Saturday, February 27, 2021

City Agriculture - February 27, 2021

 Urban Agriculture Blog from Agritecture

https://www.agritecture.com/blog-feed

The 20 best green alleys of Montreal (en française, in French)
https://mesquartiers.wordpress.com/2020/08/15/top-20-des-plus-belles-ruelles-vertes-a-montreal/

Europe’s largest vertical farm is under construction - 14 stories high in a 7,000-square-meter facility at Copenhagen Markets in Denmark
https://inhabitat.com/construction-of-europes-largest-vertical-farm-is-underway/
https://www.yeshealthgroup.com

Respira - an air purifying garden that is self-sustaining
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/respira/respira-the-air-purifying-garden-that-takes-care-of-itself
https://www.respira.ca
https://inhabitat.com/respira-the-hydroponic-smart-garden-that-purifies-the-air/

Urban farm feeds the homeless in the city of Chiang Mai during COVID time
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2021/1/19/keeping-a-thai-city-fed-during-covid-19

A Global Geospatial Ecosystem Services Estimate of Urban Agriculture - they estimate about 10% of food production can happen in cities
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2017EF000536

Rooftop nature conservancy in Hong Kong includes a biodiversity museum, an outdoor farm to provide farm-to-table dining, a butterfly garden and more
https://www.laab.pro/?portfolio_page=k11-musea-nature-discovery-park
https://inhabitat.com/architects-design-a-rooftop-nature-conservatory-in-hong-kong/

Staten Island apartment complex with 5000 square foot farm
https://www.rabbitsgardenfarm.com
https://inhabitat.com/this-apartment-building-in-staten-island-has-a-5000-square-foot-urban-farm/
hat tip Pasqualino Columbaro

Tiny forests for England based upon a Japanese technique
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/feb/02/tennis-court-sized-scrap-of-bristol-to-become-tiny-forest

The New Agrarian Economy:  The Past, Present, and Future of Urban Agriculture in New York City [pdf alert]
https://www.brooklyn-usa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/NAE21_FINALv11_pages.pdf

Thammasat University Rangsit Campus urban rooftop farm, the largest in Asia
https://www.greenroofs.com/projects/thammasat-university-urban-rooftop-farm-turf/
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2021/2/16/thammasat-universitys-urban-rooftop-farm

Shenzhen skyscraper with aquaponics to purify the air
https://inhabitat.com/a-skyscraper-will-purify-shenzhens-air-with-aquaponic-gardens/
https://www.zaha-hadid.com/architecture/tower-c-at-shenzhen-bay-super-headquarters-base/