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URBAN AGRICULTURE
11 TYPED OF URBAN AGRICULTURE
COMMUNITY GARDENING
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SECTION 1
URBAN
AGRICULTURE
City and suburban agriculture takes the form of backyard, roof-top
and balcony gardening, community gardening in vacant lots and parks,
roadside urban fringe agriculture and livestock grazing in open space.
Urban Agriculture
https://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/urban-agriculture
Urban
Agriculture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_agriculture
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SECTION 2
11 TYPES
OF
URBAN
AGRICULTURE
Urban agriculture is the practice of cultivating and distributing food
in a city. This makes a city more resilient to supply chain disruptions.
Urban agriculture may also improve the local environment and benefit the
community as a social or educational activity. The following are common
types of urban agriculture.
Backyard Gardens
Growing food on the property of a home. This often involves sharing food
with family, friends and neighbors as it typically results in a surplus
at harvest time. Alternatively, foods can be preserved and stored.
Street Landscaping
Landscaping streets such as living street design for mixed use. This may
include community gardens that are managed by a neighborhood.
Tactical Gardens
Using small available spaces for agriculture in a practical and quick way
that doesn't involve great expensive. For example, a keyhole garden that
replaces a parking spot on a street.
Greenhouses
Residential, community or commercial greenhouses.
Forest Gardening
Gardens in urban forests that may include diverse crops such as fruits,
nuts, herbs and vegetables.
Rooftop Gardens
Using space on roofs to grow food. Green roofs may reduce urban heat islands
and help to improve air quality.
Green Walls
Using the space on internal and external walls to grow food.
Vertical Farms
The potential to build farms upwards to reduce the land footprint of agriculture.
Animal Husbandry
Raising animals for food. For example, cities that allow residents to raise a
limited number of chickens.
Urban Beekeeping
Urban beekeeping is a reasonably common hobby that may have benefits for the
local environment.
Aquaponics
Raising aquatic animals such as fish. In a city, this is typically accomplished
by capturing stormwater to create a self-sustaining system.
11 Types of Urban Agriculture
https://simplicable.com/new/urban-agriculture
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CITY
FARMER
http://www.cityfarmer.org/
CITY
FARMER
NEWS
http://www.cityfarmer.info/
Urban
Rooftop
Gardens
https://www.thespruce.com/urban-rooftop-gardens-1403342
Tips
for
Urban Gardening
https://www.thespruce.com/tips-for-urban-gardening-1403346
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URBAN
ORGANIC
GARDENER
https://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/
Growth in Gardening:
Companion Gardening
https://www.sanmarcosrecord.com/features/growth-gardening-companion-gardening
Information
About
Urban Gardens
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/special/urban
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URBAN
FARMING
https://www.urbanfarming.org/welcome.html
CENTER FOR
URBAN FARMERS
http://www.urban-farmers.org/
CITY
GARDENING
FOR BEGINNERS
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/special/urban/urban-gardening-ultimate-guide.htm
Being An
Urban Gardener:
Creating A City
Vegetable Garden
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/special/urban/creating-city-vegetable-garden.htm
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URBAN
GARDENS
https://www.bhg.com/gardening/design/styles/urban-gardens/
Urban
Garden
Magazine
http://www.urbangardenmagazine.com
Backyard Farmers:
25 Websites
You Should Be Reading
https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/urban-farmers-homesteaders-25-113061
START
A FARM
IN THE CITY
https://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/summaries/summary.php?pub=21
RESOURCE CENTERS
ON AGRICULTURE
UNBAN AGRICULTURE
AND FOOD SECURITY
(RUAF)
http://www.ruaf.org/
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TIPS
FOR
BEGINNING
FARMERS
Composting
http://beginningfarmers.org/information-about-composting/
Permaculture
http://beginningfarmers.org/permaculture/
Production Resources
http://beginningfarmers.org/production-resources/
Raising Chickens
http://beginningfarmers.org/information-about-raising-chickens/
BEGINNING
FARMERS
http://beginningfarmers.org
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Co-op
Cooperative
Research and Extension Services
https://www.usda.gov/topics/rural/cooperative-research-and-extension-services
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SECTION 3
COMMUNITY
GARDENING
A community garden is a single piece of
land gardened collectively by a group
of people.
