The urban agriculture revolution | David Gingera | TEDxManitoba
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2024
- This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. The food systems we use today are no longer able to meet our needs. By relying on our broken mainstream food systems, we are paying more money for lower quality food. And we're destroying our environment while doing it. The solution to our problems is to start growing food in cities. Through urban agriculture, we can grow healthier food, at lower costs, in a way that's better for our environment.
I run a company called CitiGrow. We help urban farmers find free space to grow food. We find creative ways to give property owners thousands of dollars in new revenue and costs savings by using their space for urban farming. And we give food buyers access to high quality, locally grown food. My job allows me to pursue my entrepreneurial dreams while dedicating myself and my work to improving our food systems.
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Over here in Cape Town, South Africa, I started by digging up the grass and starting a veggie patch in my back yard and a permaculture food forest in the front yard. The food I grow has traveled to my neighbors, as far as 4 houses across the street from my home. I am still expanding the size of my veggie patches and will be putting a shade cover over a section this summer that I expect to get really hot this year. I am also going to build a solar air conditioner for my home this year.
Not a lot of content in this Talk if you ask me. But I do think that urban agriculture can look very different depending on the situation and that it is a perfect tool to provide a local community with fresh vegetables, fruits and even mushrooms.
Just saw this today!! Come see the "EVE" (ECO VERTICAL EVOLUTION) growing concept, it will be the go to Urban growing technique in the very near future. In a world where technological unemployment is a great fact of life the Urban Farmer will always have work, and through the amazing gift of machinery our work will be necessary fun. Great video I couldn't agree more.
I believe the urban farm is a way to get your fruits, veggies, herbs, and the spin off of those products such as ; jams, jellys, compotes, tomato products, and maybe even veggies that hv been "put up" to reach your table with a lower price, an eye on the environment and an overall healthier tastier product. My believe,however, is that the consumer also wants, needs, the produce to be made into ready prepared dishes so that they can enjoy the urban farms concept but not really hv to do a whole lot of cooking. Most of the problems that hv arisen in the "corporatizing" of food is that we don't want the job of feeding ourselves anymore. The most consuming tasks for a home cook is the veggies, salad, fruit and dishes made by them bc they require labor and imagination and time to be enjoyed. It's easy to throw a large steak on the grill with salt and pepper but it's quite different to take peppers, gut them, clean them, stuff them and bake them. The urban farm is only part of the changes we hv to make about food and how much time we r willing to devote to making it a vital enjoyable part of our lives.
Those lazy people can continue to get their frankenfood from where they are getting it. just because someone doesn't want to do something doesn't mean we have to cater to their whims.
Still you have to economically outperform them. Or you will have to sell your food to a very small group of people. U will be luckier if there are a lot of rich people in ur area. They will be able to buy ur expensive vegetables. Small scaled urban farming is always damn expensive.
This is really awesome cause my MA research is on the very same topic.
The only problem with urban agriculture, is that it cannot scale effectively with keeping up with the quantity of commodities needed as ingredients. For fruits and vegetables it is a bit easier, but for cereals, oil seeds, and legumes; it won't even come close to fulfilling the needs of the market. Thus leading to a shortage, and an increase in price. Therefore, the whole theory of modern agriculture increasing price due to transportation costs in my opinion pales in comparison to what a shortage would do to the market. Passing cost down to a consumer affects price less then creating a shortage in a market. I am still on board with urban agriculture; it is a great idea and I think urban centers will be practicing it in the future. Something needs to offset urban centres expanding onto arable farmland.
I agree completely. We cannot totally replace it, but if we can supplement?
There are huge vacant lots that could be filled ENTIRELY with a pasture mix of grains and legumes- which grow well together and help each other share nutrients. Grains and legumes are also by far the easiest plants to grow, and that have the least requirements of the land compared to, say, tomatoes. You can also choose varieties of grains and legumes, such as heirloom beans, amaranth, etc, that not only have greater yield per plant but are more suited to the particular climate your urban garden grows in, thereby requiring less resources and getting more in return.
Simple. Go without seeds and legumes. Over the million odd years of modern mans existence,they traditionally ate very small amounts of them compared to what we choose to eat today. No form of agriculture is sustainable long term without causing desertification .Only Permaculture can fill that void looking forward
Indoor LED farming is the solution. 24-7 growing 365 days / year.
As Adam Smith says, I don't think urban agriculture is ever supposed to fully replace normal agriculture, but every little bit helps. If you can meet even 10% of a city's needs with farms within the city's boundaries, that's still 10% that's taking pressure off the rest of the food system.
This guy is selling something... Not a lot of content but he clearly has a stake in the 'movement'.
A technology without fundament. You certainly do not know the agricultural field.
Joao If you knew the agriculture Field you would it has a fundament thousands of years old.
If you can find me a Tomato that isn't made of chemicals, then you should rule the earth. All things are made of chemicals, Ted is supposed to be educational. At least tell them what chemicals are good and bad. Nitrogen is a chemical. If you have no nitrogen, you will have no leaves, no leaves means no photosynthesis, thus you will have no plant. Nitrogen is essential. So saying a Tomato is bad because it has chemicals is pointless if you don't actually identify the chemical/s.
his heavy breathing and lip smacking is killing me