Why We Should Be Urban Farming

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8 жыл бұрын

We are running out of space for farmland and a third of all food that is produced is wasted. Ken Dunn has been called the greenest man in Chicago and he's on a crusade to turn our food waste into productive farmland--right in the middle of the city!
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@jr52990 8 жыл бұрын

My Church was randomly doing this with a lot we bought a while ago. Currently we donate over 3 tons of food every 6 months from that garden.

@MIgardener 8 жыл бұрын

+Joshua Walters Awesome! Way to go!

@jr52990 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks :) To be honest tho, I only helped them distribute the bark sod on 1 weekend. haha I didn't do all that much.

@marybahai9 8 жыл бұрын

+Joshua Walters If everyone does a tiny bit, it's amazing how much can be accomplished!

@johncgibson4720 8 жыл бұрын

+Joshua Walters Just stop all funding for all diseases, especially those that kill millions per year in some continent , and your population problem is solved immediately. No more population growth. WHO should be canceled. Let Ebola ravage the entire continent, half of all air travel are banned as a result, many national borders closed. Best of all , after so many people are killed, global warming is also stopped due to the dramatic canceling of large portion of of transportation. We need to let more people die. Why do you think nature makes human live shorter than turtles and lobsters and a host of lower level clam lives. Constantly dying makes our species healthy as a whole. The more you want people to live, the weaker you make the people, and the more diseases you get.

@johncgibson4720 8 жыл бұрын

+John C G They should be hungry enough to kill people for meat. The hunger games franchise is a complete failure. Make the real hunger game next try better luck.

@isaiahuelmen7483 6 жыл бұрын

Algae! It's edible, tasty, easy to grow, can grow anywhere, nutritious, easily modifiable genetically, and is perfect for hydroponic farming. And can be used to make oil. Need I say more?

@ImprovRadiov 8 жыл бұрын

I think this is the best Good Stuff playlist.

@juelpereira9404 8 жыл бұрын

agree

@veronique182000 8 жыл бұрын

The plane one was pretty great.

@SeattleTyy 8 жыл бұрын

I can't get enough of this series. It's much more insightful than any regular exposé on cable television.

@harrisnaeem 8 жыл бұрын

I think the best way would be to atleast start growing the veggies, we consume more often, right in our backyards. And these indoor/backyard farming lessons should be practically taught in schools by encouraging children to grow their own food at home.

@funveeable Жыл бұрын

Not gonna happen in places run by dormers. They would rather scavenge for bugs.

@AgentWaltonSimons 8 жыл бұрын

A while ago my wife suggested that we should get some chickens. Living in a second floor apartment, I asked her where we'd keep them; she replied immediately with, "On the roof!" This became something of a family joke ("How will we keep a cow on the roof, with all the chickens up there, eh?") but I'm slightly terrified to tell her about this playlist...

@TheGoodStuff 8 жыл бұрын

+AgentWaltonSimons Funny you should mention chickens..there is a house a couple blocks away from our office in Chicago that has a chicken pen in their yard.

@theuglykwan 4 жыл бұрын

chickens on the roof is possible, i've seen it done. no cockerels though. lol

@christopherbrown6391 3 жыл бұрын

Watch a bunch of Green City Acres videos them find a vacant lot or back yard of a friends house and GROW some food.

@outsidevoices9946 5 жыл бұрын

This playlist has given me so much hope for the future of our existence on the planet. It is so easy these days to get bogged down with the doom and gloom of climate change and misuse of land and resources, but this playlist has offered up so many creative, innovative and seemingly do-able solutions! Thank you for restoring my faith in humanity! Keep up the great work! This is better than GOOD STUFF!

@outsidevoices9946 5 жыл бұрын

Obviously there is still so much work to be done, but I think it's best to look to the future of food with a feeling of hope!

@heyitsalex99 8 жыл бұрын

What I love about this channel is that you do several videos regarding one topic or issue and it makes it so much more in depth and interesting. Keep up the good work. Just subscribed.

