http://whyy.org/cms/news/government-politics/2009/07/23/obama-officials-discuss-quality-urban-food/12522 News and Information from WHYY in Philadelphia Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:54:03 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://whyy.org/cms/news/government-politics/2009/07/23/obama-officials-discuss-quality-urban-food/12522/comment-page-1#comment-446 Paul Glover Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:59:34 +0000 http://whyy.org/cms/news/?p=12522#comment-446 More essential than supermarkets, for food security, will be urban agriculture and greenhousing, since currently Philadelphia brings most winter food from California and Mexico. Philly has 40,000 vacant lots. The Reinvestment Fund should transfer deeds to urban farms and orchards, rather than bank land for condos and casinos. More essential than supermarkets, for food security, will be urban agriculture and greenhousing, since currently Philadelphia brings most winter food from California and Mexico. Philly has 40,000 vacant lots. The Reinvestment Fund should transfer deeds to urban farms and orchards, rather than bank land for condos and casinos.

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