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2.0.. agro: Urban agriculture:
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Urban agriculture has the potential to become so pervasive within our cities that by the year 2050 they may be able to provide its citizens with up to 50%of the food they consume.
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In many cities, urban agriculture is making use of some of this blocked-in soil. If we are not sealing the soil down with concrete,
impactlab_2011 00906.txt
#Podponics â#shipping containers transformed into miniature hydroponic farms Podponics Podponics is new hope for urban agriculture.
Podponics version of urban agriculture wants to create local, sustainable, fresh food that also tastes better. Not bad for an old shipping container.
Weve seen several efforts to bring urban agriculture into the mainstream in the last few years
From Atlanta to Shanghai, shipping containers retrofitted for hydroponics could serve as a great way to popularize urban agriculture with the world.
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Were glad the city is recognizing urban agriculture formally #but we are concerned when policies present difficult, costly or time-consuming obstacles to innovative and holistic projects and neighborhood food security.
The people and projects who face most difficulty confronting obstacles are often those who most need urban agriculture and its benefits.
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or could it be the next frontier of urban agriculture? That depends on your angle#and location. Implementing these farmscrapers#on a commercial scale has been challenging,
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Plant Monitors-Urban agriculture is catching on like wildfire, yet the tech world has glossed over most of the opportunities here.
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Urban agriculture has the potential to become so pervasive within our cities that by the year 2050 they may be able to provide its citizens with up to 50%of the food they consume.
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This includes a greater emphasis on urban agriculture such as vertical farming which, properly designed and planned, could provide the sustainable means to improve food supply we need.
Ideally, urban agriculture fits neatly alongside or within existing buildings in a self-contained and sustainable manner without competing for resources.
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A natural extension of urban agriculture, vertical farms would cultivate plant or animal life within dedicated
Livescience_2014 03250.txt
This includes a greater emphasis on urban agriculture such as vertical farming which properly designed and planned could provide the sustainable means to improve food supply we need.
Ideally urban agriculture fits neatly alongside or within existing buildings in a self-contained and sustainable manner without competing for resources.
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This means that large cities should now start to invest in urban agriculture especially if climate change has large effects on food production
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#Urban agriculture: The potential and challenges of producing food in citiesin many cities around the world patrons of high-end restaurants want quality food that is flavorful and fresh.
As the concept of local food and urban gardening gains popularity urban agriculture with its benefits and obstacles is coming to many cities.
The benefits of urban agriculture are many. Urban gardens are built often on previously unused lots increasing the beauty and value of the neighborhood.
Looking ahead Wortman and his colleagues hope to further the development of urban agriculture by optimizing the ways in
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Also urban agriculture favors horticulture. For example he said the fastest growing segment of new farmers in California are female non-Anglos who are intensively growing horticultural crops on small acreages he said.
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is a booster for urban agriculture. The American Institute of Architects also agrees that Detroit is suited particularly well to become a pioneer in urban agriculture at a commercial scale.
Fortune's Whitford also quotes Alex Krieger, chairman of the department of urban planning and design at Harvard
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a Stockholm-based firm developing urban agriculture systems, broke ground earlier this month on a large urban greenhouse that is intended to produce food for the city of Linkã Â ping, a city in south-central Sweden.
Plantagon hopes the Linkã Â ping greenhouse will eventually serve as a showcase for urban agriculture, its calling card.
Linkã Â ping's mayor, Paul Lindvall, said at the groundbreaking ceremony that he's proud his city has been chosen as the site for the greenhouse and as a testbed for urban agriculture solutions for other cities, as well.
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Can urban agriculture become one patch in the diverse fabric of a major city like Detroit? The study appears in the current issue of The Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems,
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and urban agriculture and allow folks to do things like sell their produce from farm stands, even in residential areas.
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New york city consumers have been supportive of urban agriculture for years. In 2010, Brooklyn Grange opened a rooftop garden in Long island City, Queens, Â with the help of a successful Kickstarter campaign.
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Could cities rely 100%on urban agriculture for their food? While urban agriculture has gained in popularity throughout U s. cities,
food imports from all around the world overwhelmingly feed our cities. But could that ever change?
And at the very least urban agriculture could be doing much more to feed the city.
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The researchers think its worth the investment to plan for urban agriculture. As an added feel good bonus, the community would feel more connected to the land
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NYC's urban agriculture potentialnew York City is the most dense major city in the U s. So how much land could possibly be available to farm?
With limited space in the city, would urban agriculture be more of an asset or a burden?
A new report from the Urban Design Lab at Columbia University's Earth Institute dives into these questions to explore the city's urban agriculture potential.
The report admits that urban agriculture alone wouldn't be feed enough to the city. But with a more robust network of city farmers urban agriculture can have a major impact on food security in neighborhoods where fresh,
healthy produce is needed the most. Some other interesting findings in the report: Urban farms=green infrastructure There is significant potential for urban agriculture to provide critical environmental services to the city through stormwater runoff mitigation, soil remediation,
and energy use reduction. Rooftops are numerous in New york city, but are not being utilized enough for urban ag Existing green roof incentive programs have not been designed to support rooftop agriculture.
The Potential for Urban agriculture in New york city Via The City Fix Photo: Gonzlaught/Flickr
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One answer to toxic food fears in Chinathe fear among Chinese of biting into a toxic-laden morsel has created a potentially huge market for food safety products in the country.
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Philadelphia, Cleveland among best for urban agriculturewhich U s. cities are among the most progressive for urban agriculture?
) Similarly, Jill Richardson at La Vida Locavore offers a rundown of Cleveland's urban agriculture policies,
In Utah, city officials are working to put sustainability ordinances in place that ease restrictions on urban agriculture and renewable energy.
In response, the city has passed a zoning update with new urban agriculture laws to allow the farming of vegetables on empty lots.
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Pittsburgh wants urban farms to growwhen it comes to urban agriculture, cities are not always clear about the rules.
there are plenty of cool urban agriculture projects that have been around for years. Mildreds'Daughters Urban Farm--This Pittsburgh farm has been around since 1875.
Know of other cool urban agriculture projects happening in Pittsburgh? Tell us in the comments below.
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San francisco adopts progressive urban agriculture lawit's now a lot easier to be a farmer in San francisco. That's
because Mayor Ed Lee signed legislation yesterday that makes San francisco's urban agriculture policy one of the most progressive in the U s. The legislation explicitly allows urban agriculture in all city zones.
Urban agriculture is a a good use of vacant urban land. But  unfortunately  many cities  are silent on the issue,
and celebrates all forms of the urban agriculture--from community gardens to market gardens. Photo: Â ol slambert/Flickr
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and could provide a blueprint for other U s. cities interested in urban agriculture. Nation's largest public Food Forest takes root on Beacon hill Crosscut Photo:
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Urban agriculture Redefined, Growing Crops In Recycled Shipping Containerstake an unused parking lot in the middle of downtown Atlanta,
Then they realized they had a contribution to make to the world food shortage with urban agriculture.
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a Chicago Botanic Garden-led urban agriculture training program targeted to underserved local youths. At the helm of Farmedhere is CEO Jolanta Hardej,
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