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How urban agriculture can improve food security in US cities

  • Written by Miguel Altieri, Professor of Agroecology, University of California, Berkeley
City Farm is a working sustainable farm that has operated in Chicago for over 30 years.Linda from Chicago/Wikimedia, CC BY

During the partial federal shutdown in December 2018 and January 2019, news reports showed furloughed government workers standing in line for donated meals. These images were reminders that for an estimated one out of eight...

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