Can Urban Gardening Make Us Whole?

By Laurie Mazur / On October 23rd, 2017
An in-depth look at how urban gardening is hoping to heal divisions that have plagued Milwaukee—and our nation as a whole

How Local Food Systems Build Resilience for Turbulent Times

By Laurie Mazur / On July 6th, 2015
Consider, for a moment, that lettuce leaf on your plate. It probably traveled a long way to get there—about 1,500 miles, on average.1 In fact, your dinner has probably seen more of the world than you have: the average American meal contains ingredients from at least five countries outside the United States.2 The complex, globalized system that puts food on our plates is a technical and logistical marvel, delivering unprecedented quantities of food at historically low prices.3,4