Farming communities – a Dutch model for national agriculture
https://www.farmingcommunities.org/
AlphaGarden – can a robot learn how to garden?
https://rieff.jacksonchui.ai
https://goldberg.berkeley.edu/art/AlphaGarden/
https://youtu.be/j-7kluafRwA
Pollinator Park is a 30-minute interactive virtual reality experience “that immerses you in a futuristic world where man and nature co-exist in harmony, hoping to change your perspective and help turn the tide”
https://ec.europa.eu/environment/pollinator-park_en
https://inhabitat.com/virtual-pollinator-park-shows-a-future-with-or-without-pollinators/
Singapore plans a “forest town”
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/04/singapore-sustainable-smart-town-tengah
The AgStack Foundation seeks to improve global agriculture efficiency through the creation, maintenance and enhancement of free, re-usable, open and specialized digital infrastructure for data and applications.
https://agstack.org
Emerging food forest in Venice, CA
https://inhabitat.com/a-food-forest-emerges-in-las-famous-venice-neighborhood/
https://projectfoodforest.org
https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/the-community-food-forest-handbook/
Abu Dhabi biodiversity park
https://www.sla.dk/en/projects/al-fay-park
https://inhabitat.com/abu-dhabis-new-urban-biodiversity-park-enhances-local-microclimate/
“Urban Food Stories is a community storytelling project that highlights the unique and important food traditions of the individuals around us. Through interviews, photographs, and recipes, these stories intend to broaden the narratives of the ‘Alternative Food Movement’, to make it more inclusive.”
https://www.urbanfoodstories.com/about
“Living Energy Farm is an intentional community, education center, and farm that demonstrates that a fulfilling life is possible without the use of fossil fuel.”
They’ve been using solar DC electric microgrids for over a decade in Virginia, a technology that can be adapted to urban use as well
http://livingenergyfarm.org
Residential Greenhouse for Bremen, Germany
https://www.dmaa.at/work/greenhouse-bremen
https://inhabitat.com/dmaa-designs-residential-greenhouse-in-germany/
Bee-friendly urban wildflower meadows prove a hit with German city dwellers
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jun/20/bee-friendly-urban-wildflower-meadows-prove-a-hit-with-german-city-dwellers
hat tip Taras Grescoe @grescoe
