Integrated Agriculture

This is my conceptual image of a sustainable urban environment.

Inspirational images. 

ABSTRACT

As our resources are depleted, cities expand and housing developments replace farmland, the ability to grow more food sustainable and seamlessly integrate into our urban space becomes critically necessary. Urban Integrated agriculture can achieve a variety of community-building skills, improved nutrition, and increased food security. By implementing Urban integrated agriculture in Buffalo, New York it will reconnect people with a sustainable food system and will be a leader for a  new model for an urban food system.

This thesis attempts to use vacant buildings and land to  create an urban integrated agricultural center. This multi- functional center creates a sustainable food system educational programs, and new markets. This prototype will be integrated into the community and be located with-in a food desert, given direct accessibility to its patrons.  It also analyzes  food disparities  urban sprawl and the effects it has on our cities, like Buffalo. By placing food production in local hands and by teaching people the value of  urban agriculture, waste recycling, and how to grow and sell crops, it can be the link to the revitalization of a new urban environment.

The integration of food production into the city is crucial to the existence of humanity. It will not only transform the industry as we know it but it will also forever change the way we characterize an urban identity.