the salad before tossing.

Here is the salad after tossing

Welcome

My wife Sylvia and I will be writing about healthy food choices on this blog.