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Dutch Futurist: Scenarios for the future of urban farming 13 Jun 2013 | 01:14 pm
A few examples from the Netherlands: volunteer gardens with a restaurant, like Hutspot Hotspot in Rotterdam, urban farm companies like Uit je eigen stad, high tech indoor growing systems like Simbi Ci...
Green initiative: Pune township, India, takes up ‘urban agriculture’ 13 Jun 2013 | 01:13 pm
Nanded residents will be invited to participate in the cultivation and harvesting under the Urban Agriculture Project (UAP) Press Trust of India June 08, 2013 Excerpt: Pune: A unique concept of “urban...
South Asia: Manual on Home Garden for East and South Coastal Plains Agro-Climatic Zone 12 Jun 2013 | 12:17 pm
‘Practicing Home-gardening’ is a very functional approach to environment conservation practice that provides solutions to micro-climatic challenges that directly impact on food, nutrition, agriculture...
Chicago Abandoned Lots Eyed for Food-Producing Urban Farms 12 Jun 2013 | 12:17 pm
A lot in the 400 block of North Kedzie Avenue is being transformed into an urban farm that will produce fresh produce for low-income residents. Photo by Victoria Johnson. “So this is the way we’re goi...
Fukushima nuclear meltdown triggered a greater interest in urban gardening in Tokyo 11 Jun 2013 | 01:53 pm
Urban Farming Takes Root in Tokyo By Jonathan DeHart The Diplomat June 6, 2013 Excerpt: Tucked away in an oasis of calm in Tokyo’s Setagaya ward, Yoshi’s apartment is like many others in urban Japan, ...
Detroit’s urban farms are nothing new 11 Jun 2013 | 01:53 pm
Polish immigrants walk to the public potato patches Mayor Pingree established on 430 acres of city land during the panic of 1893 and subsequent depression. Pingree became a national hero for the idea,...
BBC Future: Can city farms feed a hungry world? 10 Jun 2013 | 01:54 pm
Vertical Harvest’s three-storey-tall hydroponic greenhouse is expected to produce an annual yield of 40 tonnes of fruit and vegetables a year. Copyright: Vertical Harvest. Within just the past 10 year...
The Baltimore Food Hub 10 Jun 2013 | 01:53 pm
A 3.5-acre campus containing the historic Eastern Pumping Station Excerpt: Urban Farming: Urban farming is an emerging piece of the local food economy, bringing productive new use to vacant urban land...
Food and Green Space in Cities: A Resilience Lens on Gardens and Urban Environmental Movements 9 Jun 2013 | 01:58 pm
“City Farmer” tends garden in the Fenway, administered by the 600-member Fenway Civic Association. Four hundred twenty-five personal gardens are tilled on these five acres in Metropolitan Boston, 05/1...
Historic Orchards in London 9 Jun 2013 | 01:58 pm
Urban Fruit for Urban Communities By The London Orchard Project This map gives a historical overview of the extent of orchards in London in the 1890s – with a noticeable concentration of orchards in S...
