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City Agriculture - July 8, 2023 [1]

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Date: 2023-07-08

Bottle Farm - growing system for windowsill hydroponics

https://bottle-farm.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGIfdIMiJPI

hat tip: core77.com

Editorial Comment: A good idea which can probably be replicated with available materials like peat pellets and liquid fertilizers.



Bt Farms is building an agri-hood, "a regenerative community plan for approximately 220 acres of farm and wetlands land in Madison, Wisconsin”

https://btfarms.org/

https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2023/3/13/one-of-a-kind-agri-hood-would-blend-housing-farming-and-racial-justice-on-far-east-side-of-madison



Badger Rock Middle School in Madison, WI "the state’s first charter school centered around agriculture, biodiversity and environmental studies”

https://badgerrock.madison.k12.wi.us/



Snail farming

https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2022/7/20/snail-farming-raising-low-carbon-alternative-protein



Combining green roofs with agrivoltaics

https://cleantechnica.com/2023/04/07/more-bad-news-for-fossil-fuels-rooftop-solar-meets-agrivoltaics/



Urban food forests

https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2023/4/5/food-forests-are-bringing-shade-and-sustenance-to-us-cities-one-parcel-of-land-at-a-time



Why and how of city agriculture plans

https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2023/5/10/why-your-city-needs-an-urban-agriculture-plan-amp-how-to-start-one



Local microfarms

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/10/local-food-microfarms-equity



Urban pollinators

https://theconversation.com/bees-and-hoverflies-are-key-to-growing-more-fruit-and-veg-in-cities-new-research-207665



Bus shelter rooftop gardens to prevent urban flooding

https://gothamist.com/news/rooftop-gardens-bus-stops-cheap-remedy-nyc-flood-problem-pratt

hat tip to https://cleantechnica.com/2023/06/15/flooding-issue-in-nyc-rooftop-gardens-for-bus-stops-to-the-rescue/



First roof gardener in Barcelona turns 100

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/26/barcelona-centenarian-organic-gardener-joan-carulla-rooftop-farm-aoe



What you need to know about green walls

https://inhabitat.com/what-do-you-need-to-know-about-plant-walls/



Solar IS Civil Defense and gardening is a revolutionary act.

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