{"id":1126,"date":"2005-04-30T20:40:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-30T20:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/04\/30\/urban-farming\/"},"modified":"2005-04-30T20:40:00","modified_gmt":"2005-04-30T20:40:00","slug":"urban-farming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/urban-farming\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Farming"},"content":{"rendered":"
From Trendwatching.com, a report<\/a> on the “urban farming” business trend:<\/p>\n Not exactly hot news: discerning consumers want healthy, tasty, and increasingly also organic produce from trusted sources, if not their own backyard. Pretty hot news: companies that deliver on this desire, either by making it easy for consumers to grow and produce their own food, or by adding a dose of convenience to the fast growing organic movement.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n They also list six different businesses that are marketing to the “urban farm” crowd with everything from direct-to-consumer grass-fed beef to “leasing” out Swiss cows to receive cheese made from that cow’s milk. While farmer’s markets are now hot, also, looks like it’s going to take a little more than just putting out fresh produce to keep up with this trend.<\/p>\n Technorati tags: food<\/a>, organic<\/a>, business<\/a>, urban<\/a><\/p>\n