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#ForewordFriday: Making Cities More Fruitful

By Meghan Bartels / On October 17th, 2014
Orange trees in Berkeley, California. The remarkable absence of fallen fruit proves that public produce is prized in some communities.
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Island Press Staff Picks - Public Produce

By Meghan Bartels / On September 24th, 2014
Handwritten signs urge passersby to pick what’s ripe in Kamloops, British Columbia. (Photo courtesy of Elaine Sedgman).
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A New Perspective on Plant Pests

By Darrin Nordahl / On July 16th, 2013
Author Darrin Nordahl's food blog Today is...Fava Beans highlights a different food everyday along with a creative way to easily add it to our everyday diet. Today's food changed the way I think about food, nutrition, and the environment. It is my epiphany food. And it is a pernicious, detestable weed. Today is purslane. Purslane (also known as pigweed) is a succulent that has naturalized in almost every garden in America.