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Behind the value of urban farming

In a biophilic year archive

Cities have long sent their farming elsewhere, importing only the finished plate. Growing food within the city again, on balconies, in plots, up vertical walls, quietly reconnects urban life with the land.

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This essay is part of A Biophilic Year Archive, available with the book A Biophilic Year: 365 thoughts on the essence and practice of biophilic design.