Do you like growing food in an urban setting?
I do! Urban agriculture can involve animal husbandry and horticulture which I do
That's interesting. What is horticulture?
Horticulture is garden cultivation, put simply
Do you garden outside of the urban environment?
Urban agriculture
Urban agriculture, urban farming, or urban gardening is the practice of cultivating, processing and distributing food in or around urban areas. Urban agriculture can also involve animal husbandry, aquaculture, agroforestry, urban beekeeping, and horticulture. These activities occur in peri-urban areas as well, and peri-urban agriculture may have different characteristics.
Urban agriculture can reflect varying levels of economic and social development. It may be a social movement for sustainable communities, where organic growers, "foodies," and "
agriculture
- Vertical farming
- Victory garden
Further reading.
- Tixier, Philippe and de Bon, Hubert; 2006.Ch. 11. "Urban Horticulture" in "Cities Farming for the Future - Urban Agriculture for Green and Productive Cities" by René van Veenhuizen (Ed.), International Development Research Centre (Canada)
- Garden Culture, A magazine that focuses on growing food in an urban environment.
- Flowerpot Farming: Creating your own Urban Kitchen Garden, Jayne Neville, Good Life Press;