Tag: urban farming
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Supporting Climate-Friendly Food Production
Worldwatch Blogs: Supporting Climate-Friendly Food Production This [United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization] report, Innovations in Sustainable Agriculture: Supporting Climate-Friendly Food Production, discusses six sustainable approaches to land and water use, in both rural and urban areas, that are helping farmers and other food producers mitigate or adapt to climate change—and often both. They are:…
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The Future of Agriculture May Be Up
Wall Street Journal: The Future of Agriculture May Be Up Advocates of 'vertical farming' say growing crops in urban high-rises will eventually be both greener and cheaper. Want to see where your food might come from in the future? Look up. The seeds of an agricultural revolution are taking root in cities around the world—a…