Friday, June 21, 2019

City Agriculture - June 21, 2019

Urban farming solutions from IKEA  will be available as early as 2021
https://www.core77.com/posts/88258/Tom-Dixon-and-IKEAs-Urban-Farming-Solutions-Will-Be-Available-as-Early-as-2021

Brasserie 250 - a pop-up restaurant which grows the food it serves with zero waste
http://overtreders-w.nl/lowlands
https://www.archdaily.com/915973/brasserie-2050-restaurant-overtreders-w
https://inhabitat.com/brasserie-2050-restaurant-pops-up-as-a-prototype-for-sustainable-food-service/

Inno-3b's vertical farming system is enhancing grocery stores in Canada
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2019/5/22/this-vertical-farming-system-is-enhancing-grocery-stores
http://www.inno-3b.com

Atlanta, GA votes to plant a 7 acre public food forest, the largest in the USA
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/445202-atlanta-to-transform-7-acres-of-vacant-property-into-countrys-largest

Parisian street gardens
https://www.facebook.com/sbsnews/videos/647405352381625/

Urban farmers transform Vancouver lawns into vegetable gardens
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/city-beet-farm-vancouver-1.5149810

"In 1942, roughly 15 million families planted victory gardens; by 1944, an estimated 20 million victory gardens produced roughly 8 million tons of food—which was the equivalent of more than 40 percent of all the fresh fruits and vegetables consumed in the United States.”
https://www.history.com/news/americas-patriotic-victory-gardens
Editorial Comment:  Just a reminder of what is possible

Food Forest Open Source Hub
https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/food-forest/

Urban vineyard for a new research center in Milan
https://carloratti.com/project/vitae-milan/
https://inhabitat.com/a-massive-urban-vineyard-will-envelop-a-new-research-center-in-milan/

NYC office building to become a butterfly sanctuary with a green facade
http://www.terreform.org/projects_butterfly.html
https://www.core77.com/posts/88799/This-SoHo-Office-Building-Will-Double-as-a-Monarch-Butterfly-Sanctuary

Mobile Food Lab
https://www.mobilefoodlab.org
https://designawards.core77.com/Transportation/84742/Mobile-Food-Lab

Open Kitchens Project - pop up dinners from immigrant chefs with curated community conversations
https://www.openkitchensproject.com
https://scoutsomerville.com/open-kitchens-open-conversations/