#urban agriculture

Jul 31, 2011
Sunday Statshot

Sunday Morning Statshot with Nick Chu: Urban Chicken Farming

A quick look look at some stats that make urban chicken farming in your city work (or not): Number of chickens raised annual for meat and eggs: 50 billion Percentage of world’s poultry meat raised using intensive farming techniques: 74 Worldwide chicken to human ratio: 16:9 Number of varieties of domestic chickens: 150 Hours of...

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Jul 17, 2011
Sunday Statshot

Sunday Morning Statshot with Nick Chu: Urban Vertical Farming

A quick look at some of the things that make Urban Vertical Farming in your city work (or not): Average distance ingredient in a meal in US is grown away from home: 1500 miles Amount of energy global industrial food system accounts for in worldwide fossil fuel consumption: 21% Number of farmer markets in US...

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