From Earth Techling’s Susan DeFreitas: If you’re interested in the future of the city, you could do worse than to look to New York City.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/25/urban-farming-new-york-brooklyn-grange_n_1702175.html?utm_hp_ref=green
Established as a trading post way back in 1624, it’s an urban center that’s been around awhile, and, as a consequence, has had some time to develop some familiar issues: food deserts in low-income neighborhoods, the Heat Island Effect associated with huge expanses of hardscape, airborne pollution, old, inefficient buildings, and storm water runoff that contributes to the pollution of local waterways. It’s also the city that’s helping to pioneer a rooftop farming revolution with the potential to take a big bite out of all of these problems, while putting fresh, local foods on the plates of New Yorkers.
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