Urban Farming Is Growing a Greener Future 🌱

During which year did more people, for the first time, live in cities than in rural areas?

• 2004

• 2008

• 2012

• 2014

• 2018

One significant consequence of the turning point of the fact that more people live in cities than in rural areas are ………

• That urban farming now is expanding more than cities which decreases the population of people who live in cities

• That urban farming has many benefits and advantages that help the health of people, the environment, economy, and aesthetic

• That food being produced by farms will no longer stay near the consumer and therefore will leave the consumer with lower availability of food than before. (Transportation will leave carbon footprints.)

• There are no consequences but benefits and advantages of good city view, modern architecture, and more.

• That urban farming had less pollution and less fossil-fuel consumption, but more cities mean more pollution and more carbon dioxide emissions to transport food from far away distances— and also that people no longer live in agricultural areas

what’s the definition of Urban Farming?

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Urban farming is are the lands in which city dwellers are transforming concrete areas by establishing farms (mostly in unlikely locations)

“These urban farms create a new landscape that adapts the man-made structures of the city …………”

• and introduces it to farming elements

• to the purposes of sustainable food production

• and increases the amount of pollution and more fossil fuel use (disadvantages)

• and decreases pollution and reduces fossil-fuel use as well as carbon footprints

• and inspires it to make more modern buildings and factories

Localizing food production though urban farming provides ………………………. benefits.

• Aesthetic

• Economic

• Environmental

• Health

Locally grown food supplies people with …………………………

• fresh, seasonal produce

• the supporting and strengthening of local economies such as family farmers

Farming in urban areas ………………………… the need to transport food over long distances to reach the consumer. (reduces/increases/decreases/lowers)

The ………………… in transportation creates environmental advantages such as ……………… levels of pollution and ……………… fossil fuel use (reduce/increases/decrease/lower/decreased/higher/reduced)