Spacing Montreal is teaming up with the Canadian Centre for Architecture and Avenue Huit to host an event exploring two of our favourite themes: food and, of course, Montreal. How has food shaped the urban landscape over the centuries? How has the city transformed our relationship to food? And how will food and urbanism find common ground in the future? On April 5th, from 4-9pm, the unconference is a choose-your-own-adventure event, inspired by all the gorgeous spaces the CCA has to offer: Gather in the Shaughnessy house for a salon, hop into a fishbowl conversation in the rotunda, or take ...

The analogy of the "belt" which is used to describe the way in which cities around the round have tried to contain and/or manage urban growth may seem a little bit odd, but it is in many ways quite fitting: a belt is something we wear so that our pants don't fall down; it doesn't make you thinner (although it may appear to do so). And it doesn't really prevent you from gaining weight, because belts are adjustable (up to ...

[caption id="attachment_10348" align="alignleft" width="618" caption="Earthworks Farm in Detroit"][/caption] Based on the history of urban agriculture in North America, it would be appear not. Although it has only recently started to make headlines, urban agriculture (UA) has arguably always existed - insofar as humans have engaged in food production in and immediately around their settlements ever since they started to settle. And even UA on a grand scale in North America is nothing new: according to the United States Department of Agriculture, the Victory Garden movement during World War ...