54 min

Growing, Feeding, Nurturing Imagining Tomorrow

    • Sciences de la Terre

Over the past couple of years, extreme weather events, the energy crisis and Brexit have put a visible strain on the UK’s food supply chain and increased prices for the consumer.What if we increased the amount of food that we grow in cities, and thus increased biodiversity and reduced food miles?Inspired by talking to a community gardens group in Reading, a horticultural engineer who has co-founded a vertical farm in London and an award-winning author and screenwriter, Emma Newman imagines a ...

Over the past couple of years, extreme weather events, the energy crisis and Brexit have put a visible strain on the UK’s food supply chain and increased prices for the consumer.What if we increased the amount of food that we grow in cities, and thus increased biodiversity and reduced food miles?Inspired by talking to a community gardens group in Reading, a horticultural engineer who has co-founded a vertical farm in London and an award-winning author and screenwriter, Emma Newman imagines a ...

54 min