Web development update:

Title: Comparing Business Development Paradigms Authors: Paul B. Hartzog, Sam Rose, Richard C. Adler Web: The Forward Foundation http://www.forwardfound.org License: Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike

This post is not just about "quantity does not equal quality". This is about volume of information and how it can affect decision quality. It's also about a more scaleable and sustainable ecology and economy for your activities online.

This proposal was co authored by Sam Rose, Paul Hartzog, Suresh Fernando and Matt Cooperrider. Respectively of http://forwardfound.org/ and http://openkollab.com

We (Forward Foundation and Open Kollab) propose to partner to carry out the tasks outlined below to achieve proposed deliverables as participants in the grant that is proposed by Parwinder Grewal, Ph.D. ULEP Administrator The Ohio State University.

This public radio interview might be of interest:

Darrin Nordahl: "Public Produce" (Island Press)

Urban agriculture: A city designer explains how growing food in urban, public spaces can help feed the hungry, supplement the existing agribusiness model, and promote good health for all.

Check out the winning ideas in this great contest that challenged people around the world to redesign their farmers markets.

 http://www.good.is/post/redesign-your-farmers-market-winners/

One example from Los Angeles:

Kevin Kelly posted the following recently to http://blog.longnow.org/2009/05/06/michael-pollan-deep-agriculture/ :

(note: this was originally an email to Steve Bosserman and some others, that I have edited and reposted here -- Sam Rose)