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Urban farming grows in Ottawa

Business, Economics and Jobs

Residents of Canada’s capital city, Ottawa, are finding a new way to get closer to their food: by growing it in their apartments and front yards.

The changing face of farming in America

Global Politics

A farm in a pickup truck

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Community Supported Agriculture Grows Up

Caretaker Farm

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Commnity-Supported Agriculture

Steve Curwood talks with the owners of Caretaker Farm in Williamstown, MA, a community-supported agriculture enterprise that links traditional organic, local food production and an unconventional approach to marketing.

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A Seasonal Feast

Food writer Kathy Gunst prepares a meal with fresh produce from a local farm.

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Eating Locally, Cooking Creatively

Wondering what to do with all those scallions and turnips you picked up from your local farm? Food writer Kathy Gunst rises to the challenge with a selection of fresh produce from a Boston-area farm.

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