Automated hydroponic lettuce growing in China
https://x.com/volcaholic1/status/2035321762620035560
Raising shrimp indoors
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/can-controlled-environments-fix-the-worlds-favorite-seafood
Gaviotas, a long-standing sustainable village
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260331-a-1960s-green-utopia-tried-to-reinvent-the-world
Book: Gaviotas: A Village to Reinvent the World by Alan Weisman
https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/gaviotas/
The big benefits of pocket gardens
https://grist.org/cities/pocket-gardens-the-tiny-urban-oases-with-surprisingly-big-benefits/
Editorial Comment: Pocket gardens and guerrilla gardens can be powerful. There are many ways to make the cities green and even the smallest efforts help.
Feeding cities: Is it time for greater municipal intervention in food access in the United States?
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264275126002994
Dutch rain fences
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/09/rain-fences-dutch-homes-climate-resilient
Singapore’s tallest hydroponic farm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54eZGgwlcAs
A Colombian neighborhood plans for climate change
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/17/rainwater-harvesting-and-eco-gardens-how-one-colombian-neighbourhood-helped-a-whole-city-plan-for-climate-change
Dune Forest - transforming a sand dune into a food forest in 7 years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLJUsU7ieEg
Editorial Comment: A desert permaculture installation from a couple of decades ago
https://solarray.blogspot.com/2007/06/you-can-fix-all-worlds-problems-in.html
Largest agrivoltaic trial in the world
https://www.tse.energy/en/group/experimentation
Dubai center growing “future-proof” food in the desert
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2021/9/2/this-center-in-dubai-is-growing-future-proof-food-in-the-desert
Agri-Energy: Growing Power, Growing Food by Rebekah Pierce
https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9781642833713/agri-energy
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Saturday, March 21, 2026
City Agriculture - March 21, 2026
SolaRoof Greenhouse/Shelter in Action
https://pyrapod.com/
Vietnamese self-irrigating vertical farming towers
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/m-k-harikumar-ba7a5a60_vertical-self-sustaining-and-quietly-efficient-activity-7420487869024243712-lMI9/
Angels of the Sertão - ecological restoration in Brazil
https://www.ecosystemrestorationcommunities.org/2025/10/13/angels-of-backlands-how-traditional-knowledge-is-saving-forgotten-lands/
hat tip to https://circle.4ward.earth
Ecosystem Restoration Communities
https://www.ecosystemrestorationcommunities.org/
Vertical agriculture in Barbados
https://www.hortidaily.com/article/9781359/we-are-training-local-farmers-and-schools-bringing-vertical-farming-technology-into-education/
hat tip to https://www.agritecture.com/blog/transforming-caribbean-food-security-through-controlled-environment-agritecture
What happens when a neighborhood is built around a farm
https://grist.org/cities/what-happens-when-a-neighborhood-is-built-around-a-farm/
Nurturing Food Justice: Expansive and Intersectional VisionsOpen Access Edited by Alison Hope Alkon, Julian Agyeman
https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edited-volume/6088/Nurturing-Food-JusticeExpansive-and-Intersectional
The Important Role That Black Communities Play In Addressing Climate Change
https://cleantechnica.com/2026/02/23/the-important-role-that-black-communities-play-in-addressing-climate-change/
Regenerative Food Systems in Times of Collapse
https://substack.com/home/post/p-188490371
Hydroponics in Antarctica
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-28/antarctic-garden-yields-big-haul-of-fresh-produce/106385768
hat tip to https://slrpnk.net/
Farm to table in Atlanta, GA
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0n63c5m/why-farm-to-table-isn-t-just-a-trend-in-atlanta
Growing bananas in the world’s largest urban forest
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/20/agriculture-of-life-the-rio-families-growing-bananas-to-protect-the-worlds-largest-urban-forest
https://pyrapod.com/
Vietnamese self-irrigating vertical farming towers
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/m-k-harikumar-ba7a5a60_vertical-self-sustaining-and-quietly-efficient-activity-7420487869024243712-lMI9/
