Tag: food security
Is Expecting Food Security and RoI from Vertical Farming a Tall Order?
The vertical farming industry is being put to the test as it attempts to resolve challenges of food production with climate change while coping with investor's return-on-investment expectations and market fluctuations.
Lagos – Towards a Progressive Sustainable Economy
Lagos government and residents are moving towards a smarter, more nourishing food system.
A Square Metre to Feed A Family
Working towards food security, authorities in Kerala and India overall, are strategising to boost urban farming initiatives within the country.
Food, a Vehicle of Liberation
A Baltimore group is asserting the right of the urban poor to fresh healthy food, produced and consumed locally & equitably.
“30 by 30” – Singapore Government’s Goal Through Urban Farming
Rapid urbanization towards the end of the 20th century drastically reduced agricultural land in Singapore resulting in a heavy reliance on imports for its food needs. Read about how the government and its people turn adversities into opportunities.
Decommissioned Prisons Rejuvenating Communities
North Carolina based non-profit - Growing Change is working with youth and army veterans in two of America's least healthy counties by 'flipping' old, unused prisons to provide stable employment; bring access to locally grown food and reduce juvenile delinquency.
Indonesian City-Dwellers Are Turning Into Farmers
During World War 1 and 2, for food security, countries encouraged their neighborhoods and schools to keep vegetable gardens. During the Covid-19 pandemic, self-quarantining Indonesians move towards normalizing urban farming.
Of the Community, By the Community, For the Community
New York based organisation, Harlem Grown, has been transforming lives by incorporating urban farming practices while engaging entire communities and schools in order to create sustainable change. The movement was influenced by factors such as the crisis of food insecurity and institutional disparities among communities though the organisation continues to achieve so much more.
In Montenegro Urban Agriculture Projects Are Blossoming During The Pandemic
Whether due to job losses or as a way to escape the dull reality of quarantine measures, or both, many citizens of Montenegro have started cultivating gardens, parks and any other available land during the COVID pandemic.
Since this spring, new urban farmers in Bar and other towns have either...
Motown to Growtown: Detroit’s Urban Farmers (First screened in 2012, and a 2019 update)
Residents of the US city of Detroit are now producing organic food locally, reducing the environmental footprint of their food by cutting down on carbon emissions from transport and on chemical inputs. They are also helping revive communities as new green spaces and farmer's markets crop up, providing neighbourhoods...