City Agriculture - June 22, 2025

by gmoke Sun Jun 22nd, 2025 at 04:20:40 PM EST

In Kenya, a law against sharing indigenous seeds and a village choir raising their voices against it
http://globalvoices.org/2025/05/10/kenya-outlawed-the-sharing-of-indigenous-seeds-an-village-choir-i s-fighting-back/

HS student creates an app for an online farmers' market http://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/local/high-school-student-creates-an-online-farmers-market-with-a pp/69-dea24a69-9172-46e4-aaaa-b23822098006

Vertical farms in cities to alleviate food insecurity http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/05/13/food-insecurity-vertical-farms-startups-cities If you hit a paywall, try http://archive.ph/zOMxS

Schools planting green spaces http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/16/la-schools-green-spaces

Lorain, OH [population 65,000] is beginning a "comprehensive initiative to turn underutilized spaces into thriving centers of food production, education, and opportunity" with the help of a USDA grant http://www.agritecture.com/blog/urban-farming-lorains-next-frontier-for-innovation-and-growth
Editorial Comment:  I wonder if that USDA grant is still valid under Trmp

LA's Front Lawn Farm Movement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We1qoSDfUJE

Inside Africa's Food Forest Mega-Project
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbBdIG--b58
hat tip to http://cleantechnica.com/2025/05/23/maybe-theres-hope-for-a-hopeless-time/

Gasometer tower to hydroponic production - from relic technology to a future
http://www.agritecture.com/blog/reclaiming-the-industrial-past-for-a-greener-future-jabha-biotower-n am-earns-international-recognition

Indigenous ancient lagoon water management system of Ecuador http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jun/13/ecuador-indigenous-map-pre-inca-myths-anci ent-lagoon-water-drought-

New advances in growing spirulina algae in vertical farms http://cleantechnica.com/2025/06/18/a-new-wave-of-algae-is-perking-up-the-vertical-farming-industry/

Food Twin Map - Discover where food is produced and how it travels around the world by selecting any region
http://foodtwin.theplotline.org/
Explanatory article
http://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/a-new-app-details-where-your-food-comes-from-and-just-how-frag ile-the-global-food-system-really-is/

Respyre - bioreceptive concrete cladding and a specialised moss gel making it easy to create green facades that purify the air, sequester carbon, and cool buildings
http://www.gorespyre.com/

Years of City Agriculture links at http://cityag.blogspot.com which is also a free listserv