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Urban agriculture gets boost in efforts to grow farming sector

webfull — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 15:28:37 +0000

Urban agriculture is getting a $750,000 boost from the province and from Montreal to help develop the farming sector.

The goal is to spur innovation and growth in urban farming, agriculture and local greenhouses, ensuring the projects align with the needs in each part of town to add to the vitality of the area.

... These measures have been due for a long time, said ��ϲʿ�� Urban Agriculture Professor Mark Lefsrud.

Published: 6 September 2019

Urban or rural: Where to build a greenhouse

webfull — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 13:30:05 +0000

'You need political will, and it takes time' – urban greenhouses could benefit from more direct support from governments, experts say.

...Mark Lefsrud has studied different ways of growing food for more than 20 years. He is an associate professor at ��ϲʿ��’s Macdonald Campus where he is a leader of the Biomass Production Laboratory and worked on the design of the Advanced Plant Habitat on the International Space Station.

Published: 21 August 2019

Les beaux défis de l’agriculture urbaine

webfull — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:56:46 +0000

Chaque année, à la rentrée scolaire, David Wees propose un petit défi à ses étudiants inscrits au cours d’agriculture urbaine de l’Université ��ϲʿ�� : calculer dans quelle mesure les terres agricoles de l’île de Montréal peuvent nourrir ses habitants. « En se basant sur une superficie de 2 000 hectares et sur un rendement moyen de 26 tonnes/hectare [de légumes cultivés au jardin], on obtient un résultat assez impressionnant : ces terres pourraient combler environ 15 % des besoins en légumes des Montréalais », explique l’agronome.

Published: 11 October 2018

City-grown vegetables could feed urban dwellers

webfull — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 06:16:09 +0000

In a number of cities around the world, residents have transformed previously derelict sites, ignored corners and over-grown verges into green and productive vegetable plots

Published on July 30, 2014 | Environmental Research Web

For example, in York, UK, an "edible map" reveals that there is garlic mustard and horseradish growing in abundance alongside the river, and plums will be available on a tree in a street in Osbaldwick by August.

Published: 25 July 2014

Can Urban Agriculture Feed the World's Growing Cities?

webfull — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 08:45:44 +0000

Living in a city puts everything at your fingertips: From fashion and movies to social movements and political experiments, residents of urban areas experience most everything before it trickles through the suburbs and into rural communities.

Published on July 29, 2014 | Yahoo! News

by: Willy Blackmore