http://www.relocalize.net/node/2802/news/feed Group news with RSS en http://www.relocalize.net/node/3024 <p>ARGENTINA: Urban Gardens Provide More than Just Food<br /> Marcela Valente</p> <p>For the original article <a href="http://www.ipsnews.net/print.asp?idnews=32099" rel="nofollow">click here</a>.</p> <p>BUENOS AIRES, Feb 9 (IPS) - The community gardens initially created to help confront the effects of the late 2001 economic collapse in Argentina have now "grown" into a government-run urban agriculture programme, which provides unemployed workers with much more than just food for their families' tables.</p> <p>Some 7,000 people who were out of work before entering the programme have joined forces to clear the land, plant and harvest vegetables, and sell their produce in street market stalls.</p><div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/groups/appleshasta" class="og_links">Alliance for a Post Petroleum Local Economy - APPLE Shasta</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.relocalize.net/node/3024">read more</a></p> http://www.relocalize.net/node/3024#comments Network News Post Carbon Santa Cruz (CA) Bay Area Peak Oil Sustainable Monterey County (CA) Vancouver Area Relocalisation Network Coordinator HUB Madison Peak Oil Group (Madison, Wisconsin) Petaluma Peak Oil (Petaluma, CA) Sustainable Cincinnati Addison County (Vermont) Relocalization Network (ACoRN) Saint John Relocalization Network Post Carbon Santa Barbara Advocates for Local Living - ALL (Fernie, B.C.) NC Powerdown Triangle Peak Oil Group Chatham-Kent Oil Age Planning Group (CKOAP Group) Post Oil Finland Relocalization Group Post Carbon Ponoka Alliance for a Post Petroleum Local Economy - APPLE Shasta Fri, 05 May 2006 10:46:33 -0700 Sarah Smith 3024 at http://www.relocalize.net