My piece for CBC News about how urban agriculture could be a weapon used to fight the world food crisis.

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CNN's Richard Quest reports on Mexico City's example of growing your own food in small city spaces. CNN Link: www.cnn.com If you created this video and would like it to be removed, please contact me and I will remove it.

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Discovery-News.com: Produce is being grown in the most unlikely place. Discovery News' Matt Danzico takes a tour through New York City's sustainable agriculture barge. Check out more science news at www.discovery-news.com

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John from www.growingyourgreens.com goes on a field trip to Harvest for the Hungry to find out whats growing on. In this episode you will learn some techniques that are used to grow vertically as well how to grow in raised beds without sides. In addition, you will also discover about cardboard sheet mulching and using wood chips for your pathways.

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Viraj Puri is co-founder and CEO of Gotham Greens, a New York City based company dedicated to growing the highest quality vegetables and culinary herbs for local restaurants and retailers. Gotham Greens' premium quality produce is grown in sterile rooftop greenhouses in Brooklyn, NY, using clean, renewable energy. His written work has appeared in several books and publications including, "100% Renewable — Energy Autonomy in Action" and the un Academic Journal. He has received fellowships from the TED conference and the Wild Gift, where he currently serves on the board of directors. Viraj is a LEED® Accredited Professional and received a BA from Colgate University.

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A video survey of urban agriculture and community gardening in Atlanta. This story was featured on "This is Atlanta with Alicia Steele," a Telly Award-winning and Emmy-nominated magazine show on PBA, Atlanta's PBS Station. View more from "This is Atlanta" at www.pba.org

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Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, based in New York City, is one of very few liberal arts schools in the country fostering critical thinking, social justice, and cross-cultural understanding. www.newschool.edu Dr. McClintock discusses his research on urban agriculture in Oakland, California, focusing on how he integrated a critical social science approach with participatory environmental science and planning research to both understand the origins of the urban agriculture movement in Oakland and to identify obstacles to its ability to scale up. *Location 2 W. 16th Street, Room D-1103 - Monday February 27 6:00 pm

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Dole Institute of Politics Foodscapes is an interdisciplinary program where urban agriculture meets sustainable design and city planning to help better feed communities and improve health, community involvement and job opportunities, while working toward an environmentally progressive way to exist and renew urban living. Leaders from Cultivate KC, BNIM architects and Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City will explore the interconnectivity of this growing movement, as well as identify challenges and successful models.

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News story from NBC 7/39 detailing the reform coming to urban agriculture in San Diego.

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Ohio State University Extension's Urban Agriculture program is teaching people how to farm in the city. They are creating jobs and revitalizing neighborhoods. cuyahoga.osu.edu

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Urban agriculture has been real for decades, starting with the industrialization of Western Europe in the 20th century. Urban agriculture has been also well practiced in poor economies such as Cuba, where it serves as an important way of self-reliance. Today, with conventional agriculture "Big Ag" being at a cross-road in terms of its ecological impact on the environment and the increased food demand of a population growing to 9bn people by 2050, urban agriculture may very well be one key of a solution for the 21st century. As Roman explains, urban agriculture offers the solution to grow potentially enough food in the city to feed its entire population. What's more, it also creates healthier, wealthier and happier cities, offering consumers with fresh & quality food choices and access to better quality of life. Roman Gaus, Founder of UrbanFarmers Roman Gaus (32)- from corporate career to social entrepreneur & urban farmer. Roman's story is both fascinating and inspiring. When Roman returned from the States to Switzerland, he left a short but steep career with companies such as Procter & Gamble, Novartis and Franke Group. Yet, he brought with him an emerging concept about inner-city farming, which he had seen take a grass roots approach in US cities. Back in Switzerland, Roman was surprised by the proven, Swiss-engineered technology know-how of Aquaponic; a combination of fish and vegetable farming, ideally suited to grow locally grown & organic food without soil in the <b>...</b>

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The Organic EVE System is a new approach to urban Agriculture.

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This video shows the Urban Food Farm from urbanfoodfarms.com It's a complete greenhouse kit system with hydroponics, irrigation, soil-less growing and a very efficient space layout to grow organic vegetables and herbs year round. The greenhouse floor plant is 8x12. Normally the greenhouse walls are clear polycarbonate but since it's been raining they are covered in condensation. We tried to show the inside of the greenhouse design and closeup of all the vegetable plants. Compare to the other videos taken 2 weeks and 3 weeks prior, the vegetable and herb plants grow fast. This video is from 12 it's hard to believe it's December, the plants are growing as if it was March. This video shows a close look of the tomato plants, all the herb plants like chives, basil, cilantro, mint and a few others, there are also cucumber, zucchini, squash, lettuce, micro greens and strawberry plants. Some of the plants we planted from seed on week 2 of the project and others like the older tomato and cucumber plants were brought from an older version of this vegetable hydrofarm. All of the vegetables grown are organic from hybrid seed. The greenhouse layout plan in this 8x12 hobby greenhouse offers 144 foot of hydroponic soil-less growing all done in coco coir.The combination of the greenhouse plan, the coco and the clear plastic walls allows this hydrofarm to grow as much as 6x more than the same space planted in the ground. The amount of work is also considerably less thanks to automated <b>...</b>

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a documentary about urban farming and the future of localization.

