![They said it better (in 1995)](http://www.evebratman.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
I just discovered a pretty fantastic little online resource for issues relating to urban greening, intentional living, all-things-sustainable… In Context (a quarterly journal of humane,…
![On the margins of the food crisis](http://www.evebratman.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/Fall2004-003.jpg)
There is an interesting piece out that makes me think a lot about our food case study in Langa, Cape Town that I just ran…
![A Food Security Look at Northeast IL](http://www.evebratman.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/2007foodbankMap1.jpg)
This past week the New York Times featured a story on buying shares of local farms, highlighting Erewon farm and mentioning Angelic Organics right here…
![Responses to Crisis](http://www.evebratman.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/food-not-bombs.gif)
Hoarding by several nations is a major cause of the current food shortage (and no doubt increased prices), a recent NYT article shows. The article…
![Theater in the Garden](http://www.evebratman.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/ginkgo02.jpg)
This month I’ve been in two exceptional garden-performance settings, both of which have blown me away . Yesterday, at Ginko Community Garden, located a couple…
![Yes, We Have no Bananas](http://www.evebratman.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/gmcrops_bycountry.jpg)
Summertime is here.My mom served seedless watermelon, orange honeydew melon, and some gorgeous large strawberries for dessert last night. Yummy. The fruit was delicious. It…
![A not-very sophisticated poem](http://www.evebratman.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/pigweed.jpg)
Lamb’s Quarters by Eve Bratman I know a secret about you. You’re not such a scourge after all. Scorned by others as a weed It’s…
![Vertical Farming...not as crazy as I first thought?](http://www.evebratman.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
For my urban politics class, Amy F.’s final speech surprised me. She talked about vertical farming as the wave of the future, and how we…
![Chicago's Green Fest](http://www.evebratman.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
Last weekend I was back home. In a city that purports, according to our mayor, to become the nation’s “greenest” city. Indeed, Chicago has done…
![Fertilizers and the Food Crisis](http://www.evebratman.com/wp-content/themes/oxygen/images/archive-thumbnail-placeholder.gif)
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a good map like this one must be worth at least 10,000. Fertilizer prices are up by…