{"id":55004,"date":"2018-02-05T13:21:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T13:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/?p=55004"},"modified":"2019-06-26T14:54:07","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T14:54:07","slug":"urban-farming-3-examples-implement-new-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geoplastglobal.com\/en\/blog\/urban-farming-3-examples-implement-new-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban farming: 3 examples to implement this new trend"},"content":{"rendered":"Urban farming<\/strong>\u00a0is growing food in a city or heavily populated town or municipality.\u00a0In recent years, this has become a global trend, and is continuing to grow. Urban agriculture is a means to increase access to locally grown food and a way of reintroducing the public to the many aspects of food that we have lost as a culture. How food grows, what grows regionally and seasonally are all important lessons and make a better informed urban consumer.\u00a0Many shoppers like the idea of buying local. After all, it can mean\u00a0fresher and healthier foods<\/strong>, stronger local economies<\/strong>, direct contact<\/strong> with food producers and\u00a0in some cases lower carbon emissions<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nSome urban farms are built exclusively for education, training or re-entry programs. Many are built to improve food access in a specific community or to continue traditional culinary cultures. Some are built as for profit concerns, recognizing that the savings on food transportation can make urban farming financially viable as well as more environmentally responsible. For others food justice is the reason to develop urban farms in their communities, which means improving the access to fresh food for economically disadvantaged communities.\r\n\r\n\"Urban\r\n\r\nRegardless of its purpose, urban farming has many benefits<\/strong>, which in some ways make it superior even to traditional farming:\r\n