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Tag Archives: urban agriculture
Nourishable Places
Nourishable Places grow a significant portion of their food within a few miles of where it is eaten, and could grow more in a long emergency. Today, the ingredients of an average meal in the US travel over 1,300 miles to get to your table, and that number is growing every day. The data for meals in the EU is probably fairly similar. Currently, very few places in the United States are Nourishable Places, but as the industrializations of China and India continue, resulting in a billion new cars competing for gas over the next several years, the cost of food transportation will become much more significant.
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Posted in Climate Change, Culture, human scale, land use, Livability, Placemaking, Science, Sustainability, Uncategorized, urban design, urban planning, What if?
Tagged bio-intensive, development, farmland, food, food transportation, local food, long emergency, nourishable places, original green, real estate value, steve mouzon, Sustainability, urban agriculture, urban farming
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Food for Thought: Vincent Dessberg
“If it’s a flat roof it should have farming. If it’s a slanted roof it should have solar panels.”
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Small Town Urban Rooftop Farming; This is Not an Oxymoron
While big cities such and New York and Montreal embraced rooftop agriculture a few years ago, Dessberg is setting this green trend in Sarasota on a commercial scale. Pipes transport water and fertilizer above a dizzying maze of green. Clusters of ripening strawberries and fat green tomatoes dangle from hearty vines. Heads of lettuce and leaves of broccoli and arugula burst from a soil of coconut husk and perlite. Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Livability, Placemaking, Sarasota, Shout Outs, Sustainability, What if?
Tagged fruits, green, hydroponic farming, Kate Spinner, Main Street, Montreal, New York, rooftop farming, Sarasota, Sarasota Downtown Farmer's Market, Sarasota Herald Tribune, Sustainability, urban agriculture, urban farming, vegetables, Vincent Dessberg
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