Saturday, March 3, 2018

City Agriculture - March 4, 2018

Local Roots announces their container farms have achieved cost parity with traditional farming
https://www.localrootsfarms.com/press-releases/2017/12/12/local-roots-scales-up-after-cracking-the-code-for-vertical-farming
https://inhabitat.com/local-roots-shipping-container-farms-achieve-cost-parity-with-traditional-farming/

Growing food in polar climates
https://www.polarpermaculture.com/about - Norway
https://inuvikgreenhouse.com - Northwest Territories, Canada
https://inhabitat.com/new-antarctic-farm-will-grow-produce-despite-temperatures-of-100-degrees-f/ - Antarctica
https://inhabitat.com/the-farmers-growing-food-in-frigid-northern-latitudes/

Post disaster housing for resilience with rooftop gardens
https://www.dezeen.com/2017/10/21/rural-urban-framework-builds-post-disaster-housing-china-rooftop-farms/
https://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/rural-urban-frameworks-post-disaster-housing-rooftop-farms.html
http://www.rufwork.org/index.php?/project/jintai-village/

China’s sponge city technology - urban water management systems
https://cleantechnica.com/2017/12/29/shanghai-experiments-sponge-city-technology/

Todd Ecological - ecologically designed restoration systems
http://toddecological.com
Fuzhou, China 
http://www.toddecological.com/index.php?id=projects
Blackstone River
http://www.ecolandscaping.org/02/restoration/ecological-design-along-the-blackstone-creating-a-clean-riverwithin-a-river/

AgLanta Conference:  Smart Ag for Smart Cities:  Atlanta, GA March 27 -28
https://www.aglanta.org

Copenhagen lower-secondary school which includes greenhouses, roof gardens, and kitchens to teach children to grow and cook their own food
http://www.cfmoller.com/p/-en/New-Islands-Brygge-School-i3412.html
https://inhabitat.com/solar-powered-school-will-teach-children-how-to-grow-and-cook-their-own-food/

Bitcoin mining heats an aquaponics facility
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/bitcoin-mining-greenhouse-fish-farm-1.4470295
Editorial Comment:  Now if only the produce was part of a blockchain we’d have a buzzword trifecta!

Mushroom minifarms for mushrooms
http://www.smallhold.com
http://www.smallhold.com/smallhold/smallhold-projects

Big data study on the potential of urban agriculture
https://www.wired.com/story/big-data-suggests-big-potential-for-urban-farming/
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017EF000536/abstract
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017EF000536/full
hat tip Greg Watson

Riptide pedestrian bridge in Long Beach, CA with mini gardens
http://www.spfa.com/project/riptide-pedestrian-bridge/
https://inhabitat.com/wave-inspired-rainbow-bridge-in-long-beach-is-covered-in-mini-gardens-and-twinkling-led-lights/

Off-grid home in Kässel, Germany with food-producing roof garden
https://www.dezeen.com/2018/02/27/penda-self-sufficient-yin-yang-house-architecture-garden-roof-kassel-germany/
https://inhabitat.com/gorgeous-roof-garden-feeds-owners-in-proposed-off-grid-yin-yang-house/

How community gardens and block associations help stem urban violence
https://www.curbed.com/2018/2/27/17058094/chicago-crime-neighborhood-group-community

Truly, “You can fix all the world’s problems in a garden"
http://solarray.blogspot.com/2007/06/you-can-fix-all-worlds-problems-in.html

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