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		<title>Aquaponic Gardening</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2012/02/06/aquaponic-gardening/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is an exciting new book that I plan on reading. An aquaculture system is  a great compliment to a biodome, greenhouse or back yard garden. Source: Amazon.com Aquaponics is a revolutionary system for growing plants by fertilizing them with the waste water from fish in a sustainable closed system. A combination of aquaculture and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geodesic Greenhouses</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2012/01/25/geodesic-greenhouses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Architecture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wouldn&#8217;t it be great to extend the growing season from 3 months to 10 or 11 months? What if there were a way to garden year-round OUTSIDE without building an expensive greenhouse? There is a way and the answer is lying in the middle of the St. Laurence river: the Buckminister Fuller designed Biosphere.  The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Most Subversive Plot: Gardening</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/12/22/the-most-subversive-plot-gardening/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Organizing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/?p=1655</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Stick it to the Man. Live off the Grid. Break free from the Matrix. Free your Mind. Garden. Source: TED &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Chickens 101 Book</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/12/03/chickens-101-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Post-Peak Living After a tremendous amount of work, Harvey Ussery&#8217;s new book, The Small-Scale Poultry Flock, An All-Natural Approach to Raising Chickens and Other Fowl for Home and Market Growers, is now available! Here is what people are saying about it: &#8220;Harvey Ussery delivers all the practical information you need to grow your own [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Locally Grown Vegetables Delivered to your Workplace</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/11/05/locally-grown-vegetables-delivered-to-your-workplace/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/11/05/locally-grown-vegetables-delivered-to-your-workplace/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community Organizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family farms]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/?p=1569</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Source: Equiterre A farmer&#8217;s basket full of healthy, locally grown vegetables, delivered directly to your workplace once a week? Find out how easy it is to host a drop-off point for the Quebec community supported agriculture (CSA) network. Our family farmer program, started in 1995, provides food to an estimated more than 30,000 people each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy the Farmer&#8217;s Market</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/10/22/occupy-the-farmers-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 20:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/?p=1552</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sustainability is another word for &#8220;immunity from government tyranny.&#8221; We cannot possibly be &#8220;free&#8221; of something we despise, if we are still entirely dependent on it. Source: Land Destroyer Report Believe it or not, growing your own food or visiting your local farmers market is more revolutionary and constructive than burning down your own city [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urban Agriculture Movement Running into Municipal Roadblocks</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/10/03/urban-agriculture-movement-running-into-municipal-roadblocks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[driveways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heat-island effect]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If local governments can&#8217;t support urban agriculture, then they need to get out of the way of these community gardens. Source: Montreal Gazette There are chickens laying eggs at community centres, volunteer gardeners sharing the work and the harvest in 45 collective gardens across the city, and vegetables growing on top of the Palais des [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self-Sustaining Methods of Urban Farming</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/09/11/self-sustaining-methods-of-urban-farming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/09/11/self-sustaining-methods-of-urban-farming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/?p=1491</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the solution to reducing crime and &#8220;terrorism&#8221; throughout the world. May freedom reign for all. Source: The Urban Farming Guys]]></description>
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		<title>The Work Group on Urban Agriculture</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/09/03/the-work-group-on-urban-agriculture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/09/03/the-work-group-on-urban-agriculture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Sep 2011 12:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Security]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[soil contamination]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/?p=1474</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Source: Montreal Work Group on Urban Agriculture Many obstacles are slowing the development of urban agriculture in Montreal, including: Pressure on land occupancy and use due to real estate development projects; The presence of contaminants in certain soils; The sub-optimal financing of initiatives and the absence of strategies in favor of urban agriculture; The lack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hen House Open to Public in Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie</title>
		<link>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/07/18/hen-house-open-to-public-in-rosemont-la-petite-patrie/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SustainableMontreal.ca/2011/07/18/hen-house-open-to-public-in-rosemont-la-petite-patrie/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Berger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Security]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is unlawful to keep chickens or raise them in a coop in the city of Montreal although it is legal in Westmount. A new pilot project this summer in the Montreal borough of Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie will test community interest and acceptance towards letting everyone on the island have the ability to raise chickens in [...]]]></description>
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