Kelly McCartney
By Kelly McCartney, Shareable
As more and more consumers get savvy about where they put their money, how do cooperatives expand their supply to meet the demand?
By Kelly McCartney, Shareable
Leave it to Germany to build a bicycle autobahn that connect 10 cities within its borders.
By Kelly McCartney, Shareable
Bees are essential to food production. In response to the massive, global colony collapse problem, myriad urban beekeeping organizations have cropped up around the country.
By Kelly McCartney, Shareable
Growstuff provides information gathered from local gardeners on crop-planting times, best-suited varietals, and more for the regions growers calls home.
By Kelly McCartney, Shareable
To see beyond the hype to urban agriculture's true potential to meet the growing need for healthy food in cities, a recent study published by IOPScience looked at how much food (specifically vegetables) the world's “urban clusters” could actually produce.
By Kelly McCartney, Sarah Baird, Shareable
County Commissioner Barbara Cross said about the potential risk, “Agri-terrorism is a very, very real scenario,” she said. “Protecting and maintaining the food sources of America is an overwhelming challenge...so you’ve got agri-tourism on one side and agri-terrorism on the other.”
By Kelly McCartney, Shareable
Cities are ripe with sharing opportunities.
By Kelly McCartney, Shareable
Public banking is a hot topic of late, both here on Shareable and in the world at large.