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A Flourishing Urban Agriculture

Published on June 1, 2018

The Sustainability MAG took a world tour of the ideas that inspire the future of our urban agriculture. From Montreal to Singapore, from metropolitan farms to participatory agriculture, the development methods of our vegetable gardens are today more and more diversified and original. Zoom on these initiatives to embrace in the city.

Credit: IMS Luxembourg

To be read also in the dossier "Feed The City":

Corporate Gardens

Arnaud Herrmann: The man with the 1,000 gardens

Marielle Dubbeling: "People in Luxembourg don't feel the need yet"

Urban farming and buildings’ noble function

Urban Agriculture in Brownfields

Myfood, a Start-up that Grows

DOSSIER / Feed The City

Corporate Gardens

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Marielle Dubbeling: "People in Luxembourg don't feel the need yet"

Interview with RUAF Foundation Director, and urban agriculture and food security specialist Marielle Dubelling. The time for new regulations has come.

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Urban Agriculture in Brownfields

A new life for these abandoned lands which represent an important vector of urban development. Still, this potential calls for a precautionary principle.

Myfood, a Start-up that Grows

Solar-connected, easy-to-use greenhouses. An innovative concept backed by digital natives seeking to "connect to re-connect".