Angels of the Sertão - ecological restoration in Brazil
https://www.ecosystemrestorationcommunities.org/2025/10/13/angels-of-backlands-how-traditional-knowledge-is-saving-forgotten-lands/
hat tip to https://circle.4ward.earth
Ecosystem Restoration Communities
https://www.ecosystemrestorationcommunities.org/
Vertical agriculture in Barbados
https://www.hortidaily.com/article/9781359/we-are-training-local-farmers-and-schools-bringing-vertical-farming-technology-into-education/
hat tip to https://www.agritecture.com/blog/transforming-caribbean-food-security-through-controlled-environment-agritecture
What happens when a neighborhood is built around a farm
https://grist.org/cities/what-happens-when-a-neighborhood-is-built-around-a-farm/
Nurturing Food Justice: Expansive and Intersectional VisionsOpen Access Edited by Alison Hope Alkon, Julian Agyeman
https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edited-volume/6088/Nurturing-Food-JusticeExpansive-and-Intersectional
The Important Role That Black Communities Play In Addressing Climate Change
https://cleantechnica.com/2026/02/23/the-important-role-that-black-communities-play-in-addressing-climate-change/
Regenerative Food Systems in Times of Collapse
https://substack.com/home/post/p-188490371
Hydroponics in Antarctica
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-28/antarctic-garden-yields-big-haul-of-fresh-produce/106385768
hat tip to https://slrpnk.net/
Farm to table in Atlanta, GA
https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0n63c5m/why-farm-to-table-isn-t-just-a-trend-in-atlanta
Growing bananas in the world’s largest urban forest
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/20/agriculture-of-life-the-rio-families-growing-bananas-to-protect-the-worlds-largest-urban-forest
Saturday, February 21, 2026
City Agriculture - January 20, 2026
Cows may safely graze under solar?
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02112025/cattle-solar-grazing/
or https://archive.ph/6GBJ7
American Solar Grazing Association
https://solargrazing.org/
USAmerican Agrivoltaic Census Report
https://openei.org/wiki/InSPIRE/Agrivoltaics_Map
Solar Grazing Census Report
https://solargrazing.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ASGA-CensusReport2024.pdf
How urban farms can make cities more livable and help feed America
https://grist.org/cities/how-urban-farms-can-make-cities-more-livable-and-help-feed-america/
Italy is funding 2 GW of agrivoltaics integrating solar energy production with agriculture
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/12/italy-awards-2-5-gw-in-first-agrivoltaic-tender-backed-by-eu-funds/
UK plans a “forest city"
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/23/how-ambitious-forest-city-plan-for-england-could-become-a-reality
Floating islands for Copenhagen’s harbor
https://www.dezeen.com/2020/04/15/marshall-blecher-studio-fokstrot-floating-copenhagen-islands/
How climate breakdown is putting the world’s food in peril – in maps and charts
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/dec/18/how-climate-breakdown-is-putting-the-worlds-food-in-peril-in-maps-and-charts
Legal rights for Amazonian bees, a foundational species
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/29/stingless-bees-from-the-amazon-granted-legal-rights-in-world-first
Dutch engineers develop bricks which grow moss to absorb CO2, encourage the proliferation of biodiversity, and provide good insulation
https://ioplus.nl/en/posts/auke-bleij-wants-cities-to-breathe-through-moss-covered-facades
Planning program to optimize agrivoltaics migrates from research to commerce
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/12/29/agrivoltaic-company-okovate-acquires-stanford-university-carnegie-mellon-tech-startup/
Drones can plant 100,000 mangroves in one day and, perhaps, reseed sea grass beds (up to 35x the CO2 uptake of trees) and coral reefs
https://cleantechnica.com/2026/01/05/100000-mangrove-trees-planted-in-one-day/
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02112025/cattle-solar-grazing/
or https://archive.ph/6GBJ7
American Solar Grazing Association
https://solargrazing.org/
USAmerican Agrivoltaic Census Report
https://openei.org/wiki/InSPIRE/Agrivoltaics_Map
Solar Grazing Census Report
https://solargrazing.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/ASGA-CensusReport2024.pdf