@lauragek 8 жыл бұрын

The past half year I've been studying stuff like this and it's really exciting to see it in concise youtube video form like this! Awesome that you're educating the public on these great opportunities for the future, makes me really happy and excited :)

@jamescc2010 8 жыл бұрын

We mistakenly allowed big corporations for profit to control our food supply. Very good information on this video like we don't need to grow a lot of bad nutritious food but grow less healthy food thus save land, time, water and other resources.

@jimwilleford6140 5 жыл бұрын

Simple Living BOO on them!

@phillipperobinson769 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks guys. So glad you're getting out there building relationships, cultivating a future, and sharing your humor. Now that IS Awsome.

@wilecatrexy 5 жыл бұрын

Mostly what makes a city hotter is concrete and asphalt that stores the Sun's heat energy and slowly releases it.

@FreakingThomas7 8 жыл бұрын

You guys just keep getting better. This one is great, awesome video.

@TheGoodStuff 8 жыл бұрын

+FreakingThomas7 Thanks!

@MIgardener 8 жыл бұрын

+FreakingThomas7 Totally agree.

@kumquatplosion8282 8 жыл бұрын

@wastrel92 8 жыл бұрын

This has been a great playlist! I never thought I would have been this interested in a topic like this. Thanks, guys!

@stephupurlyf 8 жыл бұрын

This episode got me so emotional! 1) It's such a great hopeful outlook on a our terrible food habits in the US. People are at the for front of making a big difference in agriculture! I love the idea of working in one of these local farms to help your community. 2) This playlist made me also very, VERY proud of The Good Stuff! You guys are making such wonderful videos. I was explaining to my roommate what this video was about, and I was getting quite passionate about it and in the end I let out a satisfied sigh and said "It's good stuff." It was unintentional, but so undeniably true! Keep up the amazing work, I can wait for "Thrill Seeking".

@dh7164 8 жыл бұрын

"Because we have given up access to our food system, we've lost a lot of those skills" - incredibly insightful, and it applies to every area of our lives, not just food. We don't live our own lives anymore - we are dependents of a system, and that not only takes away efficiency, it takes away our freedom. I shy away from advocating Malthus. If we live in a healthy harmony with nature, we will never overpopulate the earth, and the idea of control from above becomes as useless to us as it is ridiculous.

@maryshaffer8474 7 жыл бұрын

I disagree it's instinctual. It's a learned skill. It not hard just labor intensive.

@TheHumbleBeez 8 жыл бұрын

Great video, and one of my favorite playlists to date!

@jamie_drummond 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making these! They're great discussion points for friends with varying opinions on sustainability!

@benjaminbone4248 8 жыл бұрын

Hello! I'm relatively new to the Wheezy Waiter channel. I've gone back and watched most of your posts for about the past two months. I stumbled upon this channel one day watching Crashed Course: U. S. Politics (which is fantastic!). Just wanted to show some love; keep up the good work! Oh yea, I really enjoyed this video. I love when people with access to large audiences make an effort (no matter how small) to inform and encourage people to be more thoughtful, especially when the topic is so grand that it impacts the entire human race and our species' future. Thank you for doing your part.

@MoonxxChild1 8 жыл бұрын

loving everything on this channel!!! can't wait to see more! keep it coming . plz and thank you!!!

@Snoopod 8 жыл бұрын

This playlist is so good. The Good Stuff is really shining in this one.

@samellis8695 8 жыл бұрын

This was super kool! I can't wait to watch the whole playlist!

@klgherkin 8 жыл бұрын

I'm really sad this playlist is over. Everything was so interesting! Thank you for covering such an interesting topic

@benaaronmusic 8 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, awesome playlist. Thrilled about the thrill seeking playlist.

@ziazaidi3 8 жыл бұрын

what an excellent, excellent playlist.

