Bringing agriculture into the city.
Our cities are linear.
Food is imported.
Waste is exported.
Resources are lost.
It doesn’t need to be this way. The systems that feed our cities can be redesigned to give more than they take.
BY THE NUMBERS
The current system
can’t scale.
~1/3
of global greenhouse gas emissions come from food systems
Source: EDGAR-FOOD, 2021
~1/2
of the world’s vegetated land is already farmed
Source: WRI, 2018
+56%
more food will be needed by 2050 — with no new farmland
Source: WRI, 2018
Instead of importing food and exporting waste, cities could close the loop.
Here’s how it works
The Circular Urban
Metabolism
KNOWLEDGE MATERIALS
