Tuesday, 11 September 2012

3 Ways to Put Urban Agriculture to Work for You

It's easy to recognize that urban agriculture is a far superior alternative to our current food systems. It's also easy to pinpoint ways in which adopting urban agriculture yourself will make improvements to your own life. But sometimes, it isn't easy to know where to start. In this post, we'll give you a few easy ways to incorporate urban agriculture into your lifestyle.

1. Start growing your own food. This is the simplest and most straightforward way to start improving your life through urban agriculture. Innovative new urban agriculture products from companies like CitiGrow now allow anyone to grow their own food regardless of space or time constraints.

2. Join or create a community garden. By collaborating with others to grow urban agriculture crops, you can multiply the effectiveness of your efforts. Community gardens are becoming more and more popular, so search around for one to join in your area. And if your area is lacking a community garden, why not be the one to start it?

3. Purchase your food from urban gardeners. With more and more people becoming practitioners of urban agriculture, locally grown food is becoming increasingly available. Check out some local markets and other places to see if anyone is selling the produce of their urban gardens in your area. Although this is more expensive and often less rewarding than growing your food yourself, it can still be an excellent alternative for some people.

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