Map of the public access fruit trees of Toronto
http://www.mapto.ca/maps/the-fruit-trees-of-toronto
Green transformation for a railway yard in St Petersburg, Russia
https://www.orangearchitects.nl/projects/ligovsky-city/
https://inhabitat.com/former-railway-yard-to-receive-a-green-transformation-in-st-petersburg/
Self-sufficient skyscraper proposed for NYC
https://www.lissoniandpartners.com/en/architecture/competitions/americas/completed/skylines-new-york/1289
https://inhabitat.com/self-sufficient-garden-city-skyscraper-proposed-for-nyc/
Harrisburg, PA from abandoned school to urban eco-village, including indoor food production
https://www.fastcompany.com/90535345/a-former-nfl-player-is-turning-this-abandoned-building-into-an-ecovillage
hat tip Media Diet: http://tinyurl.com/joinmediadiet
SUPERVERDE – urban greening modules
https://inhabitat.com/stefano-boeri-proposes-superverde-urban-greening-modules/
The Kitchen Farming Project – unemployed line cooks (and the public) invited to garden and build a new food future
https://resourcedny.com/the-kitchen-farming-project
Everybody Eats – a food relief program in Brattleboro, VT leverages CARES Act funds to engage local restaurants in making to-go meals for anyone in Brattleboro, Guilford, Vernon, Dummerston, or Putney who has been impacted by the COVID-19 crisis due to unemployment, underemployment, homelessness, or other challenges. Over 10,000 meals will be distributed in the month of August, with nine Brattleboro restaurants providing a total of 650 meals per day for at least four weeks.
https://www.brattleboro.com/everyoneeats/
Paris encourages all citizens to become urban gardeners
https://popupcity.net/observations/paris-encourages-all-citizens-to-become-urban-gardeners/
World’s biggest rooftop greenhouse opens in Montreal
https://phys.org/news/2020-08-world-biggest-rooftop-greenhouse-montreal.html
Asia’s largest organic rooftop farm spans 236,806 square feet, can provide up to 80,000 meals (20 tons of organic food), and grows more than 40 edible species of crops, including rice, indigenous vegetables, fruit trees and herbs
https://inhabitat.com/asias-largest-organic-rooftop-farm-can-grow-20-tons-of-food-annually/
Vertical forest goes wild in Chengdu, China
https://www.curbed.com/2020/9/18/21445069/qiyi-city-forest-garden-mosquitoes-chengdu
Resourcing an Agroecological Urbanism: Political, Transformational and Territorial Dimensions by Chiara Tornaghi, Michiel Dehaene
https://www.routledge.com/Resourcing-an-Agroecological-Urbanism-Political-Transformational-and-Territorial/Tornaghi-Dehaene/p/book/9781138359680
PS: All previous editions of City Agriculture are available at http://cityag.blogspot.com
PPS: I would have a lot more respect for Extinction Rebellion, 350.org, Mothers Out Front, Fridays for the Future, Sunrise Movement… if they spent more time publicly on these kinds of activities which have immediate practical applications in reducing the effects of climate chaos, build community, and are a necessary step in speeding the transition to an ecologically logical future.
I’ve been involved in local agriculture for the last 10 years. This year I saw much greater interest in backyard and community gardening and I think that trend will continue for the foreseeable future. The latent political support is thanks to the environmental movement, but individual growers are motivated by survival.
There has been a greater interest in gardening, as there almost always is during hard times. However, the rethinking of our food supply chain seems not to be happening as publicly and as vigorously as I believe it should be.
The individual growers I’ve been talking to at my local farmers’ markets tell me their business is down by close to half but they still keep growing and keep coming to the markets. Farmers feed us all.
Right, commercial farming is a whole different ball game. From what I hear, land access is the biggest issue for potential farmers in Eastern MA. One response might be converting unused suburban lawns into vegetable-producing land. It’s been done (and it’s great, from a sustainability perspective), but it adds yet more difficulty to an already demanding small business.
Backyard and community gardens are likewise great from a sustainability perspective. That’s been my area of involvement.