@FinchPG 8 жыл бұрын

This is great guys! Really great topic to talk about. Well done. Can't be better (:

@samtemple1880 8 жыл бұрын

Love the Good Stuff. Keep it up!

@anibaljesusdelgadillo2091 8 жыл бұрын

Great video on urban farming, I used it for my research paper.

@the.agriculture.addict1996 3 жыл бұрын

What an extremely informational, thought-provoking video- even 5 years later! I've never heard of the City Farm in Chicago before- what a great model to emulate to reduce food waste and continue producing for our population.

@Voidward 8 жыл бұрын

More great content. Loving this channel.

@LVFarrant 8 жыл бұрын

This has to be my favourite playlist so far :)

@ItTakesII 8 жыл бұрын

Great work, guys! Really excellent playlist. -julián

@emmyetyet3646 6 жыл бұрын

The Good Stuff IS the good stuff. Thank you!

@thomasnorton4939 8 жыл бұрын

Live this playlist! And this channel!

@NinjaFalllow 8 жыл бұрын

!!! This is right up my alley! I'm a Community Health major and had to research a local neighborhood of my city and study the health of that community. I chose the Near Eastside of Indianapolis and I learned that it's a massive food desert- many people don't have convenient transportation to food and grocery stores are very few and far in between. I learned of a group called Growing Places Indy that rose up to fill that gap. They have food gardens planted all over the city and even on some hospital roofs, too! People can go as far as the local high school and pick their own produce and food stamps are accepted. They also give a lot of their produce to local grocery stores, restaurants, and food pantries. Urban agriculture is SO important to cities, especially to impoverished areas and those with little access to grocery stores.

@desireess2 8 жыл бұрын

Excellent Playlist.

@FarmerBenny 8 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! Thanks!

@gabiyao7556 8 жыл бұрын

really liking these new episodes!

@Birchwoodfb 8 жыл бұрын

I"m a new watcher to the good stuff and I don't know why i haven't started earlier. love the series.

@ToastToGo 8 жыл бұрын

You guys are awesome. Very interesting video.

@SuellioAlmeida 8 жыл бұрын

Why don't these playlists have billions of views?

@juststeveschannel 8 жыл бұрын

Good Stuff is good. Sharing this and looking forward to whatever comes next.

@TheGoodStuff 8 жыл бұрын

+juststeveschannel thanks for the share! What's coming next will definitely..thrill..you!

@juststeveschannel 8 жыл бұрын

Aw, yeah--SKY DIVING!!! and other fun stuff. And Craig DOESN'T DIE! (Oops--sorry for the spoiler.)

@Erinnerungslager 8 жыл бұрын

Was a great playlist! Very interesting :-)

@TheGoodStuff 8 жыл бұрын

+Erinnerungslager Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

@Leotique 7 жыл бұрын

cool dich hier zu sehen

@Erinnerungslager 7 жыл бұрын

ist ja auch ein cooler Kanal :-)

@MrWorm-mp6vw 6 жыл бұрын

This guy needs more views cause he makes time worthy,purposeful,and education videos.

@TheLongRestCampfire 8 жыл бұрын

You guys should visit The Plant again! Thanks for making great stuff!

@jeff6899 5 жыл бұрын

Yes !! A no-brainer...he is very correct. See to see the hometown of my youth applying these techniques !

@Superduty_59 7 жыл бұрын

I love videos like this!

@lisabeee1098 8 жыл бұрын

They need to do this in the UK! Any urban areas with any land for sale can only be built on due to it being brown belt land - but this system would work well! But these places would need high level securities due to the amount of crime in the areas and I wonder how many local people it would employ. These places would be great for educating children though! Many inner city children think milk, eggs and vegetables etc come from the supermarket! 🙈

@rydemk4168 5 жыл бұрын

I refuse to believe they think that. They probably think the supermarket is the only way to get them but everyone knows where a egg comes from.