Community gardens provide fresh produce
and plants as well as:
satisfying labor,
neighborhood improvement,
sense of community and
connection to the environment.
They are publicly functioning in terms
of ownership, access, and management,
as well as typically owned in trust by
local governments or not for profit
associations.
A city’s community gardens can be as
diverse as its gardeners. Some grow
only flowers, others are nurtured
communally and their bounty shared,
some have individual plots for
personal use, while others have
raised beds for disabled gardeners.
Community gardens may help alleviate
one effect of climate change, which
is expected to cause a global decline
in agricultural output, making fresh
produce increasingly unaffordable.
Community gardens encourage an urban
community's food security, allowing
citizens to grow their own food or
for others to donate what they have
grown.
Community gardening
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_gardening
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SECTION 4
COMMUNAL
GARDEN
A communal garden:
(often used in the plural as communal gardens)
is a normally formal garden for shared use by
a number of local residents, typically in an
urban setting. The term is especially used in
the United Kingdom.
The centre of many city squares and crescents
(e.g., especially in London) are maintained
as communal gardens.
Despite the name, and the fact that they
typically look like a small public park,
such gardens are normally privately by
jointly owned, with sharing of maintenance
costs.
Access may be restricted by locked gates,
with keys available for residents, or only
unlocked during daytime. They are often
surrounded by tall railings designed to
keep people out.
Communal garden
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communal_garden
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Urban Gardening
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_gardening
Container garden
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container_garden
Urban horticulture
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_horticulture
Windowbox
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windowbox
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SECTION 5
URBAN
AGRICULTURE
FARMING
LINKS
25 Gardening Tips Every Gardener SHOULD KNOW!
https://www.planetnatural.com/vegetable-gardening-guru/tips/
Adventures in Urban Farming
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1906107,00.html
Agriculture and Urban Design
http://www.except.nl/design/design.html
Australian City Farms & Community Gardens Network
http://www.communitygarden.org.au
Australian Community Gardeners Forum
http://www.communitygardeners.org
Backyard Aquaponics
http://www.backyardaquaponics.com/
Biospheric Foundation
http://www.biosphericfoundation.com/projects/
Busselton Community Garden
http://www.busseltoncommunitygarden.org.au
Capital Growth
http://www.capitalgrowth.org/
Changing Chinese Cities: The Potentials of Field Urbanism
http://www.fieldurbanism.com/changing-chinese-cities-1/
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City Farm Boy
http://www.cityfarmboy.com/
City Farmer - Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture
http://www.cityfarmer.org/
City Farming
http://www.chitowndailynews.org/Culture/City_Farm_grows_jobs_knowledge_and_tomatoes,15388
Clear Point Residencies
http://www.clearpointresidencies.com
Community gardening worldwide
http://www.communitygarden.de
Country, the City Version:
Farms in the Sky Gain New Interest
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/science/15farm.html
Crop Mobster.com
http://cropmobster.com
Detroit Urban Agriculture Movement
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/24/detroit_urban_agriculture_movement_looks_to
Down on the Urban Farm
http://www.yourguidetogreen.com/TheUrbanFarm/
Earthworks Urban Farm
http://www.cskdetroit.org/EWG/index.cfm
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Epic Gardening
https://www.epicgardening.com/
Fallen Fruit
http://www.fallenfruit.org/
Farms and Community
http://afsic.nal.usda.gov/farms-and-community
Farming goes vertical
http://money.cnn.com/2007/09/10/technology/farming_vertical.biz2/index.htm?postversion=2007091105
Federation of City Farms & Community Gardens
http://www.farmgarden.org.uk
Food for the Cities
http://www.fao.org/fcit/fcit-home/en/
The Garden Project
http://www.greaterlansingfoodbank.org/index.php/component/content/article/9/40-the-garden-project
Ghost Town Farm
http://ghosttownfarm.wordpress.com/
Growing Cities
http://www.growingcitiesmovie.com
Greener Cities FAO programs
http://www.fao.org/ag/agp/greenercities/
The Greening of Detroit
http://www.greeningofdetroit.com/
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Growing Better Cities
http://www.idrc.ca/en/resources/publications/openebooks/226-0/index.html
Growing Food for London conference
http://www.sustainweb.org/page.php?id=433
Growing greener cities
http://www.fao.org/ag/agp/greenercities/
Growing Power, Inc.