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IBM Smarter Cities Challenge team works with the City of Milwaukee on issues surrounding urban agriculture and aquaponics.

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Pushing Green interviews John Edel, the Director of Plant Chicago, Chicago's first industrial-scale vertical farm. Edel talks about turning an old meat-packing plant into an energy-efficient vertical farm. Please visit us at www.pushinggreen.com for more ways to save money on Green products and services.

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OnEarth magazine's Jocelyn C. Zuckerman traveled to Africa with photographer Antonio Bolfo to learn how more city residents are turning to urban agriculture. Read their report: onearth.org

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The AeroFarms and EcoVeggies partnership to bring an aeroponic growing system to St. Philips Academy has demonstrated vertical controlled agriculture that grows without soil, pesticides and sunshine. This allows production anywhere, anytime, and with full control of the quality and exposure of the growing process. Students learn about growing, biology, chemistry, math and the environment using the machine. www.aerofarms.com

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See the full episode at video.pbs.org Meet the ordinary people who bring food production back to basics in this clip from AMERICA REVEALED "Food Machine." New four-part series premieres Wednesday, April 11, 10/9c on PBS.

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This video from the nonprofit group KGI (KitchenGardeners.org ) looks at the urban agriculture revolution in Havana, Cuba and its origins. Cuba is not only an island nation in terms of its geography, but also its economy and politics as a result of the US embargo and the fall of the Soviet Union, Cuba's largest source of trade and aid until the Berlin Wall fell in 1991. Cut off from the world's pipeline of food, oil, chemical pesticides and fertilizers, Cuba embarked upon an ambitious program to grow as much of its own organic food as possible in the 1990s during what was known as the "special period." This short video produced by the nonprofit group Kitchen Gardeners International (KGI) peeks into Havana's urban farms and gardens to see what lessons they have to offer other cities working to move toward sustainable food security. For more information on other homegrown solutions around the world, please see KGI's website here kitchengardeners.org

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This film tells the story of a South Los Angeles edible garden planted in a surprising spot. Ron Finley, its planter, constructed the garden the way he wishes his neighborhood could be. And his vision of repurposing unused open space, like that of many others working together on urban agriculture in our city, should inspire us all, and remind us of how, with a little creativity of vision, and willingness to get our hands dirty, we can remake spaces defined by asphalt and dead grass into productive places of beauty. TO LEARN MORE about Teaching Gardens: www.calendow.org www.heart.org TO LEARN MORE about the food movement in Los Angeles and how to get involved visit the Los Angeles Food Policy Council: www.goodfoodla.org TO JOIN IN the MOVEMENT sign the GOOD FOOD PLEDGE www.goodfoodla.org

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Bryant Terry visits an aquaponics farm in Oakland, California's Mosswood Park. Urban Organic is a three part series that features cutting-edge chefs, urban farmers and social innovators who are bringing urban agriculture to neighborhoods in America that need them most.

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Jesse DuBois is an urban agriculturalist. He moved to Los Angeles to become a screenwriter, but instead got caught up in reshaping the food system. He is the CoFounder and currently serves as the Chief Eclectic Officer for two start-ups: Farmscape, an urban farming maintenance company, and Agrisaurus, a web-based polyculture gardening assistant. Horticulturally, he is a big fan of the nightshade family. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations) Film Credits: Jacqueline Legazcue Jason Soll Zach Shpizner Ian St. Lawrence James Shickich

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Since the end of the Cold War and the fall of the Soviet Union, urban agriculture has provided employment and income for the urban population of Cuba. Urban agriculture enhances the quality and sufficiency of food for the urban farmer and his family.

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The global phenomenon and return of urban agriculture. Pictures, movies, and clips compiling materials available on-line about Urban Agriculture, including in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Detroit, Michigan, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Havana, Cuba.

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In Detroit, demolition crews are planning to tear down 10000 residential buildings over the next four years that the city has deemed dangerous. But as old structures are coming down, the city is redefining itself in other ways. An estimated 20 to 30 percent of the city's lots are vacant, and there is a growing urban agriculture movement that community groups are using to reclaim the city. Malik Yakini, chairman of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, gives us a tour of D-Town Farm, one of the biggest urban farms in Detroit. [includes rush transcript]