@jackspatch14 5 жыл бұрын

I’m doing it in London but doing it on a big scale and on urban lots I’ll eventually get into

@wandasway6882 2 жыл бұрын

I remember when I was young my cousin from NYC came to visit our grandfather's farm in OK and she wouldn't drink the fresh milk because it wasn't in a box.

@ryrygoogoo Жыл бұрын

Hmmmm absolutely not

@user-rb2po6cx4b 21 күн бұрын

Brilliant idea👏

@shikhasourav1612 5 жыл бұрын

loved this part

@01ECLIPSIFY10 8 жыл бұрын

There is no way. Stunning! I was fascinated by the idea of vertical farming and now one the LARGEST vertical farms ever conceived is being built in the city I travel to everyday? That's insane. Why haven't I heard of this sooner?

@frigginboom 8 жыл бұрын

This was one of my favourite playlists. I like the comment discussion thing at the end. I also like that the bits with Matt and Craig are getting a lot tighter and more scripted maybe? Either way GOOD WORK

@KerryHallPhD 8 жыл бұрын

Particularly strong start on this one.

@zollen123 8 жыл бұрын

My biggest concerns are big city air & water pollution affecting the crops.

@aaronamerican5187 7 жыл бұрын

Stephen Kong What about doing what was done during both World Wars, the government encouraged people to grow their own food in their gardens when they were gathering rations for the military. If the government encouraged people to grow their own crops in their gardens but this time not for war reasons, we be more productive and rely less on major food Corporations, but that is just an idea.

@zollen123 7 жыл бұрын

You should never motivating people by appealing to their morals. It would never work. Demand and Supply is the only driving force of people actions.

@BltchErica 6 жыл бұрын

AaronAmerican518 good idea. Selling mini farms

@zalindaloreyesopen1678 7 жыл бұрын

We need not forget that more plants and growing things helps clean the air.

@noahmartin2130 8 жыл бұрын

You guys deserve more subs!

@zdrawzit 8 жыл бұрын

This playlist was awesome! You guys should do a playlist on coffee

@amandadube156 8 жыл бұрын

this touched me very deeply. the good stuff is doing a great thing by educating us about our society.

@Sierky 8 жыл бұрын

Please don't use a flat earth map to represent a certain percentage of a land.... flat earth maps are unbelievably distorted and give a wrong impression of size.

@rydemk4168 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah but do you know how hard it would be to represent it?

@rolandwongwai2102 5 жыл бұрын

Just put on 3d glasses

@minecraft425 8 жыл бұрын

certainly a great idea would love to see this where I live, either just a community farm or just something to pretty the unused area's up and open up some food for animals and create some food sources for animals like humming birds and butterflies, and other migratory species.

@Zerkbern 8 жыл бұрын

The end of your coverage of the future of food? Uh, not! Keep it going guys!

@TheGoodStuff 8 жыл бұрын

+Zerkbern Sorry! We are on to new things. Maybe this will be a subject we can revisit some day...

@TheGoodStuff 8 жыл бұрын

+Zerkbern Sorry! We are on to new things. Maybe this will be a subject we can revisit some day...

@Zerkbern 8 жыл бұрын

***** For some reason I am craving Double Mint gum, now. Does it have trans fat?

@PogieJoe 8 жыл бұрын

This deserves to be on TV.

@Jazzomuch 8 жыл бұрын

You guys are awesome, just so you know

@TheGoodStuff 8 жыл бұрын

+Jazzo “Mylifeaway” Mucho Thanks for letting us know!

@freddiekinnaputi 6 жыл бұрын

I found my new fave dynamic duo

@slamonfish3964 8 жыл бұрын

I hope people remember to eat even though the playlist is over

@craigparrott305 3 жыл бұрын

Most excellent video! More urban farms please! One small addition: Cities are mainly hotter because of the urban heat island effect. A lack of vegetation and an increase in impervious surfaces like concrete and buildings causes cities to release more solar radiation into the air. If rooftops, medians, sidewalks, parking lots and yards are converted into edible landscapes, more heat will be used by the plants to grow our food instead of increasing our air conditioning bills.

