Jess Landing, another GRSer, and I did a presentation on alternative agriculture for our Food Politics seminar. We researched a few different methods and spaces for growing food and presented a very brief overview of them. We looked into permaculture, rooftop gardens, mobile gardens, vertical growing, hydroponics, and aquaponics.
One thing we found, especially with the alternative spaces, was that these methods of growing food are focused on creativity, playfulness, and education. Another common theme was bringing food back to the city, or teaching people living in urban areas that it’s possible/easy/fun to grow their own food.
You can see our presentation on GoogleDocs here.
Below are a few pictures of things we talked about in our presentation.
Seattle Food Forest Permaculture Design
Window Farms: vertical growing+hydroponics+urban+DIY
Compass Green: a Mobile Greenhouse Project