How can we bring agriculture to the city????? WAYS PEOPLE! WAYS?????????????? PLS HELP!!!?

Question

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Answer 1

Show and explain to people where their food comes from.  A farm, NOT a store.

Answer 2

Hi I agree with unemployed.graduate.

If were were talking about horticulture i.e. growing vegetables there is no real problem in having a hobby block of land. However if you grow your lettuce it would cost over $1 to produce. On a commercial farm it would cost about 8 cents.

Now a loss of $1 for a hobby is fine and nobody really cares and it does bring social benefit.

The problem is with other agricultural commodities, beef, wheat, rice, corn etc. For example to produce 1 kilogram of rice uses 1000 litres of water, if we were to produce rice in the city we would have to choose how we would supply this water need to rice. The same must be remembered with horticulture too.

The other issue is how do we grow a cow in our backyard or have them in an appartment.

In actual fact the amount of land it takes to support each person in a western country is about 1 acre per person when you included the commodities. How can you find this land in the city.

The other issue which need to be looked at is if you significantly change agricultural production you need to consider the waste it will generate. Currently agricultural production systems are very efficent where every part of the mass production stage has purpose including the waste.

On a commercial scale our biproducts of agricultural production are utilised in the manufaturing of materials from cosmetics to building materials, fuels to dog food and everything in between.

Distrupt this supply and these products become more scares.

So yes I agree pottering around in the cities is ok, but please remeber there are specialised and dedicated professional farmers out their making increasing your standard of living and effectively increasing your real wages (by reducing your costs of living) though doing an excellent job

Answer 3

Start a children's garden project in your city by utilizing some park space or safe vacant land.  Kids participate once a week in spring and fall, twice a week in summer, and cultivate, plant, maintain, harvest a plot approx. 8 x 12 feet.  Combine this with donated seeds, tools, and some environmental education and you have a proven grass roots program to encourage interest in agriculture and a good source of fresh foods for families involved.

  *Congratulations on an interesting and practical question.

L.

Answer 4

I think by definition of agriculture, we can understand that agriculture can can be practice any where and by this i mean both indoor and out door.In the cities, backyards can be use to grow arable crops like carrot,tomatoes , lettuce and the rest of it kind not relatively in large quantities but at least in the quantity that can sustain family.what they can do in the back yards is simply by raising beds with small agricultural tool just as people do when growing lawn and grasses.Also, it is important to encourage the teaching of agriculture in high schools and colleges.

Answer 5

with hydroponics; growing things in water systems. idk that much about it.

Answer 6

Go back to world War II and review victory gardens. They were largely terminated in 1946 after the war. It may be time to renew the concept for a different reason.

As part of the war effort, the government rationed foods like sugar, butter, milk, cheese, eggs, coffee, meat and canned goods. Labor and transportation shortages made it hard to harvest and move fruits and vegetables to market. So, the government turned to its citizens and encouraged them to plant "Victory Gardens." They wanted individuals to provide their own fruits and vegetables. Farming was born in the cities and back yards all over the USA big time. Here is a reference article to get you started. Good Luck.

http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farming...

Answer 7

Agriculture is a broad term. As the person above stated, hydroponics is an option. Most people usually have enough room for a small garden. My family owns a small greenhouse. We started getting large hanging pots with holes in the side so more plants can be put in. We use peppers, tomatos, herbs, whatever you want for a "salsa basket". Everything you need for salsa, salad whatever.

Answer 8

I'll add to Cowboy's remarks!

Check out "Field of Dreams" in Kenosha, WI. It's a community garden program.  Or "Plant a Row for the Hungry" which encourages gardeners to donate crops to food pantries.  

Farmer's markets.  Yah, the food isn't necessarily grown in the city, but it is more local, reconnects people to the farmers, and increases the ability of small farms to support themselves.  This is also a great outlet for organic producers.

I will disagree with the comments that you shouldn't bring Ag into/near the cities.  By growing only where you have a production advantage means that crops have to be shipped long distances.  This means many crops are harvested before they are ripe to reduce spoilage.  This reduces the nutritional value of the crop and increases our dependence on oil to transport the food long distances.  To go a step further, studies have shown that "greener" cities, those with more trees and plant life, have healthier people, increased property values, and lower crime rates.  Email me and I will look up the citation.

Answer 9

The best answer here, both economically, socially, health wise and production wise is not to. By bringing agricultural production to a city has many effects. Currently we agriculturalists specialise in a hand full of crops where and are grown in regions which have a competitivie advantage, that is they are best produced there and are able to be produced there cheaply. This allows you in the city to focus on what you have competitive advantage in - be it teaching or carpentry. Now if you have ag in the city, you are doing something you are not very competitive in and the reduced output to the farmer will equate to lower margins and your competition for resource drives up his running costs.

Then there is the issue of health, unfortunately cities are not the cleanest environments and plant and animals will absorb the chemicals and put them into the food chain - plus modern agriculture relies on chemicals which are hazardous to humans and these don't need to be added to urban areas. Plus with animals the close proximity of animals to people has the potential to increase the rise of zoonic diseases - and generation of new diseases that may be like bird flu.

So basically, and i figure you are talking about commercial agriculture, what you need to appreciate is that the modern farming systems, which are very complex, have developed over the past 100 years for particular reasons and with the greater good of humanity in mind. Surprisingly economics have helped this formation not hindered it.