And there's some saying that urban agriculture contributes more to CO2 than conventional farming. Like they want to ban gardens.

The majority of the emissions do not come from the growing of the food themselves, the scientists say, but from the infrastructure needed to allow the food to be grown.

Researchers grouped urban agriculture sites into three categories: individual or family gardens, including allotments; collective gardens, such as community gardens; and larger, commercial-orientated urban farms.

Jake Hawes, a PhD candidate at Michigan and first author of the study, said: ?The most significant contributor to carbon emissions on the urban agriculture sites we studied was the infrastructure used to grow the food ? from raised beds to garden sheds to pathways, these constructions had a lot of carbon invested in their construction.

?Poorly managed compost and other synthetic inputs can also be important contributors, though they were not the majority on most of our sites.?
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Two-thirds of the carbon footprint of allotments is created by the garden itself, data show, and building it to endure tough winters for several years can reduce the impact.

Gardeners should also try and build their site with recycled or second-hand materials, wherever possible, with emissions being cut by more than half if waste from other parts of a city were upcycled for the beds and sheds, for example.

He who taught Adam and Eve in Eden how to tend the garden, would instruct men today. There is wisdom for him that holds the plow, and plants and sows the seed?.
There must be education in the sciences, and education in plans and methods of working the soil. There is hope in the soil, but brain and heart and strength must be brought into the work of tilling it.
Ms 8a 1894. Note: Two documents are numbered Ms 8a 1894 ? The first of these seems to be the
one published in Fundamentals of Christian Education

I cannot for a moment entertain the idea that land which can produce such large trees can be of a poor quality. I am sure that were the pains taken with this land, as is customary to take with land in Michigan, it would be in every way as productive. If the people in this country would take the same pains in cultivating as in America, they would be able to grow as excellent fruit, grains, and vegetables as are raised there. ?While sitting on the log, my mind was actively planning what could be done. The swamp land could be used for cultivating cranberries, alfalfa might be sown to feed the cows, and some kinds of vegetables could be grown. I
could see nothing discouraging in prospect of taking the land. Lt82-1894 E.G White to J.E. and E. White, 1 May 1894

And there's some saying that urban agriculture contributes more to CO2 than conventional farming. Like they want to ban gardens.