Urban Agriculture

 


As a brief introduction, my name is Yasmin Khan and I am currently in my
fourth
and final year studying towards a Masters in Product Design and
Manufacture
(MEng) at the University of Nottingham.

I am currently in the early stages of my final project with my chosen
brief of
Urban Agriculture designing a product that is simple to set up,
manufacture,
implement and maintain within the context of the urban
environment. As I am
still at the beginning of my project I am still not
sure what direction it will
take – be it fruit/veg, animals (i.e. bee
keeping or keeping chickens) or
composting.

I thought I’d post on this forum and see what your views are. Do you
live in a
city but still grow your own? Or do you do you grow fruit/veg
or keep bees (for
instance) as a hobbie and think it would easily
transfer over to an urban
environment? What do you grow? Any views,
opinions, thoughts would be much
appreciated. I’m trying to get a
rounded view and not just my own thoughts.
Thanks,
Yasmin




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YKDesigns

 

YKDesigns wrote:

What reason do you have for thinking urban agriculture needs any such thing?

Given that this is an international forum populated by people in many
different environments and circumstances how will you determine the
relevance of the replies?


David

 


YKDesigns;876469 Wrote:

I am currently in my

Product Design and

of Urban Agriculture designing a product that is simple to set up,

>

manufacture, implement and maintain within the context of the urban

>

environment. As I am still at the beginning of my project I am still not

> sure

what direction it will take – be it fruit/veg, animals (i.e. bee

> keeping or

keeping chickens) or composting.

a city but still grow your own? Or do you do you grow fruit/veg

> or keep bees

(for instance) as a hobbie and think it would easily

> transfer over to an urban

environment? What do you grow? Any views,

> opinions, thoughts would be much

appreciated. I’m trying to get a

Hi Yasmin,

I am also new to this forum. I manage a small demonstration greenhouse
for a
company called Greenhouse Sensation.
The question you have posed is a very interesting one and pertinient to
modern
day living. With so many people and an increased awareness of
'food miles', many
people are wanting to grow their own fruit and
vegetables. There are many ways
to do this in a urban environment. As
the demand for fresh food increases a
number of people are looking at
ways of growing intensively in a small space.
This includes ways to
increase yields thereby getting more from each square
metre of land. A
great example of this is the project currently underway at
Paignton
Zoo:

http://tinyurl.com/ya9p3va

You may find that alternative methods of growing of interest.




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