How urban farms can make cities more livable and help feed America
https://grist.org/cities/how-urban-farms-can-make-cities-more-livable-and-help-feed-america/
Italy is funding 2 GW of agrivoltaics integrating solar energy production with agriculture
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/12/italy-awards-2-5-gw-in-first-agrivoltaic-tender-backed-by-eu-funds/
UK plans a “forest city"
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/23/how-ambitious-forest-city-plan-for-england-could-become-a-reality
Floating islands for Copenhagen’s harbor
https://www.dezeen.com/2020/04/15/marshall-blecher-studio-fokstrot-floating-copenhagen-islands/
How climate breakdown is putting the world’s food in peril – in maps and charts
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/dec/18/how-climate-breakdown-is-putting-the-worlds-food-in-peril-in-maps-and-charts
Legal rights for Amazonian bees, a foundational species
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/29/stingless-bees-from-the-amazon-granted-legal-rights-in-world-first
Dutch engineers develop bricks which grow moss to absorb CO2, encourage the proliferation of biodiversity, and provide good insulation
https://ioplus.nl/en/posts/auke-bleij-wants-cities-to-breathe-through-moss-covered-facades
Planning program to optimize agrivoltaics migrates from research to commerce
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/12/29/agrivoltaic-company-okovate-acquires-stanford-university-carnegie-mellon-tech-startup/
Drones can plant 100,000 mangroves in one day and, perhaps, reseed sea grass beds (up to 35x the CO2 uptake of trees) and coral reefs
https://cleantechnica.com/2026/01/05/100000-mangrove-trees-planted-in-one-day/
Thursday, November 6, 2025
City Agriculture - November 6, 2025
Food forests are everything: creating edible landscapes helps nature thrive in Afro-descendant lands
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/23/environment-biodiversity-afro-descendants-latin-america-food-forests-aoe
Sky gardens in Fujian Province, China
https://x.com/ShangguanJiewen/status/1971522638615871743
The EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01201-2/abstract
https://eatforum.org/update/eat-lancet-commission-warns-food-systems-breach-planetary-limits/
Solar glass with quantum dots increases lettuce crop yields almost 40%
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/10/07/new-solar-glass-cranks-up-lettuce-crop-yields-by-almost-40/
Charles River floating wetlands for water purification
https://thecharles.org/floating-wetlands/
previously: City Agriculture - September 6, 2019
Charles River Floating Wetland
Then again,
Water Authority Considers Proposal to Let Sewage Keep Flowing Into the Charles River - October 2025
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/10/30/charles-mwra-sewage-proposal/
Editorial Comment: John Todd’s Healing Earth is a great introduction to ecology systems building:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/576932/healing-earth-by-john-todd/9781623172985/
My review of the book: https://solarray.blogspot.com/2019/03/healing-earth-through-waters.html
Previously, August 9, 2016
Handy-pods: wetland plants to filter human waste in floating villages
https://wetlandswork.com/products-and-services/sanitation-in-challenging-environments/handy-pods/
Cambodian floating toilets
https://inhabitat.com/floating-toilets-filter-human-waste-in-cambodia-naturally-via-wetland-plants/
Can cities become self-reliant in food? The Cleveland Study from 2012 Scenario I (of III) uses 80% of every vacant lot to generate 22% - 48% of Cleveland’s demand for fresh produce (vegetables and fruits), 25% of both poultry and shell eggs, and 100% of honey
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264275111000692
hat tip Michael Bauwens and John Thackara
Planning for Agriculture in Virginia from Farmland Trust, a state or province level model
https://farmland.org/va-planning-for-ag
China solar company GCL scaling up agrivoltaics with tunable and bi-facial solar panels
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/10/17/china-is-totally-crushing-trumps-fossil-fuel-dream-with-agrivoltaics/
Not a cornfield - remedial agriculture art project in LA from 20 years ago and its echoes
https://metabolicstudio.org/not-a-cornfield
https://www.pbs.org/video/lauren-bon-restores-urban-land-with-la-river-water-4fpwp0/
