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Integrating The Farm With The City. "The food system is the base of civilization."

June 9, 2007/

"It’s really important that cities begin to embrace the countryside because that’s what they’re based upon," says Sibella Kraus, director of Berkeley’s Program for Agriculture at the Metropolitan Edge, which is exploring ways to encourage urban planners to incorporate farmland into their blueprints. "The food system is the base of civilization."

By Rick Wartzman, New America Foundation

Full Story: http://www.newamerica.net/publications/articles/2007/can_city_save_farm_5422

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