Course: SAT 230 Managing Food Production Systems in the Urban Landscape

Reading and Multimedia Assignments

Multimedia Assignment 1
Multimedia Assignment 1

This first video is quite short but shows one potential source of land for urban agriculture.  In many cities there are hundreds or thousands of vacant lots, many of which are owned by the city and the city is required to maintain them, often without the funds to do so.  In such cases the municipalities involved may be more than happy to have such spaces put to productive use particularly if it can relieve them of the burden of maintenance.

This is the story of how such areas in the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin could be put to use and how the city can help make that happen.  Consider as you watch this that while a single plot of land large enough to be used as a commercial urban farm may be difficult to come by multiple smaller plots located in close proximity may be much more readily available.

“Mayor’s Challenge Finalist Video- Milwaukee Wisconsin” video by Wisconsin Foodie and Harvest, Standard YouTube License

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