A Portable Nutrient-recovering, Waterless, Unisex Urinal System - from Earle Barnhart and Hilde Maingay, two from the old New Alchemy Institute from back in the day
https://newalchemists.net/welcome-to-nutrient-recycling/cubies/
Others from New Alchemy who are still active include John Todd whose latest story at https://oceanarks.substack.com/ is about how solving problems sometimes upsets the status quo
and Bill McLarney who is continuing over 40 years of work in Costa Rica with ANAI:
http://www.anaicostarica.org/
How 70,000 African farmers use a public blockchain to manage their agricultural cooperatives
https://medium.com/@Blockchain4Good/how-do-70-000-african-farmers-use-a-public-blockchain-to-manage-their-agricultural-cooperatives-d495ae463c4d hat tip to Michel Bauwens
Ukrainian rewilding project offers recovery for the land and for veterans of war https://theconversation.com/ukraines-massive-nature-project-is-helping-veterans-and-land-recover-268343
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/23/environment-biodiversity-afro-descendants-latin-america-food-forests-aoe
Sky gardens in Fujian Province, China
https://x.com/ShangguanJiewen/status/1971522638615871743
The EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01201-2/abstract
https://eatforum.org/update/eat-lancet-commission-warns-food-systems-breach-planetary-limits/
Solar glass with quantum dots increases lettuce crop yields almost 40%
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/10/07/new-solar-glass-cranks-up-lettuce-crop-yields-by-almost-40/
Charles River floating wetlands for water purification
https://thecharles.org/floating-wetlands/
previously: City Agriculture - September 6, 2019
Charles River Floating Wetland
Then again,
Water Authority Considers Proposal to Let Sewage Keep Flowing Into the Charles River - October 2025
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/10/30/charles-mwra-sewage-proposal/
Editorial Comment: John Todd’s Healing Earth is a great introduction to ecology systems building:
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/576932/healing-earth-by-john-todd/9781623172985/
My review of the book: https://solarray.blogspot.com/2019/03/healing-earth-through-waters.html
Previously, August 9, 2016
Handy-pods: wetland plants to filter human waste in floating villages
https://wetlandswork.com/products-and-services/sanitation-in-challenging-environments/handy-pods/
Cambodian floating toilets
https://inhabitat.com/floating-toilets-filter-human-waste-in-cambodia-naturally-via-wetland-plants/
Can cities become self-reliant in food? The Cleveland Study from 2012 Scenario I (of III) uses 80% of every vacant lot to generate 22% - 48% of Cleveland’s demand for fresh produce (vegetables and fruits), 25% of both poultry and shell eggs, and 100% of honey
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264275111000692
hat tip Michael Bauwens and John Thackara
Planning for Agriculture in Virginia from Farmland Trust, a state or province level model
https://farmland.org/va-planning-for-ag
China solar company GCL scaling up agrivoltaics with tunable and bi-facial solar panels
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/10/17/china-is-totally-crushing-trumps-fossil-fuel-dream-with-agrivoltaics/
Not a cornfield - remedial agriculture art project in LA from 20 years ago and its echoes
https://metabolicstudio.org/not-a-cornfield
https://www.pbs.org/video/lauren-bon-restores-urban-land-with-la-river-water-4fpwp0/
A Portable Nutrient-recovering, Waterless, Unisex Urinal System - from Earle Barnhart and Hilde Maingay, two from the old New Alchemy Institute from back in the day
https://newalchemists.net/welcome-to-nutrient-recycling/cubies/
Others from New Alchemy who are still active include John Todd whose latest story at https://oceanarks.substack.com/ is about how solving problems sometimes upsets the status quo
and Bill McLarney who is continuing over 40 years of work in Costa Rica with ANAI:
http://www.anaicostarica.org/
How 70,000 African farmers use a public blockchain to manage their agricultural cooperatives
https://medium.com/@Blockchain4Good/how-do-70-000-african-farmers-use-a-public-blockchain-to-manage-their-agricultural-cooperatives-d495ae463c4d hat tip to Michel Bauwens
Ukrainian rewilding project offers recovery for the land and for veterans of war https://theconversation.com/ukraines-massive-nature-project-is-helping-veterans-and-land-recover-268343
Friday, September 19, 2025
City Agriculture - September 19, 2025
