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True, but it doesn't scale. Good luck if you live in a metro area.
by devmunchies 9y ago
True, but it doesn't scale. Good luck if you live in a metro area.
- zo7 9y agoHow so? In San Francisco there are several local produce markets within walking distance of where I live. Whole Foods and Trader Joe's are pretty common major grocery chains here, and there are two weekly farmer's markets I can think of that are accessible by bike/transit. When I visited Manhattan/Brooklyn recently I didn't get the sense that they were lacking in locally-sourced foods either. Main problem I can think of are food deserts, but those are more of an economic problem than scale. When I used to live in one in Baltimore though it was possible to find local food, it just took more effort.
- devmunchies 9y agothis part specifically: > growing your own food I should have quoted that directly in my original comment.
- emiliobumachar 9y agoIf there was demand for it, every other apartment building rooftop could include a greenhouse.
- devmunchies 9y agoyou would need much more than a rooftop to feed a high rise apt building, no?
- emiliobumachar 9y agoCorrect, but a rooftop would put a sizeable dent in the building's need to bring in food.