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05.02.2014 - Interpretation of dali48

The United Nations secretary-General has called for a Green New Deal saying:
“Climate change threatens all our goals for development and social progress. Indeed, it is the one true existential threat to the planet” (see e.g. Coronavirus 2020 etc. - d.48) ...

Urban agriculture which is simply the growing of food and the production of food based items (jams, jellies, eggs and so on ) in urban setting, cities, towns and villages (why not plant fruits and vegetables on the roofs of houses, etc. - d.48), not only reduces the amount of fossil fuels used to move goods across country but when done organically reduces the pollutants used to grow the goods ... (by B. Ewing)

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Urban agriculture is the practice of cultivating, processing and distributing food in, or around, a village, town or city. Urban agriculture in addition can also involve animal husbandry, aquaculture, agro-forestry and horticulture. These activities also occur in peri-urban areas as well ...
Urban farming is generally practiced for income-earning or food-producing activities, though in some communities the main impetus is recreation and relaxation ...
Urban agriculture contributes to food security and food safety in two ways: first, it increases the amount of food available to people living in cities, and, second, it allows fresh vegetables and fruits and meat products to be made available to urban consumers. It decreases food deserts. A common and efficient form of urban agriculture is the bio-intensive method. Because urban agriculture promotes energy-saving local food production, urban and peri-urban agriculture are generally seen as sustainable agriculture ...
There has also been an emerging trend of going green and organic as a response to pollution and pesticides used in farming practices ...
In New York City many low-income residents suffer from high rates of obesity and diabetes, limited sources of fresh produce and available, undeveloped land ...
Some urban gardeners have used empty lots to start community or urban garden. However, the soil must be tested for heavy contamination in city soil because of vehicle exhaust (see electro-vehicles, etc. - d.48) and remnants of old construction ...
In response to the recession of 2008, a coalition of community based organizations, farmers and academic institutions in California's Pomona Valley formed the Pomona Valley Urban Agriculture Initiative ...
Poverty alleviation: It is known that a large part of the people involved in urban agriculture is the urban poor. In developing countries, the majority of urban agricultural production is for self-consumption, with surpluses being sold in the market. According to the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), urban poor consumers spend between 60 and 80 percent of their income on food, making them very vulnerable to higher food prices ...
Other examples of community centers are Greensgrow Farm in Philadelphia and Northey Street City Farm in Brisbane, Australia. Greensgrow uses an abandoned site as an urban farm to teach the community how food is grown and how to grow their own food. Northey Street City Farm hosts weekly community activities to educate and involve local residents in agricultural practices ...
However, some municipalities like Portland, Oregon, and Davenport, Iowa are encouraging the implementation of fruit bearing trees (as street trees or as park orchards) to meet both greening and food production goals ... (Wikipedia)

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Collection ediary 6-12 of dali48

dali48 and writing books and cycling and photographing etc...
see dali48 and warning of neo-fascism since 1989 and Climate Change since ca. 2000 and since "Banking Crisis" 2008 and since corona-virus 2020 etc. - instead of UBI & Ecology - Uncontrolled capitalism produces evil as bees produce honey ...
see dali48 and Climate Change and heat waves and dryness and fires (Australia, Amazonas etc.) and also floods and hurricanes etc. - since ca. 2000 and despite Copenhagen 2009 and Coronavirus since 2020 etc. - instead of #ZeroHunger, solar & wind energy & UBI & biodiversity etc...




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