It isn't clear exactly what he is arguing against. Does he take exception to the term "urban farming" because it contains the word "farming"? What is the connection between the fact that farmers in Iowa overgrow a handful of crops because the government pays them to and people wanting to garden in the city?

Lest anyone doubt that corn is overproduced, here are some actual numbers:

http://www.card.iastate.edu/iowa_ag_review/winter_07/article...

See the paragraph titled "Corn Utilization and Surpluses for 2004".

This of course wouldn't be a problem if it weren't for the fact that we (US taxpayers) pay for it. The artificially low price of corn has also led to a glut of processed garbage being sold back to us.

And don't forget how its spurred other perversions, like the corn ethanol industy.

And don't forget how its spurred other perversions, like the corn ethanol industy.

Well, as I read it his argument is that it's totally fine if people want to garden in the city, but that they shouldn't extrapolate that to mean that we don't need the vast spaces dedicated to agriculture that we have in, say, Iowa.