Urban Food Self-Sufficiency
Research
John Thackara:
"Researchers explored what it would take for Cleveland – a Rust Belt city with lots of potential green space – to feed itself."
"The results were startling: In one scenario, the use of 80 per cent of every vacant lot generated 22 to 48 per cent of the city’s fruits and vegetables, 25 per cent of its poultry and eggs, and 100 per cent of its honey. If commercial and industrial roofs were added to the equation, the city could provide up to 100 percent of its needed fresh produce, 94 percent of its poultry and eggs – and 100 percent of its honey."