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Whilst researching on MetaboliCity we found ourselves questioning and rethinking our urban workforce and especially the new modes of work created from urban greening and farming. There are some great apprentice schemes and opportunities to setup social enterprises that take on council contracts to manage local green spaces.

There is a really good report on the CABE website about their Skills to Grow strategy that has identified apprenticeships as an important route into green space
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We are planning our first workshop with City University London tomorrow, who will be using some of the MetaboliCity methods and tools to start a growing site on campus in a disused courtyard sandwiched between buildings.

We are really excited about… Continue

Last night we watched a documentary where Jimmy Doherty (Britain's famous TV presenting pig farmer) explores the global logistics that bring fresh food from around the world to a shop near you, and uncovers the science that keeps food fresh for weeks.

Great visuals to show food's global superhighways.. from small low-tech farms in Ghana to our supermarket shelves and huge water intensive pot… Continue

An urban farm recently planted in the heart of downtown Shenzhen, China as part of the Shenzhen & Hong Kong Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture. The installation, called Landgrab City, is a square plot of land that represents a map of the city and visualizes how much food is required to sustain it.

Commissioned by the Shenzhen/Hong Kong Biennale and was created by Joseph Grima, J… Continue

An article from SEED Magazine about how we learned to feed ourselves because we learned how to feed plants - the story of modern fertilizer and our ability to make food from air.

It argues that another huge technological leap is needed as synthetic ferti… Continue