From happier and healthier residents to more resilient buildings – green roofs offer significant benefits to cities.
City fringe agriculture gives farmers unique access to direct markets and provides those living in cities the opportunity to connect with local growers.
Foodprint Melbourne
To improve access to locally grown food and help prevent disruptions to supply chains caused by climate change, we need to support farming on the fringes of cities.
In Cape Town’s Cape Flats, female urban farmers are vital for food security and strengthening social capital.
‘Chook farms ruin lives!’. Australians consume a lot of cheap chicken, but not all of them appreciate an intensive chicken factory as a neighbour.
Marco Amati
As consumption has soared and prices have fallen, the realities of industrial chicken farming often clash with the values of people who live on the urban fringes where broiler farms are sited.
Cuba has a unique and highly productive agricultural system in the cities and on the fringes of suburbia.
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