THE RURBAN FRINGE

Growing Food Helps Connect Urban and Rural Neighbours

In the Toronto Star, Jesse McLean shares how small, niche farm operations are doing just that.
Today, people … are trying to reconnect urbanites to the farm, and in doing so, re-establish the farmer as a neighbour – one not defined by proximity, but by a common, more intimate connection – food. 
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The Urban Farmer?

To many, the phrase ‘urban farmer’ is an oxymoron. 
But the notion of ‘urban agriculture’ has been around for decades and the concept  is used by the United Nations to develop safe, local food chains and generate employment for citizens in developing countries.
Today, urban agriculture is gaining popular momentum in urbanized settings as many metro centres recognize the [...]

Highways and Byways

Within our region, there are a few communities experiencing the impacts of highway bypass development.
Yet in many urban fringe and rurban areas, highway construction activities are important to communities both because of the investment they represent and the changes they trigger.  And while such activities often relieve traffic congestion, shorten travel times, and provide new [...]