the growing pains of urban agriculture

Published on Montreal Gazette, by Donna Nebenzahl, Aug 1, 2015.

… The beds of this Action Communiterre collective garden in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce are already yielding lettuce, Swiss chard, peas, nasturtiums and a variety of herbs, along with raspberries from the bushes that form a pollinating garden around the edges of the space. The runner beans are climbing above the carrots, marigolds grow alongside eggplant, and peppers and tomatoes are being tied to strings attached to the wood frames that support them. Continuer la lecture de « the growing pains of urban agriculture »

India: Government planning to deduct part of subsidies and hand it over to beneficiaries to boost demand

Published on The Economic Times, by Yogima Sharma, August 1, 2015.

NEW DELHI: The government will likely put some money in your bank account every month if it goes ahead with a proposal currently being considered at the highest levels. The plan is to expand the direct cash transfer scheme, by deducting a portion of the subsidy each family receives through various government welfare schemes and putting an equivalent amount of cash in the account of the beneficiary … // Continuer la lecture de « India: Government planning to deduct part of subsidies and hand it over to beneficiaries to boost demand »