Matching preferred light frequencies to plants under solar panels at NREL [National Renewable Energy Laboratory]
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/06/18/solar-panels-give-edge-to-tomatoes-grown-underneath/
A vertical forest tower in Utrecht
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/jun/23/vertical-forest-tower-utrecht-netherlands
From vacuum cleaners to strawberries - Dyson Agriculture
https://www.core77.com/posts/137666/James-Dyson-is-Revolutionizing-Sustainable-Agriculture
Urban gardens in Sweden
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/well/sweden-urban-gardens.html
If you hit a paywall, try https://archive.md/JbCqd
In the Sweltering Southwest, Planting Solar Panels in Farmland Can Help Both Photovoltaics and Crops
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10072025/agrivoltaic-solar-southwest-farmland/
hat tip: @redbilledchough.bsky.social
Clear solar power “windows” now being adapted to greenhouse food production:
“During the 2024 grow season, nine different plant species, including beans, leafy greens, tomatoes, and snow peas, saw growth yields increase by up to 93% in rooms fitted with ClearVue’s solar glass compared to regular glass” while producing 40% of the energy needed to power the greenhouse itself
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/07/14/clearvue-update/
Earlier: https://cleantechnica.com/2023/06/23/clearvue-its-solar-glass-come-home/
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/06/its-happening-see-through-solar-windows-kick-fossil-energy-to-the-curb/
Company website: https://www.clearvuepv.com/
Micro-forests of Elizabeth NJ - Miyawaki forests
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/climate/new-jersey-tiny-forests.html
If you hit a pay wall try https://archive.md/EFtTp
Vertical farms from concept to reality
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/from-concept-to-reality-rethinking-vertical-farms-as-urban-infrastructure
Mycorrhizal fungi and restoring the world’s forests
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/15/biology-mycorrhizal-fungi-map-restoring-world-forests
Editorial Comment: May be important to urban and Miyawaki forests too
City food forests offer a chance to experience nature — and eat it
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2025/08/19/food-forest-fruit-wildlife-nature/
If you hit a paywall, try https://archive.md/oUzyB
AgTech for Agroecology - lecture/video/transcripts
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-07-01/agtech-for-agroecology/
Miyawaki forests in Scotland
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250910-the-tiny-forests-that-thrive-in-cities
Brazilian favela goes green with gardens
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250821-why-a-brazilian-favela-facing-eviction-went-green-with-gardening
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/06/18/solar-panels-give-edge-to-tomatoes-grown-underneath/
A vertical forest tower in Utrecht
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/jun/23/vertical-forest-tower-utrecht-netherlands
From vacuum cleaners to strawberries - Dyson Agriculture
https://www.core77.com/posts/137666/James-Dyson-is-Revolutionizing-Sustainable-Agriculture
Urban gardens in Sweden
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/well/sweden-urban-gardens.html
If you hit a paywall, try https://archive.md/JbCqd
In the Sweltering Southwest, Planting Solar Panels in Farmland Can Help Both Photovoltaics and Crops
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/10072025/agrivoltaic-solar-southwest-farmland/
hat tip: @redbilledchough.bsky.social
Clear solar power “windows” now being adapted to greenhouse food production:
“During the 2024 grow season, nine different plant species, including beans, leafy greens, tomatoes, and snow peas, saw growth yields increase by up to 93% in rooms fitted with ClearVue’s solar glass compared to regular glass” while producing 40% of the energy needed to power the greenhouse itself
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/07/14/clearvue-update/
Earlier: https://cleantechnica.com/2023/06/23/clearvue-its-solar-glass-come-home/
https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/06/its-happening-see-through-solar-windows-kick-fossil-energy-to-the-curb/
Company website: https://www.clearvuepv.com/
Micro-forests of Elizabeth NJ - Miyawaki forests
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/climate/new-jersey-tiny-forests.html
