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City Agriculture - March 4, 2025 [1]

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Date: 2025-03-04

The Poor Prole's Almanac: Restoration Agroecology

https://poorprolesalmanac.substack.com/

hat tip MT Spriggs



Port Huron, MI is planting trees to provide free fruit for residents under new pilot “Edible Parks” program

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2024/12/20/michigan-city-planting-trees-to-provide-free-fruit-for-residents-under-new-pilot-program/



Food Forests in Permaculture: And In-Depth Guide/

https://www.permalogica.com/post/food-forests-in-permaculture-an-in-depth-guide



Urban farming in Baltimore isn’t just about growing food

https://popularresistance.org/in-baltimore-urban-farming-isnt-just-about-growing-food/

Editorial Comment: Baltimore has done a lot around local agriculture and grassroots leaders like Mel King in Boston and Grace Lee Boggs in Detroit have used urban gardening to build a foundation for much larger social movements

More on Grace Lee Boggs at https://hubeventsnotes.blogspot.com/2016/04/the-next-american-revolution.html

More on Mel King at https://solarray.blogspot.com/2023/04/how-many-ways-did-he-change-world-mel.html



USDA supporting urban agriculture and sustainable food production with $14.4 million in funding

https://www.agritecture.com/blog/usda.gov-urban-agriculture-grants



Growing microalgae for food and fodder indoors in Iceland

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gjry6dv4yo



LONGi Kubuqi Desert Solar Power Project

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



Growing food in empty office spaces

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250127-why-veg-is-growing-in-empty-office-spaces



Food, water and energy self-sufficiency in a 33 meters diameter with a 3D printed house

https://3dwasp.com/en/itaca-the-self-sufficient-and-eco-sustainable-3d-printed-house/

hat tip Michael Bauwens



The green belt cooling a city

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/06/we-water-rest-water-the-green-belt-of-vegetable-plots-cooling-a-city



LA urban farmers will regrow and expand after the fires

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2025/feb/24/california-wildfires-altadena-farmers



Green roofs increase biodiversity for Basel, Switzerland. They use native plants and seeds.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/28/green-roofs-deliver-for-biodiversity-how-basel-put-nature-on-top

from https://cityag.blogspot.com/2022/07/city-agriculture-july-31-2022.html

Rotterdam’s roofscape - greening 10 million square feet of rooftops

https://www.c40.org/case-studies/cities100-rotterdam-mitigation-meets-adaptation-on-rotterdam-s-rooftops/

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f082078d610926644d22e00/t/621e3b2a1ee23c373149cac0/1646148404157/URBANISTEN_Rotterdam_Rooftop_Potential_EN.pdf

https://www.fastcompany.com/90755913/inside-rotterdams-quest-to-green-10-million-square-feet-of-rooftops

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