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Urban Agriculture isn’t as Climate-Friendly as It Seems. These Best Practices Can Help.

Modern Farmer

With transportation’s greenhouse gas emissions eliminated, it’s a small leap to assume that urban agriculture is a simple climate solution. Most research on urban agriculture has focused on a single type of urban farming, often high-tech projects, such as aquaponic tanks, rooftop greenhouses or vertical farms.

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Flowering Tree Permaculture Institute: Sowing Seeds of Sustainability

Food Tank

The Institute has three seed banks, a greenhouse, ceremonial women’s house, restored adobe, and more. These include farming and gardening, composting, animal husbandry and processing, adobe construction, mud plastering, pottery, and weaving.

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A global pioneer addressing water scarcity – how can Israel face other pressing environmental challenges?

OECD: Environment

Both total and per capita greenhouse (GHG) emissions have decoupled slowly from GDP growth, mostly due to the rapid replacement of coal by natural gas in the energy mix. It includes bulky waste and excludes construction waste and sewage waste. Breakdown data for recycling and composting are available from 2013.

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Our 2023 Food and Farming Holiday Book Gift Guide

Civil Eats

With instructions on how to choose the heartiest cultivars, “harden” them for winter, and outfit a greenhouse to keep vegetables just warm enough without using massive amounts of energy, The Winter Market Gardener makes a strong case for winter growing.

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