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Is this how urban farming reaches scale?

Is this how urban farming reaches scale? | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Circulate - the go-to location for circular economy related news and insight.
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Dickson Despommier: Urban Agriculture and the Vertical Farm // Economy, People & Planet 2015

Dickson Despommier speaking about vertical farming at the conference Economy, People & Planet 2015, organised by Omstilling Nu/Transition Now.
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Bolivian Urban Farming Coop Empowers Migrant Women

Bolivian Urban Farming Coop Empowers Migrant Women | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Residents of suburban Sucre in the greenhouse, built with support from a government urban agriculture program. (Frank Chávez / IPS)
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Why is a Paris suburb scrapping an urban farm to build a car park?

Why is a Paris suburb scrapping an urban farm to build a car park? | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
With the UN climate conference putting Paris in the eco-spotlight this year, the impending closure of R-Urban, a project at the forefront of urban sustainability, seems curious timing
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Farm to Table - Changing Where Produce is Grown

Farm to Table - Changing Where Produce is Grown | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Get ready, your food will soon be coming from a wide variety of farming operations.
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CLICK HERE to support AKER : print your urban farm

CLICK HERE to support AKER : print your urban farm | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Order a flat pack growing-kit, or download and print one yourself. | Crowdfunding is a democratic way to support the fundraising needs of your community. Make a contribution today!
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The high-tech permaculture metabolic engine greenhouse

The high-tech permaculture metabolic engine greenhouse | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

A few years ago urban farming in developed cities was a fringe topic that few designers or architects thought much about. There were exceptions: we tried hard [but failed] to build a prototype of Natalie Jeremijenko’s Urban Space Station at Designs of the time in 2007. But the prevailing design view until recently was that food growing belonged as ar away from the city as possible.



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How Urban Farming Could Change Hawaii

How Urban Farming Could Change Hawaii | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Hunter Heaivilin (Meagan Suzuki) On a balmy January afternoon, as he drives northwest along Oahu's sun-washed coast, Hunter Heaivilin happily explains his plans for creating an urban food forest in downtown Honolulu.
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â–¶ Farmin' in The Hood 2 - YouTube

Everything from Urban Agriculture to Robotics and a huge basement full of Aquaponic growing. A 20K Square ft Laboratory that will change the game for the inner city youth of Lykins Neighborhood.

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What the Doctor Ordered: Urban Farming - New York Times

What the Doctor Ordered: Urban Farming - New York Times | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
New Haven Farms, in the Fair Haven section of the Connecticut city, is a combination of community garden, cooking school and weight-loss program.
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Urban Farms Build Resilience Within Singapore's Fragile Food System

Urban Farms Build Resilience Within Singapore's Fragile Food System | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Tiny Singapore imports almost all of its food. From gardens on deserted car parks to vertical farms in the vanishing countryside, a movement is afoot to help boost its agricultural production.
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Greening the Rubble: Syrians Embrace Urban Farming to Stave off Starvation

Greening the Rubble: Syrians Embrace Urban Farming to Stave off Starvation | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Ansar Hevi of 15th Garden explains how the program teaches urban Syrians how to grow their own food, empowering people to feed themselves
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How sustainable is vertical farming?

How sustainable is vertical farming? | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The world's food system is beginning to strain under a global population expected to reach nine billion by 2050, by which time the planet's arable land is projected to be half of what it was in the 1970s. And as climate change ...
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These Vertical Farms Turn Unused City Wall Space Into Gardens That Grow Your Lunch

These Vertical Farms Turn Unused City Wall Space Into Gardens That Grow Your Lunch | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Living walls have been around for a while, but until now they haven't been used to grow food.
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Occupy the Farm: Documentary Explores Activism in Urban Farming - Food Tank (blog)

Occupy the Farm: Documentary Explores Activism in Urban Farming - Food Tank (blog) | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Occupy the Farm tells the story of 200 urban farmers in California who took action to save a publicly-owned research farm.
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Greenmore: a project of sharing economy for urban agriculture

Greenmore: a project of sharing economy for urban agriculture | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
  The project is called “Greenmore”, its creators are IED and Coldiretti Giovani and the city of Milan is the first Italian hub. What am I writing about?
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These urban farmers want to feed the whole neighborhood -- for free

These urban farmers want to feed the whole neighborhood -- for free | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
The Beacon Food Forest plants the heirloom seeds of a real sharing economy.
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Does urban farming have a future?

Does urban farming have a future? | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Urban farms have taken off but can they be profitable?
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UFG Makerspace | URBAN FARMING GUYS' Fundraiser on CrowdRise

UFG Makerspace | URBAN FARMING GUYS' Fundraiser on CrowdRise | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
Woohoo!!! We fully reached our $31k match!!! 9 Days and some serious momentum toward our 200k goal. Happy New Year!!! Video update coming soon.

Who we are:

The Urban Farming Guys are a passionate band of pioneers working and living fully immersed in one of the most dangerous inner city zip-codes in the U.S. 64127 in the urban core of Kansas City. Beginning with no money, & no buildings , we began to pour our lives into hundreds of youth within walking distance of our inner-city h
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Occupy The Farm - In 20 cities now. Please share to support! - YouTube

OCCUPY THE FARM tells the story of a community’s fight to save public land for urban farming. Playing in 20 cities across America in November. For showtimes ...
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Documentary about Occupy the Farm movement premieres Friday in Berkeley - Daily Californian

Documentary about Occupy the Farm movement premieres Friday in Berkeley - Daily Californian | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it
“Occupy the Farm,” a documentary chronicling the urban agricultural activist movement of the same name, premieres in Berkeley Friday.Read More…
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