hyper urban farming_catalysts for change zone of future innovtion
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March 2013
Foresight Engine Game Analysis:
25 Zones of Future Innovation
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A project by Institute for the Future and The Rockefeller Foundationwww.iftf.org/our-work/global-landscape/catalysts-for-change/catalysts-zones-of-innovation
Contact: Tessa Finlev, [email protected]
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As more people move into hyper-dense
cities, leaving villages and making
subsistence farming a thing of the past,
the adaptation of farming practices to
urban settings will be paramount in
attaining future resilience and wellbeing.
Urban farmers will continue to explore
innovations like vertical farming and use
permaculture principles to increase
sustainability and self-sufficiency. At the same
time, micro-scale bioscience will make
products from urban farms more nutritious and
mitigate toxicity concerns.
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4 | Hyper-Urban Farming | Future Innovation
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Some of the concepts in this story are already going mainstream, but
players pushed the boundaries as they suggested urban fish farming with
recycled wastewater, enhancing urban food sources with micronutrients and
microfluidic water sources, and connecting urban farming strategies to story-rich
games in order to promote community investment. One player warned about the
potentially dangerous side effects of using contaminated soil for urban farming.
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4 | Hyper-Urban Farming | From the Players
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Urban fishing, especially wastewater aquaculture can be beneficial to the environment and feed the local population.*
India**
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*Cards have been lightly edited for readability**Player location was self selected
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Each of these vertical farms can have a small website where they can post available products, prices and take/ship orders.
Mexico
4 | Hyper-Urban Farming | Micro-forecasts from the Game
Urban fishing, especially wastewater aquaculture can be beneficial to the environment and feed the local population.
India
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Greenery/vertical farming in cities is 1) a sight for our sore eyes, 2) rebuilds our health, 3) improves energy-efficiency, 4) food security,
Finland
4 | Hyper-Urban Farming | Micro-forecasts from the Game
Urban fishing, especially wastewater aquaculture can be beneficial to the environment and feed the local population.
India
Urban farms using microfluidic water and nutrient delivery to bioengineered food stocks for proteins, fats and starches
USA
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Permaculture principles to cities. Urban food production by a block, creating a community of living together self-sufficiently # urbaine
Finland
4 | Hyper-Urban Farming | Micro-forecasts from the Game
Urban farms using microfluidic water and nutrient delivery to bioengineered food stocks for proteins, fats and starches
USA
Urban fishing, especially wastewater aquaculture can be beneficial to the environment and feed the local population.
India
Greenery/vertical farming in cities is 1) a sight for our sore eyes, 2) rebuilds our health, 3) improves energy-efficiency, 4) food security,
Finland
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Prague native was surprised by food gardens in Boston as heavy metal contamination at home made it impossible there. Build clean new soils?
USA
4 | Hyper-Urban Farming | Micro-forecasts from the Game
Urban farms using microfluidic water and nutrient delivery to bioengineered food stocks for proteins, fats and starches
USA
Urban fishing, especially wastewater aquaculture can be beneficial to the environment and feed the local population.
India
Permaculture principles to cities. Urban food production by a block, creating a community of living together self-sufficiently # urbaine
Finland
Greenery/vertical farming in cities is 1) a sight for our sore eyes, 2) rebuilds our health, 3) improves energy-efficiency, 4) food security,
Finland
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In urban areas could map all unused space & find out if we could start growing food on it. get whole community involved to reduce vandalism.
UK
4 | Hyper-Urban Farming | Micro-forecasts from the Game
Urban farms using microfluidic water and nutrient delivery to bioengineered food stocks for proteins, fats and starches
USA
Urban fishing, especially wastewater aquaculture can be beneficial to the environment and feed the local population.
India
Permaculture principles to cities. Urban food production by a block, creating a community of living together self-sufficiently # urbaine
Finland
Prague native was surprised by food gardens in Boston as heavy metal contamination at home made it impossible there. Build clean new soils?
USA
Greenery/vertical farming in cities is 1) a sight for our sore eyes, 2) rebuilds our health, 3) improves energy-efficiency, 4) food security,
Finland
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Each of these vertical farms can have a small website where they can post available products, prices and take/ship orders.
Mexico
4 | Hyper-Urban Farming | Micro-forecasts from the Game
Urban farms using microfluidic water and nutrient delivery to bioengineered food stocks for proteins, fats and starches
USA
Urban fishing, especially wastewater aquaculture can be beneficial to the environment and feed the local population.
India
Permaculture principles to cities. Urban food production by a block, creating a community of living together self-sufficiently # urbaine
Finland
Prague native was surprised by food gardens in Boston as heavy metal contamination at home made it impossible there. Build clean new soils?
USA
Greenery/vertical farming in cities is 1) a sight for our sore eyes, 2) rebuilds our health, 3) improves energy-efficiency, 4) food security,
Finland
In urban areas could map all unused space & find out if we could start growing food on it. get whole community involved to reduce vandalism.
UK
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4 | Hyper-Urban Farming | Micro-forecasts from the Game
Urban farms using microfluidic water and nutrient delivery to bioengineered food stocks for proteins, fats and starches
USA
Urban fishing, especially wastewater aquaculture can be beneficial to the environment and feed the local population.
India
Permaculture principles to cities. Urban food production by a block, creating a community of living together self-sufficiently # urbaine
Finland
In urban areas could map all unused space & find out if we could start growing food on it. get whole community involved to reduce vandalism.
UK
Greenery/vertical farming in cities is 1) a sight for our sore eyes, 2) rebuilds our health, 3) improves energy-efficiency, 4) food security,
Finland
Prague native was surprised by food gardens in Boston as heavy metal contamination at home made it impossible there. Build clean new soils?
USA
Each of these vertical farms can have a small website where they can post available products, prices and take/ship orders.
Mexico
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Signals from the Present
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The city of Cleveland has been converting abandoned houses into urban farms.
Peng Qiugen: China’s Celebrity Urban Farmer
Peng Qiugen, having grown as much as 400kg of watermelon on his roof in one year, has been leading China’s move towards urban farming.
4 | Hyper-Urban Farming | Signals from the Present
Turning Abandoned Houses into Urban Farms
Image Source: www.urbangardensweb.com/2011/12/22/chinas-growing-urban-population-sprouts-urban-farms/
Image Source: www.inhabitat.com/thousands-of-vacant-houses-set-to-bloom-into-urban-gardens-in-cleveland-ohio/cleveland-ohio-urban-gardens-by-cleveland-kid-2/?extend=1
A project by Institute for the Future and The Rockefeller Foundationwww.iftf.org/our-work/global-landscape/catalysts-for-change/catalysts-zones-of-innovation
© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B© 2013 Institute for the Future. All rights reserved. SR-1563B
March 2013
Foresight Engine Game Analysis:
25 Zones of Future Innovation
© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B
A project by Institute for the Future and The Rockefeller Foundationwww.iftf.org/our-work/global-landscape/catalysts-for-change/catalysts-zones-of-innovation
Contact: Tessa Finlev, [email protected]