Rural Vs. Urban Agriculture???

Question

I need the advantages/disagvantages of Rural Vs. Urban...I also need websites where info came from, I am working on a powerpoint the the info has to be true! Thanks!!!!

Answer 1

These questions just amaze me that with the modern day computer and the ability of the various search engines that the young people today just cannot help themselve.  I researched information for papers using library cards and if that wasn't slow.  Come on you young whipper snappers, act like you have a clue of what you want to accomplish and then get out there and get it... quit sitting around waiting for someone else to do your work.  Doing your own work is how you learn to resource info and prepare yourself for the future.  

If everyone who supplied your websites FOR YOU, are you going to give them credit for this on your list of footnotes?

Answer 2

The most obvious disadvantage of agriculture in the urban setting may be the risk of pilferage.

We do have an occasional theft of produce or animals in the countryside, but thieves have to  travel a lot further to steal a small amount of food.

The same ease of access also makes it possible to have access to customers in town. But the space available is usually very small in town, and we may have major tax burdens on land in a city.

There are some benefits of not having large areas in a city dedicated to growing food. The areas dedicated to food production can greatly increase the distances people must commute, build streets, extend sewers and water mains, electrical and phone grids.

When a city has already been laid out with large areas of open space among the houses, it makes good economy to use that space to grow food, because a good half of the food needed may come from those spaces. Even more importantly we have people available to do the work needed to be done, while out in the country we may not be able to find anyone available to work at critical times, particularly because the critical times are so short.

Out in the country then we often restrict ourselves to growing crops that are readily mechanized, severely limiting the variety of foods available.

In town there can be a lot of readily available guidance for those wishing to do a good job. While out in the country most farmers have to be their own experts. This is not so much a pro or con for someone with a degree in agricultural science, but it can influence someone with no expertise.

Answer 3

http://www.gomestic.com/Rural-Living/Rur...

hope this helps you..

probably should say what country you are in....

Answer 4

Why is it that people only assume the information is true if it came off a website?  You realize there are several actual farmers who answer questions in this section?  I bet there's well over 100 years of real life honest-to-gosh farming experience with some of the folks here.  But getting the information "strait from the horses mouth" isn't good enough, huh?

Wish I could have been of more help....but don't have my own personal web site.

~Garnet

Permaculture homesteading/farming over 20 years

Raising meat goats since 1999

Raising our own alfalfa

Raising our own rapeseed

Growing most of our own food