environmental benefits of urban gardening
Weather is a actually a very, very minor factor for food production via urban farming, since it usually takes place indoors and relies on the water system installed, artificial lighting, and nutrients already worked-in in the soil. 2. It's more sustainable. Most urban gardening systems lead to considerable water, power and space savings. If we talk about the Click & Grow urban farming systems, they use about 90% less water and 4 times less space, if compared to traditional farming.
With the help of urban farming, one can produce even so much as 100 times more food than with regular farming (per square foot). How is it possible? It's all about the direction - most urban farms are designed vertically, that allows to grow produce in as many levels as possible on a square foot.