1.0Spacing Montrealhttps://spacing.ca/montrealJonathan Zettelhttps://spacing.ca/montreal/author/jonathanzettel/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="2IWngyq9e9"><a href="https://spacing.ca/montreal/2012/12/28/urban-planet-the-agricultural-cliff/">Urban Planet: The agricultural cliff</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://spacing.ca/montreal/2012/12/28/urban-planet-the-agricultural-cliff/embed/#?secret=2IWngyq9e9" width="600" height="338" title="“Urban Planet: The agricultural cliff” — Spacing Montreal" data-secret="2IWngyq9e9" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> While the fiscal cliff is dominating news in the States, there is a growing concern about the agricultural cliff. Farmers are growing older, and few are replacing them. It is another facet of the growing concern over who will feed cities. Image via flickr user kevin dooley Urban Planet is a roundup of blogs fromContinue readinghttp://pre.cloudfront.goodinc.com/posts/full_1354575459_26d5077425_z.jpg