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City Agriculture – May 23, 2016

May 24, 2016 By gmoke

Skyfarm – modular vertical grow structure
http://www.rsh-p.com/projects/skyfarm/
http://inhabitat.com/wind-powered-vertical-skyfarms-look-to-a-more-sustainable-future-for-farming/

AccorHotels, which includes Sofitel, Novotel and Motel 6, plans 1000 hotel vegetable gardens by 2020
http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/apr/13/accorhotels-to-grow-its-own-vegetables-in-push-to-cut- food-waste

Renderings versus reality for tree-covered skyscrapers
http://99percentinvisible.org/article/renderings-vs-reality-rise-tree-covered-skyscrapers/

Tokyo green tower Toranomon project
http://www.archdaily.com/785775/ingenhoven-architects-reveal-plans-for-green-tower-in-tokyo
http://www.ingenhovenarchitects.com/projects/more-projects/toranomon-project-en/

Floating food forest for NYC
https:/www.kickstarter.com/projects/1152620801/swale

Urban cricket farm
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3059181/this-modular-cricket-pod-lets-you-create-an-urban-insect-farm

Farm from a Box – shipping container kit for 2 acre farm
http://www.farmfromabox.com
https:youtu.be/VlcijvWRJGU
Freight Farms does an enclosed system shipping container food production system
http://freightfarms.com
Prairie Urban Farms “Farm on Wheels” shipping container both farm and class room
http://www.edmontonexaminer.com/2016/03/16/local-group-hopes-to-create-agricultural-and-educational- centre-in-a-shipping-container

Planton Movil – a walking forest that peacefully claims its place and respect in the city by linking art and social change. Since 2010 in Lima, Peru, people from different disciplines and backgrounds have come together to help create and maintain sustainable public green areas
http://www.plantonmovil.com
https:www.facebook.com/Plantonmovil
http://portfolios.risd.edu/gallery/16258083/Planton-Movil

Current Extent and Future Capacity of Urban Gardening
http://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/2016/03/11/current-extent-and-future-capacity-of-urban-gardening

Parisian vertical farm
http://www.designboom.com/architecture/ilimelgo-architects-vertical-farm-grand-paris-03-22-2016/

Urban tree farms for six cities
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/state_news/vacant-lots-in-cities-to-become-tree-farms-agricul ture-plots/article_af911178-3abb-54f0-8e68-ecd9634f7cdd.html

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