Resilient Futures Podcast (Formerly Future Cities)

Greening Phoenix Through Urban Agriculture

February 06, 2020 Future Cities
Resilient Futures Podcast (Formerly Future Cities)
Greening Phoenix Through Urban Agriculture
Show Notes

We talk with two researchers, Dr. Nazli Uludere Aragon and PhD student Michelle Stuhlmacher (@MFStuhlmacher on Twitter) about their recent publication, “Urban agriculture’s bounty: contributions to Phoenix’s sustainability goals.” The researchers explain what Phoenix’s sustainability goals currently are, how and where to develop agriculture in a desert city. We talk about how urban agriculture in Phoenix can get so-called food desert communities access to fruits and vegetables that they do not currently have, and how to balance demands for low water usage with a desire for a greener city.

Our guests wrote a haiku to summarize their paper:

Urban farms provide 
the bounty of the garden, 
open space, clean air.

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