Portland State University is in the heart of downtown Portland, Oregon. It flanks the city’s gracious park blocks, is the terminus for the city’s street car line, and is taking a leading role in Portland’s sustainability and economic development success. We’re talking with PSU President Wim Wiewel on his partnership with Mayor Sam Adams and the university’s role as an anchor institution.
And we’ll talk with Marilyn Yank from the Little Sparrow Farm in New Orleans. Of the many exciting stories of reconstruction coming out of post-Katrina new orleans is the surge in urban farming. We’ll ask Marilyn about the difference between gardening and urban agriculture and find out how growing your own food gives you a better relationship to what you eat.
Smart City is a syndicated, weekly hour-long public radio talk show that takes an in-depth look at urban life: the people, places, ideas and trends that affect us all. Host Carol Coletta, president and CEO of CEOs for Cities, talks with national and international public policy experts, economists, business leaders, artists, developers, planners and others on the pulse of city life for a penetrating discussion on urban issues.
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The Portland State Green/Greenbelt is my defacto running path when I visit Portland. Excellent comingling of urban campus adjacent to downtown.
There is plenty of urban gardening and farming going on in Memphis. Seems like y’all might want to cover that too. Check out GrowMemphis.