If you hit a pay wall try https://archive.md/EFtTp
Vertical farms from concept to reality
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/from-concept-to-reality-rethinking-vertical-farms-as-urban-infrastructure
Mycorrhizal fungi and restoring the world’s forests
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/15/biology-mycorrhizal-fungi-map-restoring-world-forests
Editorial Comment: May be important to urban and Miyawaki forests too
City food forests offer a chance to experience nature — and eat it
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2025/08/19/food-forest-fruit-wildlife-nature/
If you hit a paywall, try https://archive.md/oUzyB
AgTech for Agroecology - lecture/video/transcripts
https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-07-01/agtech-for-agroecology/
Miyawaki forests in Scotland
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250910-the-tiny-forests-that-thrive-in-cities
Brazilian favela goes green with gardens
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250821-why-a-brazilian-favela-facing-eviction-went-green-with-gardening
Thursday, June 19, 2025
City Agriculture - June 19, 2025
In Kenya, a law against sharing indigenous seeds and a village choir raising their voices against it
https://globalvoices.org/2025/05/10/kenya-outlawed-the-sharing-of-indigenous-seeds-an-village-choir-is-fighting-back/
HS student creates an app for an online farmers' market https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/local/high-school-student-creates-an-online-farmers-market-with-app/69-dea24a69-9172-46e4-aaaa-b23822098006
Vertical farms in cities to alleviate food insecurity https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/05/13/food-insecurity-vertical-farms-startups-cities If you hit a paywall, try https://archive.ph/zOMxS
Schools planting green spaces https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/16/la-schools-green-spaces
Lorain, OH [population 65,000] is beginning a "comprehensive initiative to turn underutilized spaces into thriving centers of food production, education, and opportunity” with the help of a USDA grant https://www.agritecture.com/blog/urban-farming-lorains-next-frontier-for-innovation-and-growth
LA’s Front Lawn Farm Movement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We1qoSDfUJE
Inside Africa's Food Forest Mega-Project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbBdIG--b58 hat tip to https://cleantechnica.com/2025/05/23/maybe-theres-hope-for-a-hopeless-time/
Gasometer tower to hydroponic production - from relic technology to a future https://www.agritecture.com/blog/reclaiming-the-industrial-past-for-a-greener-future-jabha-biotower-nam-earns-international-recognition
Indigenous ancient lagoon water management system of Ecuador https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/13/ecuador-indigenous-map-pre-inca-myths-ancient-lagoon-water-drought-
New advances in growing spirulina algae in vertical farms https://cleantechnica.com/2025/06/18/a-new-wave-of-algae-is-perking-up-the-vertical-farming-industry/
Food Twin Map - Discover where food is produced and how it travels around the world by selecting any region. https://foodtwin.theplotline.org/
Explanatory article https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/a-new-app-details-where-your-food-comes-from-and-just-how-fragile-the-global-food-system-really-is/
Respyre - bioreceptive concrete cladding and a specialised moss gel making it easy to create green facades that purify the air, sequester carbon, and cool buildings
https://www.gorespyre.com/
HS student creates an app for an online farmers' market https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/local/high-school-student-creates-an-online-farmers-market-with-app/69-dea24a69-9172-46e4-aaaa-b23822098006
Vertical farms in cities to alleviate food insecurity https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/05/13/food-insecurity-vertical-farms-startups-cities If you hit a paywall, try https://archive.ph/zOMxS
Schools planting green spaces https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/16/la-schools-green-spaces
Lorain, OH [population 65,000] is beginning a "comprehensive initiative to turn underutilized spaces into thriving centers of food production, education, and opportunity” with the help of a USDA grant https://www.agritecture.com/blog/urban-farming-lorains-next-frontier-for-innovation-and-growth
