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City Agriculture - September 4, 2014 [1]

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Date: 2024-09-04  

No Waste Army to rescue climate-changed vegetables (and farmers)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/29/its-not-beautiful-but-you-can-still-eat-it-climate-change-leads-to-more-wonky-vegetables-in-netherlands

Agrivoltaics - growing adoption and new technologies

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/07/11/peaches-grapes-the-agrivoltaic-farm-of-the-future/

Indoor farming for CO2 capture

https://www.agritecture.com/blog/direct-air-capture-dac-technology-for-indoor-farming

Editorial Comment: I remember someone presenting this idea for greenhouses as direct air capture [DAC] of CO2 from coal and gas generators at an MIT climate conference about a decade ago.

Farm Urban - a community-wide initiative for growing food in Liverpool, UK

https://www.agritecture.com/blog/vertical-farming-and-social-good

Lawyers supporting natural plants against local weed ordinances

https://www.washingtonpost.com/home/2024/07/25/lawyer-helps-people-fighting-weed-ordinances/

https://archive.ph/3seaw

Urban rice terrace roofs to avoid flooding and sponge city forms

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240805-how-ancient-rice-terraces-inspire-flood-resilience-in-asian-cities

Kindergarteners drop seeds in the crack of the sidewalk

https://streetartutopia.com/2024/04/28/kindergarten-children-dropped-seeds-in-the-crack-of-the-sidewalk-to-see-what-would-happen/

Editorial Comment:

I can't remember seeing it any other way but whole, a big

round rock wheeling about the heavens and comin' on green to

crack sidewalks, gentle and undemanding, as if I saw it first,

approaching it from somewhere else.

Lew Welch, "He Begins to Recount His Adventures”

https://writing.upenn.edu/epc/authors/welch/welch_adventures.html

Rooftop farm, restaurant, and bar in Copenhagen

https://www.grospiseri.dk/the-team

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/22/t-magazine/copenhagen-rooftop-bar.html

Whole country survey of agrivoltaics - Canada

https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043228

https://www.agritecture.com/blog/agriculture-and-energy-future-agrivoltaics

Survey of current solar energy + agriculture, agrivoltaic, projects around the world

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/08/28/new-agrivoltaic-project-pairs-high-tech-solar-panels-with-shrimp-shaped-yams/

A little history:

https://solarray.blogspot.com/2019/09/agrophotovoltaics-agriphotovoltaics.html

Lawns to Legumes - Minnesota state project for "installing pollinator-friendly native plantings in residential lawns” - a Tim Walz initiative it seems and the first state to do this

https://bwsr.state.mn.us/l2l

hat tip Monica Raymond

Ecological restoration of the Klamath River basin after dam removal

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240903-removing-the-klamath-river-dams-to-restore-the-river-what-happens-next

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