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Rapid urbanization and population growth in the shanty towns on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, where the majority of residents live in poverty and lack access to basic necessities such as potable water and adequate sanitation, has led to serious negative consequences on both human and environmental health. These trends, which are not unique to Peru but can be seen in urban areas of low-income countries throughout the world, have particularly devastating effects on household food security and nutrition. However, among many of Lima's poor neighborhoods, community-based solutions are emerging that tackle these problems in collaborative and sustainable ways. Food production within city limits has recently come to the forefront as a strategy to improve food security among poor, landless households. The capacity for engagement in urban agriculture is especially important when food access is compromised due to prevalent unemployment, under-employment and the fluctuating costs of basic food staples. Child malnutrition is becoming an increasingly important concern in the peripheral poor neighborhoods of Lima. It is therefore imperative to consider urban agriculture's potential to directly address the food and nutritional needs of poor families. Current urban farming projects in areas throughout Lima are generating greater access to fresh nutritious foods and are ultimately helping to break the cycle of poverty and hunger. Informed by local non-profit organizations and research <b>...</b>

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Community groups and concerned residents are coming together to build a healthy, resilient, and socially just food system in Oakland. Join the movement for urban agriculture today! Visit: www.baylocalize.org

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This Week in Louisiana Agriculture's AJ Sabine introduces us to a Baton Rouge City Garden District couple who is embracing urban agriculture by growing fresh vegetables at home.

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A new book by a group of Ryerson researchers explores creative approaches to urban food production, including more than 40 examples of spaces designed for urban agriculture.

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By 2050 more than twice as many of us will be living in cities. While urban agriculture of the community kind is on the rise, commercial urban farms are under threat. More than 60% of Sydney's fresh produce is grown close to the city, the bulk of it coming from commercial gardens. How we use urban land is shaping up as one of the biggest dilemmas of the 21st Century. A booming population needs to be housed, but it also needs to be fed, and the cost of relying on imported food is already being felt. Related Links: Uniken story: uniken.unsw.edu.au UNSW Built Environment: www.be.unsw.edu.au UNSW@Canberra: www.unsw.adfa.edu.au Waverley Park Communal Garden: waverleyparkcommunalgarden.org

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Owned, constructed and operated by Frieda Lim, the Slippery Slope Farm in Brooklyn produces an impressive variety of beautiful vegetables using 75 sub-irrigated planters (SIPs). Unlike traditional, in-ground, top-irrigated planting setups, SIPs utilize a standing reservoir of water situated below the soil in which the plants are grown.

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This video, released by Bochika, SOIL & SAKALA, showcases Haiti's Largest Urban Community Garden, the "Jaden Tap Tap" (Tap Tap Garden); More than 300 individuals and 10 organizations joined together to make the dream of a greener Haiti a reality. Please Help us Replicate this Garden in 10 Schools in Cite Soleil by helping us reach our goal of $10000 on FirstGiving: firstgiving.com/fundraiser/irishanniemarie/taptap

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A conceptual high-rise net-zero vertical farm designed for the Cascadia Green Building Council's 2007 Living Building Challenge. Learn more about this project at: mithun.com/projects/project_detail/center_for_urban_agriculture/

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This video examines features of my homestead with respect to ideas mentioned in the article, "Can we Feed the World & Sustain the Planet?" by Jonathan A. Foley. For more, visit: farmertyler.blogspot.com Music by Daniel Shifrin and Tyler Baras References: www.scientificamerican.com www.how-to-hunt-rabbit.com

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The Healthy Footprint interviews four experts on urban agriculture and food policy in Toronto to find out how municipal governments can incorporate food growing into a city's plan. For more information, visit thehealthyfootprint.com.

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An project designed to show how low input, high output cultivation can help urban communities to grow organic food in response to the global food crisis

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On April 22nd, 2012, a large group of East Bay farmers, gardeners, and other community members took over a plot of UC research land in order to promote the viability and importance of local, sustainable urban agriculture. Find out more on: www.takebackthetract.com Or visit the farm: Gill Tract Intersection of San Pablo Ave. and Marin Ave. Berkeley/Albany Border, CA Music from: * Gulag Orkestar - Beirut - Gulag Orkestar * Keep On the Sunny Side - The Whites - O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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Growing Food, Jobs and Community in Vacant Lots Urban agriculture is one of the keystones of resilience in cities, and in Detroit it might just remake the city's ravaged economy. The fall of the auto industry left about 40 square miles in America's 11th largest city empty. That is about the same amount of space as all of San Francisco. Vegetation began to spread and wildlife came back as nature took it's course. But it was abandoned, useless land. Now human nature is taking it's course! There is a thriving, vibrant urban gardening scene in that area. There are over 750 family and community gardens and small farms, and that number is growing all the time. Here is the story of Greg Willener, a former teacher turned urban farmer who is making a living from the land on less than 1/2 acre on his "Brother Nature Farm" in Corktown, Detroit. In this video, he speaks with great optimism about the ability to make a living growing organic food and connecting the community in the process. His farm and others are looking to develop a union of sorts, a collaboration between all the growers. "To me, the most exciting piece (re: local food initiatives) is that we're sharing skills and we're sharing ideas on how to make our local food taste better. To me, that's the best way to fight corporate America. Have a better product, have a healthier product. Have a product that takes less time and money ultimately to feed us. And we can do that. We have all this open land. We have all these ideas <b>...</b>

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