Tag: urban agriculture
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.
Cultivation Amidst Urbanization in Seoul
South Korea makes great strides to promote urban farming given the proven ecological and socioeconomic benefits. Seoul government encourages its citizens leading to a significant rise in the number of farms across the city. The way things go, this growing trend is only going to continue.
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.
Uganda Schools Promote Urban Farming
Uganda's crowded capital Kampala offers little space to grow crops. But some schools in the city are promoting a new initiative - which helps students stay healthy and save money.
School Closes Canteen and Now the Children Choose Broccoli
Auckland primary school children are growing their own vegetables - and actually want to eat the fruits of their labour.
Lincoln Heights Primary School in Massey closed its canteen late last year, and now students grow their own healthy food. The school garden had vegetables like broccoli, tomatoes, beans, bok...
Urban Farms Are Greening Paris
Anne Hidalgo, elected in 2014, declared her intention to make Paris a greener city. In 2016 the Paris government launched Parisculteurs, a project which aims to cover the city's rooftops and walls with 100 hectares (247 acres) of vegetation by 2020. One third of the green space, according to...
Growing Food In A Suburban Garden Restores Vital Connection To Nature
All her life, Jane Griffiths knew that growing her own food made economic and environmental sense.
"My mom grew up on a farm in East Griqualand and I spent plenty of time there when I was young," she says. "The farm was almost completely self-sufficient and I have many wonderful...
Black Farmers Reviving Their African Roots
Xavier Brown formed a partnership with Boe Luther and Wallace Kirby, two gardeners from Ward 7 who started Hustlaz 2 Harvesters to offer people released from incarceration ways out of poverty into urban agriculture careers and other social enterprises. Brown, a certified master composter for the city, helped Luther...