Headlines 6/13/2012

http://www.businessinsider.com/overfishing-decline-of-oceans-2012-6 “…For perspective, in 1950, the total catch of fish in the ocean was at 18.5 million metric tons. Just half a century later that number spiked to 73.5 million metric tons, an increase of nearly 400 percent. Since then, as many as 90 percent of the ocean’s large fish have been fished out, according to the World Wildlife...

Urban Foraging Finds Fans Among City Residents, Ho...

A new movement is sweeping the nation as urbanites are visiting local parks, abandoned fields, alleys and sidewalk cracks searching for their next meal. This guerilla campaign, known as urban foraging, is gaining ground as how-to tours are popping up across metropolitan areas in places like New York City, Washington DC, San Francisco, Seattle and urban cities across Oregon. While some scoff at the idea of visiting a local...

Younger Generations Embrace Urban Farming

From Vancouver to Los Angeles, younger generations are hearing the call to arms or rather the call to swap stilettos and suits for muck boots and overalls — uniting in a movement to farm within the limits of their city. A woman, Marcy Winograd, was quoted in a Santa Monica Daily Press article as having explained the reasoning behind her urban farm campaign. She said in the article, “our house isn’t big, but the...