Urban agriculture
Urban farming has been on a steady increase for many years now as space for agriculture creeps closer to cities and consumers look to reconnect with what they eat. As well as appealing to the health and environmentally conscious market, these systems often seek to achieve community benefits; providing opportunities and education for disadvantaged and…
Food Forests can be a part of Urban Cultivation
Urban cultivation (UC) refers to a range of practices at various scales that include the growing, processing, and marketing of crops (often called urban agriculture), the tending of livestock, and apiculture, in urban and peri-urban areas, mostly for consumption in the same urban space (WinklerPrins 2017). According to the United Nations, the world population is increasingly urbanizing, currently at about 54% but trending toward at least 66% by 2050, and with much higher rates in many parts of the globe (UN 2014).
Urban agriculture – why is it important?
Today is the second day of the Urban Agriculture Summit 2013 ā€™Transformative solutions on how we feed people in the urban eraā€™ currently being held in Linkƶping, Sweden (29-31 January). So why this specific gathering on urban agriculture? A recent UN report estimated that the Earthā€™s population will increase by 40% and exceed 9 billion people…