LA’s Front Lawn Farm Movement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We1qoSDfUJE
Inside Africa's Food Forest Mega-Project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbBdIG--b58 hat tip to https://cleantechnica.com/2025/05/23/maybe-theres-hope-for-a-hopeless-time/
Gasometer tower to hydroponic production - from relic technology to a future https://www.agritecture.com/blog/reclaiming-the-industrial-past-for-a-greener-future-jabha-biotower-nam-earns-international-recognition
Indigenous ancient lagoon water management system of Ecuador https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/13/ecuador-indigenous-map-pre-inca-myths-ancient-lagoon-water-drought-
New advances in growing spirulina algae in vertical farms https://cleantechnica.com/2025/06/18/a-new-wave-of-algae-is-perking-up-the-vertical-farming-industry/
Food Twin Map - Discover where food is produced and how it travels around the world by selecting any region. https://foodtwin.theplotline.org/
Explanatory article https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/a-new-app-details-where-your-food-comes-from-and-just-how-fragile-the-global-food-system-really-is/
Respyre - bioreceptive concrete cladding and a specialised moss gel making it easy to create green facades that purify the air, sequester carbon, and cool buildings
https://www.gorespyre.com/
Monday, May 12, 2025
City Agriculture - May 12, 2025
Urine as fertilizer
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250227-the-vermont-farmers-using-urine-to-grow-their-crops
An industrial designed bee hive based on the form factor of a hollow tree
https://www.core77.com/posts/135723/HIIVE-From-An-Industrial-Design-Thesis-to-Market
Black Farmers Index - connecting consumers to local food grown by Black farmers
https://blackfarmersindex.com/
ART given notice to quit 31-year-old Food Forest - not all news is good news
https://substack.com/home/post/p-159120584
The world’s biggest soil conservation project
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/14/how-china-led-way-water-soil-conservation
Enhancing agrivoltaic synergies through optimized tracking strategies - "This paper presents a methodology for dynamically optimizing solar panel positioning to meet the varying light requirements of crops. Simulations are conducted for a case study of an agrivoltaic system in an apple orchard in southwestern Germany."
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/journals/journal-of-photonics-for-energy/volume-15/issue-03/032703/Enhancing-agrivoltaic-synergies-through-optimized-tracking-strategies/10.1117/1.JPE.15.032703.full
hat tip to https://cleantechnica.com/2025/03/15/new-agrivoltaic-tool-optimizes-solar-generation-and-crop-production/
Community farm reviving prairie land in Chicago
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/17/how-a-little-village-farm-is-reviving-prairie-land-in-chicago/
hat tip to @chasesolidago.bsky.social
Paris votes for 500 more green streets
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/paris-residents-vote-favour-making-500-more-streets-pedestrian-2025-03-23/
Creole gardens as a response to climate change in Guadeloupe
https://globalvoices.org/2025/04/15/in-guadeloupe-creole-gardens-give-climate-lessons-in-a-spirit-of-solidarity/
Editorial Comment: I’m reading Toxic Tropics: A Horror Story of Environmental Injustice by Jessica Oublié, Nicola Gobbi, Kathrine Avraam, Vinciane Lebrun about the persistent contamination of Guadeloupe and Martinique by chlordecane which was used to control pests in banana plantations. We have big problems on multiple fronts.
2 GW agrivoltaic project in China
https://cleantechnica.com/2025/04/19/massive-2-gw-agrivoltaic-project-aims-to-restore-desert-in-china/
Editorial Comment: I learned a new word: ecovoltaic - rebuilding soil health while restoring natural habitats and native plant species
Agrivoltaics and ecovotaics are examples of geotherapy, helping ecological systems restore the damage homo sap sap (that sap!) has done.
Growing strawberries under different levels of shading from thin-film solar panels
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/strawberries-under-solar-panels-agrivoltaics-canada
How Trmp’s first 100 days changed the USDA food system
https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/trump-usda-food-system-agriculture-first-100-days/
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