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[Murky View] The first time I saw an Urban farm was in Tokyo. I was visiting my friend there and across the street, in what would have been just an empty lot in...

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Gizmodohttp://www.gizmodo.com [Gizmodo] Underground Tokyo Produce Farm: Next year, inspired by this vegetable farm by Pasona O2 underneath the streets of Tokyo, I will be ripping up the concrete floors and installing my own barley and hops micro-farm. Unless, of course, someone still sells beer next year.

Treehuggerhttp://www.treehugger.com [Treehugger] Urban Underground Farming: the Royal Canadian Mounted Police would look askance at this suspicious looking grow-op, but in fact they are growing rice, fruits and vegetables in a vault in Tokyo. A mix of light-emitting diodes, metal halide lamps, and high-pressure sodium vapor lamps as well as a sophisticated hydroponic and ventilation system are computer controlled.

Thingsmagazine.net[Thingsmagazine.net] things magazine - we'll be back in mid-April. Promise: I suppose the closest the UK has to the hipster is the urban media type, .Blog, Blog, Blog, Blog, Photoblog: How Photographers Are Making The Internet .

[Jonaquino.textdriven.com] Descriptious: Populicious. New popular sites (24h). About ...: ComputerZen.com - Scott Hanselman's Weblog - Scott Hanselman's 2005 Ultimate .(japan, urban, farming) This urban farm - in what used to be the .

Dmehus.blogspot.comhttp://dmehus.blogspot.com [Dmehus.blogspot.com] Doug's Blog: It bought blog aggregation, creation, and news reading service Bloglines in February for an undisclosed amount and last year purchased Interactive Search Holdings, Inc., for $365 million in cash and stock. However, this deal, at a purchase price of approximately $7.8 million USD in cash, seems to be a bargain given that it includes the trademarks, domain names, and Web portals for Excite in the United Kingdom, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, and France.

[Tsujiru.net] The Japanese Organic Farming Movement -- www.tsujiru.net/moen/: These young, mostly middle-class housewives had been influenced by the Japanese-translated edition of Rachael Carson's Silent Spring (1962) and the serialized publication starting on October 14, 1973 in Asahi Shimbun, of Ariyoshi Sawako's Fukugo Osen (Compound Pollution, eventually published in book form in 1975). They had been politicized through involvement in citizens' movements during the 1960s, and had been studying problems associated with chemical farming from both farmers' and consumers' perspectives at monthly study sessions for over a year.

Thefoodsection.com[Thefoodsection.com] The Food Section: Report Archives: Awards Voted Best Food Blog-Food Industry. 2005 Bloggies 2005 Weblog Awards ...

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