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- FUI is supported by a grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation under the National Research Programme NRP 65 "New Urban Quality"
FoodTubes
The Urban Food Tubes delivery system is a project imagined by a collaboration of engineers and academics called FoodTubes. This design repurposes the tube infrastructure in the UK, by supplying the contents of the tube for transporting groceries. The function …
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Foldable Greenhouse
Daniel Schipper, a Dutch designer realized a portable and foldable greenhouse for city gardens and terrariums. The greenhouse is constructed with little to no framework of recycled plastic. The container is scaled for easy movement and relocation, can be simply …
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The “Private Garden Plot Act” in Russia
In 2003 the Russian President signed into law a further “Private Garden Plot Act” enabling Russian citizens to receive free of charge from the state, plots of land in private inheritable ownership. Sizes of the plots differ by region but …
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City Harvest
Now serving New York City for 30 years, City Harvest is the world’s first food rescue organization, dedicated to feeding the city’s hungry men, women, and children.
This year, City Harvest will collect more than 38 million pounds of excess …
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Aquaculture in a geodesic dome
“Ever since R. Buckminster Fuller popularized the design in the mid-20th century, there’s been something captivating about the geodesic dome. While the structure typically makes architecture lovers salivate, now it’s conquering the heart of another type of urbanist: the …
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UrbanFarmers
UrbanFarmers develops closed-loop, eco-sustainable, aquaponic production systems whose mission is to produce local food, fish and vegetables, in the city and for the city.
VIST SITE: www.urbanfarmers.ch
WATCH TED TALK: TEDxZurich – Roman Gaus on urban farming…
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Urban Farm Concepts
Urban Farm Concepts is a two-man business that sells simple yet highly functional, small to medium coops and greenhouses. In addition, the plan to release other urban farming products in the future.
In response to a market filled with high-priced …
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