Bruce Fulford, Owner, City Soil The linkages between urban farms, conservation foundations, and municipalities can all reinforce the power of urban agriculture. Bruce Fulford describes creating agricultural land in an urban setting. Presented at the Urban and Suburban Carbon Farming to Reverse Global Warming conference at Harvard University on May 3, 2015, organized by Biodiversity for a Livable Climate. www.bio4climate.org

1. Our hotter and more urbanized planet

2. Feeds the soil
A well-cooked meal
Feeds the soil

3. New Alchemy Institute
compost greenhouse 1985

5. Seeded compost blanket
Dress well for rain and drought

6. abundant landscape organics
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EPA, USDA, MDEP and
Mass Audubon partnerships
with local community
and New Boston Development

12. Composting animal manure,
yard waste and food waste
Propane-powered 80 hp turner
straddles ½ mile long windrow
Franklin Park Zoo 1999

15. ReVision Urban Farm – Dorchester MA 2001
• 1/2 acre urban farm
• 900 cu yd of compost/ blended topsoil
• On-site A-SP and enclosed composting
• leaves, fish, manures
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16. The Food Project - Roxbury MA
1200 cu yd of manufactured
topsoil 1 acre urban farm
Compost-amended growing beds for greenhouse crops
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25. Enclosed composting/biogas facility Germany, 2010
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