http://www.growingpower.org/
Growing UP In Manhattan
http://urbangardenmagazine.com/2010/08/growing-up-in-manhattan
Growing Urban Agriculture
https://ssir.org/articles/entry/growing_urban_agriculture
INUAg Seed funds for urban farming projects
http://www.inuag.org/
Maa-bara
http://maabara.org
Metro Farm
http://www.metrofarm.com/
Mill Creek Farm
http://www.millcreekurbanfarm.org/
National Agriculture Library
http://afsic.nal.usda.gov
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Project Earth
http://projectearth.com/
Reducing the Impact of Agriculture on
Ecosystem Functions and Services
http://www.overgrowthesystem.com/the-vertical-farm-reducing-the-impact-of-agriculture-on-ecosystem-functions-and-services/
Ringwood Community Garden
http://www.ringwoodcommunitygarden.org.au
Rocks Community Farm
http://sustainablejamboree.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=48
Rooftop Farm
http://rooftopfarms.org/
Seattle Urban Farm Company
http://www.seattleurbanfarmco.com/
Sky Farming
http://nymag.com/news/features/30020/
Small, Green, and Good
http://bostonreview.net/BR34.2/tumber.php
SPIN Farming
http://www.spinfarming.com/
Sustain Web
http://www.sustainweb.org/
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Urban Agriculture
http://ucanr.edu/sites/UrbanAg/
Urban Agriculture
https://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/urban-agriculture
Urban Agriculture
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/5764Urban%20Agriculture.pdf
Urban Agriculture
https://www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/urban-agriculture
Urban Agriculture
http://www.fao.org/urban-agriculture/en/
Urban Agriculture
https://attra.ncat.org/urban_ag.html
Urban Agriculture and Community Gardening
http://afsic.nal.usda.gov/farms-and-community/community-gardening
Urban Agriculture: A Literature Review
http://community-wealth.org/content/urban-agriculture-literature-review
Urban Ag News
http://urbanagnews.com/
Urban Farm
https://www.urbanfarm.org/
Urban Farm
http://www.urbanfarmonline.com/
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Urban Farm Hub
http://www.urbanfarmhub.org/
Urban Farming
http://www.urbanfarming.org/welcome.html
Urban Farming
http://www.beginningfarmers.org/urban-farming/
Urban Farm Business Plan Handbook
https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/urban-farm-business-plan-handbook
Urban Farming
http://www.urbanfarming.org/
Urban Field
http://members.chello.nl/smetaal/ufdf.htm
Urban Gardens
https://www.urbangardensweb.com/
Urban Gardens Web
https://www.urbangardensweb.com/
Urban Gardening with Vegetables
https://www.gardeners.com/how-to/urban-gardening-with-vegetables/5491.html
Urban Organic Gardener
http://www.urbanorganicgardener.com/
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Urban Soils
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/soils/use/?cid=nrcs142p2_053986
U.S. Department of Agriculture USDA
http:/www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome/
Veg Out Community Gardens
http://www.vegout.asn.au
Vera Street Community Garden
http://verastreetgarden.weebly.com
Vertical Farm Project
http://www.verticalfarm.com/
Water, Land, and Health of Urban and Peri-Urban food production
http://www.interscience.wiley.com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/fulltext/104557853/PDFSTART/
What is Urban Agriculture?
https://www3.epa.gov/region1/eco/uep/urbanagriculture.html
What is Urban Farming?
http://www.greensgrow.org/urban-farm/what-is-urban-farming/
Wynn Vale Community Garden
http://www.wvcg.net.au
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Readers Digest
https://www.rd.com/
Farmers Almanac
http://www.almanac.com/
Modern Farmer
http://modernfarmer.com/
The Encyclopedia of Life
http://eol.org/
PLANETKIDS.BIZ
http://www.planetkids.biz/
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