Jorgelina Hiba A network of municipalities in Argentina is reimagining an agricultural production model based on industrial inputs, encouraging a new relationship between farming, food and nature The global climate crisis has made the debate about the ways food is produced and consumed around the world ever more urgent, with agribusiness at its centre. In… Continue reading Argentine municipalities embrace agroecology
Tag: Urban Agriculture
VERTICAL FARMING – PROVIDING PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO URBAN CITY CHALLENGES
Ratan Deep Some estimates state that in 50 yrs 70% of the world population will be in “cities”, around 7 billion mouths to feed with a challenging food supply, what if farming moves from its traditional country side towards urban cities. Scientists has been working for this future to address food which can grow in… Continue reading VERTICAL FARMING – PROVIDING PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO URBAN CITY CHALLENGES
Cuba, the Urban Agricultural Pioneers
Cuba so drastically reformed its food system that it is best described as a revolution of organic urban agriculture. In the discourse of urban planning and management, Cuba is widely considered to be the pioneer of urban agriculture due to a unique political and social circumstance which necessitated agricultural reform in the 1990s. Although many… Continue reading Cuba, the Urban Agricultural Pioneers