Tuesday, November 26, 2024

City Agriculture - November 26, 2024

 From Nazi Bunker to Green Cultural Center and Urban Farm

https://www.core77.com/posts/133514/A-Nazi-Bunker-Transformed-Into-Green-Cultural-Center-and-Urban-Farm

Food Waste Legislative Tracker - State by State
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sU_r0MLaO4Nqx3HAJXqkOh1XabYkzRm5Zo9zsB2ZMxM/edit?pli=1&gid=1902823679#gid=1902823679
from Divert - protecting the value of food
https://divertinc.com/
Zero Food Waste Coalition
https://zerofoodwastecoalition.org/
Harvard Law School Food Law and Policy Clinic
https://hls.harvard.edu/clinics/in-house-clinics/food-law-and-policy-clinic/

Caixz Forum Museum vertical garden (living wall) in Madrid, Spain
https://www.greenroofs.com/projects/caixa-forum-museum-vertical-garden/
Explore Amazing Living Architecture Projects from Around the World
https://www.greenroofs.com/projects/

Finnish geotherapy for peatlands
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240912-the-finnish-fishermen-fighting-climate-change-by-preserving-carbon-rich-peatlands
Editorial Comment:  A little far afield but these kinds of initiatives are probably the quickest way to draw down carbon from the atmosphere

Concrete that absorbs CO2, insulates, and serves as a growing medium for vertical gardens
https://www.theplaidzebra.com/moss-growing-concrete-absorbs-co2-insulates-and-is-also-a-vertical-garden/

A greenhouse over a house in Norway that grows food all year round
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irp_HPzfxbQ
hat tip boingboing.net

Electro-agriculture to replace photosynthesis
https://scitechdaily.com/farming-in-the-dark-how-electro-agriculture-outpaces-photosynthesis/
hat tip ‪@johnsmillie42.bsky.social‬

Microfarms in LA yards
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/05/climate/microfarms-cropswapla-food-deserts.html
https://archive.ph/xjl6G - if you can’t get past the paywall

Denmark’s Groundbreaking Agriculture Climate Policy
https://www.wri.org/insights/denmark-agriculture-climate-policy

Agrivoltaics may improve the taste of lettuce, among many other things
https://www.microgridknowledge.com/commercial-industrial-microgrids/article/55238664/oregon-agrivoltaics-based-microgrid-tackles-crop-warming-from-climate-change-and-may-improve-taste-of-lettuce

Farm in the City - controlled environment agriculture for Puerto Rico, which imports 85% of its food
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/farm-in-the-city-is-transforming-puerto-ricos-food-system

New book - Urban Food Mapping
https://mikeytomkins.co.uk/urban-food-mapping/
hat tip to John Thackara