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Back to the Guide to Urban Farming Table of Contents>> Increasing the urban tree canopy can directly help offset carbon dioxide emissions entering the atmosphere, decrease storm water runoff, increase…

Back to the Guide to Urban Farming Table of Contents>> Growing Mushrooms in Urban Environments Mushrooms have a great potential for two aspects of urban agriculture. They can consume organic…

Back to the Guide to Urban Farming Table of Contents>> Intensive Growing Techniques Urban farming often occurs in small spaces, and is otherwise constrained by the limited availability of land. …

Back to the Guide to Urban Farming Table of Contents>> Benefits of Roof Top Farming Roof top farming is the cultivation of produce and other crops on the roof of…

Back to the Guide to Urban Farming Table of Contents>> Benefits of Raised Beds A raised bed is a bed that has been raised above the surface of the ground…

Back to the Guide to Urban Farming Table of Contents>> Season Extension Structures such as row covers, low and high tunnels, cold frames and greenhouses are ways that urban farmers…

Back to the Guide to Urban Farming Table of Contents>> Climate Considerations Resource Centres on Urban Agriculture and Food Security (RUAF) states that globally, cities produce about 70 percent of…

Return to the Guide to Urban Farming Table of Contents>> Air Pollution Because airborne heavy metals and particulates are not likely to be absorbed by plants through their leaves, urban…

Return to the Guide to Urban Farming Table of Contents>> Mitigation vs. Remediation This factsheet outlines both mitigation and remediation strategies for dealing with contaminated soils.  Mitigation (coping) strategies involve…

Return to the Guide to Urban Farming Table of Contents>> Contamination in Urban Soils Farmers wanting to cultivate unfarmed urban soils should be aware of possible soil contamination, whether by…