@ryrygoogoo Жыл бұрын

Nice facts! Shame no one cares

@manukenkun 8 жыл бұрын

Have really enjoyed this playlist- Going to be sharing it with the strange friends I have that don't watch KZfaq.

@thevandalist869 6 жыл бұрын

yes!

@TylerMatthewHarris 8 жыл бұрын

Holy crap guys. Keep this up and you'll have your own TV show.

@PogieJoe 8 жыл бұрын

+Tyler Harris That would be the best thing!

@carenvonsee515 8 жыл бұрын

I think the vertical farming is amazing and a marvelous solution. Bugs, not so much.

@zanetachylewska8731 8 жыл бұрын

Hi guys, I am an engineer of biotechnology from Poland, currently studying International Rural Innovation and Development in The Netherlands, and working on my thesis about urban agriculture. I love the video ! I would love to help you with future videos - if you need some help, let me know. Greetings, Żaneta .

@zanetachylewska8731 7 жыл бұрын

nice to meet you :) ! . Are u interested in urban agriculture ?

@newnegritude1550 6 жыл бұрын

I am willing, able - and I am doing it!!

@DaanLuttik 8 жыл бұрын

Well the fact that the Netherlands (as a very small country) is the 2nd largest agricultrural exporter shows that its not only about surface, but mainly how you use it. The Netherlands is very densely populated but we don't need urban farming to be the 2nd largest agricultural exporter.

@da1stamericus 4 жыл бұрын

I live on the 9th floor of a building. I grow atleast two meals per week up here. It is doable. And most of my herbs. We can do more.

@cliffmays442 16 күн бұрын

Jersey was known and still is as the garden state.

@Nippip1 8 жыл бұрын

This is lovely, we do this in my neighbourhood :) It's and odd place though, in Norway.

@TheGoodStuff 8 жыл бұрын

+Nippip1 we should have gone to Norway!

@Nippip1 8 жыл бұрын

Would't say it's common practise here, my neighbourhood is assigned as a testing ground for alternative ways of living, specifically in terms of organic local food and sustainability.

@nahlal1263 5 жыл бұрын

I study geography and Land-use planning in France and with my group we are willing to go to Norway to do a study work about urban agriculture and the green city in general, can you please tell me what's the name of your neighbourhood? Thank you

@farmeryaeg 8 жыл бұрын

Malthus also thought we were hitting a brick wall in terms of food production. Boy was he wrong! I don't think we're near that next hurdle yet, but we're sure to overcome it. I don't see this in particular as a solution, but there's no harm in it for sure.

@Snoopod 8 жыл бұрын

+Jager Mitchell Plus there's a lot of benefits besides just making food. These lots will not be used to produce more pollution (they are cleaning some instead). Plus it provides people with good exercise and fresh, healthy food.

@seigeengine 8 жыл бұрын

+Jager Mitchell A solution? No, but it's beneficial.

@farmeryaeg 8 жыл бұрын

seigeengine That's literally what I said lol

@seigeengine 8 жыл бұрын

Jager Mitchell No, it isn't. Literally.

@farmeryaeg 8 жыл бұрын

seigeengine Alright, I literally said "I don't see this in particular as a solution, but there's no harm in it for sure," which, if you read with your eyes and interpret it with that thing behind them, means the same thing.

@SD-tj5dh 8 жыл бұрын

We could take a leaf out of the cannabis dealers who have the big loft installations and use the equipment to grow tomatoes and chilli peppers.

@JustOneQuestionWhy 8 жыл бұрын

I hate to break it to everyone, but the simplest way to solve this problem is for everyone to cut down on meat and dairy consumption. It is far more efficient to eat the crops you grow than to feed them to an animal and eat the animal produce. This would not only be the more ethical option, it would also help to reduce the number of cases of obesity and malnutrition. Furthermore, considerably less greenhouse gases would be emitted if everyone had a more plant-based diet.

