Practical Conservation

Another article about the Slow Food movement in Detroit and elsewhere.  Having lived in Michigan for a long time, I think this has exciting promise for revitalizing the state’s hurting urban areas.  As a wildlife biologist, I can’t help thinking about the potential for urban farming for conserving wildlife diversity.  Can it alleviate the pressure to convert natural habitats to farmland?  Can it help support biodiveristy in urban areas?  Pollinators?  Birds even?   My research (and lifestyle) are outside the urban farming realm, but I hope someone answers these questions.

Here is another link to Vertical Farming.  Below is a video from Urban Farming about this phenomenon.