Global: Cities should aim to grow 30% of produce locally - report

Urban agricultural technology should be put into use to help produce at least 30 percent of cities’ fruit and vegetables by 2030, thus increasing food resilience. This was one of the key points released in a report published by Tony Blair Institute For Global Change called “How cities can feed themselves - A Ten Point Plan”. Both indoor vertical farms, which use hydroponics instead of soil, and precision greenhouses, which use artificial intelligence to analyze plants and adjust their growing conditions, benefit from high yields, frequent harvests, little water consumption and are not dependent on outdoor growing conditions. Although they are most suitable for producing leafy greens and vine fruits, precision greenhouses are also currently experimenting with blueberries, raspberries, strawberries and other fruits. In addition, urban gardens can grow all types of fresh fruit and vegetables. Growing crops using traditional seasonal methods has been affected by a number of factors: ...