Quotes About Urban agriculture

We should be growing carrots up the side of the Empire State Building or Big Ben.

People complain that cities don't have fresh, sustainable food, but it's just not true.

Feeding the urban fleet of horses hay and grain supported many thousands of farmers. An idle riding horse in New York City required about 9,000 calories of oats and hay per day. A draft horse in the same city working in construction required almost 30,000 calories of the same feeds.

Frankly, any city person who doesn't think I deserve a white-collar salary as a farmer doesn't deserve my special food.

You don't have to live on a farm to have chickens; in some places, you just need a little bit of green space and a tidy chicken coop. To me, they're nearly ideal pets. They feed us more often than we feed them! We have 2 chickens, Goldie and Paprika, and they each produce 1 egg a day, sometimes more.

While farmers' markets are booming in cities, actual rural market towns are in decline.

Creating your own urban farm is as simple as planting your flowerbeds with edibles.

Urban farming is not only possible, it is crucial. But it can't be like the farming techniques of yore.

I really like the whole urban farming idea, because I grow my own produce in L.A., and I think it's great to teach people here in Manhattan so they can do the same.

If we can have a fast food restaurant on almost every corner, then we can certainly have a garden.

But the open pastureland around their cities may not be sold, for this is their permanent possession.