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"Sydney, like many other Australian cities, has a long history of urban
farming. Market gardens, oyster fisheries and wineries on urban fringe once
supplied fresh food to city markets.
As suburbs expanded, many farms in and around cities were converted to houses,
roads and parks. The process is continuing.
But this isn’t the whole story. Urban farming is making a comeback in a
different guise.
Underneath the Barangaroo towers in Sydney’s CBD, a basement carpark has been
transformed into a farm. Trays of more than 40 different varieties of sprouts
and microgreens grow under LED lights, often maturing within two weeks. Within
hours of harvest, they’re in the kitchens of nearby restaurants.
The urban farmers use sensors, ventilation systems and smartphone apps to
ensure growing conditions are ideal. From around 150 square metres, farmers
produce about 5,000 punnets a week. Farms such as this one at Urban Green
Sydney are part of a broader shift towards high-tech urban farming.
In my research, we asked what these new forms of urban farming mean for cities.
Do they make cities and their far-flung food supply chains more resilient to
climate change – or do they consume energy without enough to show for it?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
