Urban agriculture could supply around 28 percent of Europe’s vegetable demand – researchers from @ioer.bsky.social and @rug.nl analyses the potential of #UrbanAgriculture for 840 cities across 30 European countries.
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2026/04/28/urban-agriculture-could-supply-around-28-percent-of-europes-vegetable-demand
Urban agriculture could supply around 28 percent of Europe’s vegetable demand

City-run grocery stores in Ottawa? They could get a look at city hall
A city councillor wants Ottawa to study a municipal food strategy that could include urban agriculture and maybe even city-run grocery stores.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/city-run-grocery-stores-in-ottawa-they-could-get-a-look-at-city-hall-9.7170896?cmp=rss

Vertical farming isn't about growing tomatoes indoors. It's about redesigning the metabolic logic of cities — from consumers of food to producers of it. That's a civilizational shift hiding inside a hydroponic system.

https://onlys.ky/vertical-farms/

#VerticalFarming #UrbanAgriculture #FoodSecurity #FutureOfFood #Sustainability

Urban farming 2060: How vertical gardens will feed megacities

Can urban farming feed the world? The short answer is yes, it can and it will!

OnlySky
The ostrich con: Arguments to save birds from cull in B.C. were based on falsehoods, evidence shows | CBC News

The 10-month standoff on a B.C. ostrich farm last year was the most expensive poultry cull in Canada’s history. A fifth estate investigation reveals the campaign to save the ostriches was based on falsehoods.

CBC
Missouri House approves 'Food is Medicine' bill aiding Medicaid patients • Missouri Independent

The bill lays out a program allowing health care professionals to prescribe healthy food to Medicaid recipients with diet-related illnesses.

Missouri Independent

We Built 6 Pea Trellises From Storm Debris for Free

We turned storm debris into six pea trellises at the Eastpointe Community Garden. Zero dollars spent, twelve volunteers, and proof that gardens are the perfect third place.

https://urbanseed.info/blog/2026/03/21/we-built-6-pea-trellises-from-storm-debris-for-free/

#AskFedi, #Fediverse, a topic just came up: many in the #EU are looking to #renewables to strengthen their #sovereignty by reducing #dependencies - e.g. #methane for #electricity generation.

The challenge to balance is just as sharp when it comes to #food #SupplyChain s. How can densely populated regions produce bread grains, rice, or for that matter mustard and lentils?

#VerticalFarming #VF and #UrbanAgriculture #UA can improve availability of leafy produce, fruits; but seed crops?

Digesting Food Studies—Episode 116: Social Economy of Food
https://rss.com/podcasts/digesting-food-studies/2555303/

Sharing, gifting, and informal economies have been around forever, and they might be seeing a new resurgence that offers promise for the long-term.

This episode helps re-think and reorient ourselves towards creating integrated value exchanges beyond just the financial kind. Alexia Moyer provides gifts from Sandro Botticelli and Catherine Parr Traill, and guest editor Irena Knezevic talks about “The social and informal economy of food” issue of Canadian Food Studies. (https://doi.org/10.15353/cfs-rcea.v6i3).

Finally, Christophe Dubois shares his thoughts on social gastronomy and Mary Anne Martin’s use of feminist theory to explore urban agriculture.

#DigestingFoodStudies
#FoodPodcast
#SocialEconomy
#GiftEconomy
#Sharing
#Boticelli
#CatherineParrTraill
#FemaleEmigrantsGuide
#SocialGastronomy
#FeministTheory
#UrbanAgriculture
#FruitRescue
#FoodStudies
#Academia

Now that the muddy season seems to be starting, I find myself returning to the snowy pics. This one is from late February when I stopped to wonder this little snow mushroom❄️


#lumi #snow #pakkanen #subzero #talvi #winter #kaupunkiluonto #urbannature #kaupunkiviljely #urbanagriculture #puutarha #garden #suomi #finland

Related link: #NYC - The First Comprehensive #UrbanAgriculture Map

"One of MOUA’s first priorities was building a complete picture of urban agriculture across the city, and making that information available to the public. The office created the Urban Agriculture Data Explorer Hub, an interactive platform that maps food production across all five boroughs. The tool has cataloged 2,580 sites so far: #SchoolGardens, #UrbanFarms, #CommunityGardens, #IndoorAgriculture businesses, and underutilized city-owned land. Users can sort by borough, zip code, land management type, and food production status, then click on individual locations for more detail. The platform will eventually also track wellness programs, commercial activity, and climate mitigation efforts. Its crowdsourced design allows community members to contribute information that official records miss, creating a more complete picture over time."

https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/7d3e668dfcdd4bce93275dae44fcd3dd

#SolarPunkSunday #GreenerCities #UrbanFarms #UrbanGardens #FarmersMarkets #FarmToTable #FoodSecurity #NYC

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