Land+Use

=** __Agricultural Land__ **=



The PALEO PROBLEM: When many people crowded in areas near water sources, the wild food supplies in the area became depleted.

The NEO SOLUTION: Grow your own crops & raise your own animals: **Agriculture!**

**MP4U (a modern problem for you): How Can we feed our growing population without using more and more land for agriculture?**
There are more and [|more people on earth so more and more food is needed] (and resources like water and land to make food). However, there isn't much empty land left that can be used for farming & a lot of farmland is being taken over for other uses like homes, industrial buildings and roads. Moreover, as we cut down our forests to clear more land for traditional farming, wildlife habitat is lost, global warming increases, agricultural yields decrease and we need even more land for more farming.

How can we efficiently farm without using more land? This new article offers some hopeful evidence that we are already doing what it takes in two important ways. Learn more about peak farmland here. = =

**Preserving farmland we have and restoring damaged farmland**: See this example of restoring farmland from viewchange.org.
See how many farmers in developed countries already use sophisticated data to get the highest yields from their land, but with some dilemmas about who to share that data with in this NPR article.

=**SEAWEED FARMING**: This village in Indonesia farms seaweed in the ocean. **No need for water, land or fertilizers in this amazing farm!**=

**Farming under the ocean:**
Could we grow land crops on the ocean floor?

Changing how we use land: Neighborhood Farming: Forget the golf course

 * URBAN FARMING: ** Until 2008, the majority of humans on earth lived in rural areas. Now the majority of us live in cities. Find out about [|innovative urban farming] right in the cities where the majority of us live.

**VERTICAL FARMING:** Farms usually spread out horizontally across the land in order for all the plants to each catch some sun. Urban dwellers often build upwards (vertically) with tall skyscrapers to save space. Can we farm vertically? How about hydroponic vertical farming? See some cool examples in
 * [|Green Sense Farms, Chicago]
 * **Singapore**
 * **Beijing**

Look at this cool slide show with great ideas to feed your city: Agriculture + Farming

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= **HYDROPONICS** = ==Get started learning to be a hydroponics farmer with some of the simple setups here at Kids Gardening hydroponics guide.==

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To learn more, check out: @http://www.verticalfarm.com/

===[|Vertical organic farms are popping up on rooftops in Hong Kong.]===

[|Window Farming in small city apartments around the world]