@rifow1 8 жыл бұрын

This stuff is good

@spoonmerlin 8 жыл бұрын

Maybe this is my Midwest farm adjacent upbringing but I this I have enjoyed this playlist the best. Did you do find anything on ocean based farming in the research. This is something I would hear about when I was a kid and never seemed to go anywhere that I know of but maybe this is in the works.

@TheGoodStuff 8 жыл бұрын

+spoonmerlin Huh, we never really looked into anything about ocean based farming. Sounds like an interesting concept!

@user-mt5wb9bu5p 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks plenty of heavenly rain water for our plants but all our beloved washed away. I lived nearby then but our area was spared. Hands for members who went thru this and many floods. Potong Pasir had its fair share. The Veggie Farms had their crops washed away. The fish farms lost all their Tilapias. Bukit Timah would flood with 1/2 hour rain .

@user-kj6ps6dt9q 2 жыл бұрын

This is genius!!!

@spellwing777 6 жыл бұрын

For any of you that want to grow in the city: BE CAREFUL. Test your soil first. Pollution may have contaminated it with heavy metals and other things that are bad for your health. Many local universities will do free testing. If it is tainted, build a raised bed that's at least a foot deep (or deeper, for root veggies) and line the bottom with landscping felt.

@taan1424 8 жыл бұрын

Everybody should see this. Maybe than something will change.

@drewgreen3381 4 жыл бұрын

WOW.......!!!!!!!

@benjaminwilliamson2624 8 жыл бұрын

Isn't Mr. Dunn the same guy who was in one of the videos from the recycling playlist?

@LudvigIndestrucable 6 жыл бұрын

During WWII the British Government had a campaign called Dig for Victory, which encouraged people to grow food in their gardens, the result was a significant improvement in food independence and public health.

@nneichan9353 Жыл бұрын

Very good ideas. Very good actions. I question why sports stars are being given recognition and medals when people doing good works like urban farming are only rarely recognized, and almost never by government. These people should be our new heroes.

@funveeable Жыл бұрын

City farm can do this because they got something that nobody else in Chicago has. Government gave them free lots, lack of regulation, and free from taxes. Basically removing all the obstacles that other cities impose on the majority of their people, so they can run their business.

@josemachina3996 6 жыл бұрын

I would love to work in that farm

@capturelightmedia 8 жыл бұрын

This needs more than 20,000 views. You should have put kittens as the preview photo and tag.

@rfldss89 8 жыл бұрын

i think it's time for you guys to make a podcast

@thegoldenratio7769 7 жыл бұрын

i aspire to start an urban farm in the palos heights/worth area!!!!

@meh23p 7 ай бұрын

Yes, use your cities for growing FOOD, instead of for housing, business, and recreational space! Great idea.

@funveeable 5 ай бұрын

Jobs for the illegals being dropped off

@dragoncrackers7660 4 жыл бұрын

Just think of all the potential farmland in people's back yards. What if 70% of everyone that has a backyard had a vegetable garden or a small greenhouse? Or if we used fruit and nut trees to decorate our streets. What if, instead of raking our leaves and then bagging them up and sending them to a landfill, we put them in a compost barrel around back and then used that soil for our landscaping instead of going to HomeDepot and buying soil for that purpose? Most of us could do a little better and I think thats all it would take to get us back on track.

@joshnethken7228 7 жыл бұрын

awesome video, I'm just wondering how the hell he composts bread and dairy? I've always heard to avoid composting those things!

@techwizpc4484 8 жыл бұрын

Since space is an issue, why not plant on building rooftops?

@Zigazagoon 8 жыл бұрын

This is great for creating jobs!

@Vospader21 6 жыл бұрын

The most important thing is that we need to make processes like this profitable. If we can’t do that there is no way we can get this to catch on in America.