The Globe's Leon Neyfakh asks
If urban farming took off, what would Boston look like?
"Not every farm looks like a farm any more. A new type of agriculture has been sprouting up in urban centers [...] and Boston’s new ordinance opens the city up to a whole range of ideas about how to integrate food production into city life. [...] On the more inventive side, entrepreneurs are trying to reimagine the traditional mechanics of agriculture so that it might be woven into the built landscape of a dense and busy city. Now that Boston has officially signaled its interest, the possibilities are vast -- maybe Boston can even become home to North America’s first skyscraper farm"
Neyfakh goes on to spotlight several specific ideas...
- A-Frame Conveyors ~ Ferris wheels for plants
- High-Rise Farming ~ Greenhouse skyscrapers
- Rooftop Greenhouses ~ Available empty acres
- Hydroponic Trays ~ Stacked veggie growing
- Shipping Container Mini-Farms ~ LED-litups
- Tilapia Ecosystems ~ Fish-fertilized gardens
- Shopping Cart Gardens ~ Guerrilla agriculture
- Corner Fields ~ Using vacant land parcels
- Undersea Edibles ~ Shellfish and seaweed
- Green Basements ~ LED-lit underused areas
- Bees ~ Urban healthy insect husbandry
- Chickens ~ Non-rooster urban coops
2 comments:
That's actually pretty interesting with the A-frame conveyors that are basically a Ferris wheel for plants! I also like the rooftop and high-rise farming and greenhouse ideas. Honestly, these diagrams and blueprint plants of how the greenhouses would look are quite revolutionary and genius! I think the future holds a lot of promise for urban farming with hydroponic technology, rooftop greenhouses, and A-frame conveyors.
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