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© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B As more people move into hyper-dense cities, leaving villages and making subsistence farming a thing of the past, the adaptation of farming practices to urban settings will be paramount in attaining future resilience and wellbeing. Urban farming will continue to explore innovations such as vertical farming and will use permaculture principles to increase sustainability and self-sufficiency. At the same time, micro-scale bioscience will make products from urban farms more nutritious and mitigate toxicity concerns. 3 4 | Hyper-Urban Farming | Future Innovation © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B

Some of the concepts in this story are already going mainstream, but players pushed the boundaries as they suggested urban fishing with recycled wastewater, enhancing urban food sources with micronutrients and microfluidic water sources, and connecting urban farming strategies to story-rich games, thereby promoting community investment. One player warned about the potentially dangerous side effects of using contaminated soil for urban farming. 4 4 | Hyper-Urban Farming | From the Players © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B

5 Urban fishing, especially wastewater aquaculture can be beneficial to the environment and feed the local population.* India** 4 | Hyper-Urban Farming | Micro-forecasts from the Game *Cards have been lightly edited for readability **Player location was self selected

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 6 Each of these vertical farms can have a small website where they can post available products, prices and take/ship orders. Mexico 4 | Hyper-Urban Farming | Micro-forecasts from the Game Urban fishing, especially wastewater aquaculture can be beneficial to the environment and feed the local population. India

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 7 Greenery/vertical farming in cities is 1) a sight for our sore eyes, 2) rebuilds our health, 3) improves energy-efficiency, 4) food security, Finland 4 | Hyper-Urban Farming | Micro-forecasts from the Game Urban fishing, especially wastewater aquaculture can be beneficial to the environment and feed the local population. India Urban farms using microfluidic water and nutrient delivery to bioengineered food stocks for proteins, fats and starches USA

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 8 Permaculture principles to cities. Urban food production by a block, creating a community of living together self-sufficiently # urbaine Finland 4 | Hyper-Urban Farming | Micro-forecasts from the Game Urban farms using microfluidic water and nutrient delivery to bioengineered food stocks for proteins, fats and starches USA Urban fishing, especially wastewater aquaculture can be beneficial to the environment and feed the local population. India Greenery/vertical farming in cities is 1) a sight for our sore eyes, 2) rebuilds our health, 3) improves energy-efficiency, 4) food security, Finland

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 9 Prague native was surprised by food gardens in Boston as heavy metal contamination at home made it impossible there. Build clean new soils? USA 4 | Hyper-Urban Farming | Micro-forecasts from the Game Urban farms using microfluidic water and nutrient delivery to bioengineered food stocks for proteins, fats and starches USA Urban fishing, especially wastewater aquaculture can be beneficial to the environment and feed the local population. India Permaculture principles to cities. Urban food production by a block, creating a community of living together self-sufficiently # urbaine Finland Greenery/vertical farming in cities is 1) a sight for our sore eyes, 2) rebuilds our health, 3) improves energy-efficiency, 4) food security, Finland

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 10 In urban areas could map all unused space & find out if we could start growing food on it. get whole community involved to reduce vandalism. UK 4 | Hyper-Urban Farming | Micro-forecasts from the Game Urban farms using microfluidic water and nutrient delivery to bioengineered food stocks for proteins, fats and starches USA Urban fishing, especially wastewater aquaculture can be beneficial to the environment and feed the local population. India Permaculture principles to cities. Urban food production by a block, creating a community of living together self-sufficiently # urbaine Finland Prague native was surprised by food gardens in Boston as heavy metal contamination at home made it impossible there. Build clean new soils? USA Greenery/vertical farming in cities is 1) a sight for our sore eyes, 2) rebuilds our health, 3) improves energy-efficiency, 4) food security, Finland

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 11 Each of these vertical farms can have a small website where they can post available products, prices and take/ship orders. Mexico 4 | Hyper-Urban Farming | Micro-forecasts from the Game Urban farms using microfluidic water and nutrient delivery to bioengineered food stocks for proteins, fats and starches USA Urban fishing, especially wastewater aquaculture can be beneficial to the environment and feed the local population. India Permaculture principles to cities. Urban food production by a block, creating a community of living together self-sufficiently # urbaine Finland Prague native was surprised by food gardens in Boston as heavy metal contamination at home made it impossible there. Build clean new soils? USA Greenery/vertical farming in cities is 1) a sight for our sore eyes, 2) rebuilds our health, 3) improves energy-efficiency, 4) food security, Finland In urban areas could map all unused space & find out if we could start growing food on it. get whole community involved to reduce vandalism. UK

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 12 4 | Hyper-Urban Farming | Micro-forecasts from the Game Urban farms using microfluidic water and nutrient delivery to bioengineered food stocks for proteins, fats and starches USA Urban fishing, especially wastewater aquaculture can be beneficial to the environment and feed the local population. India Permaculture principles to cities. Urban food production by a block, creating a community of living together self-sufficiently # urbaine Finland In urban areas could map all unused space & find out if we could start growing food on it. get whole community involved to reduce vandalism. UK Greenery/vertical farming in cities is 1) a sight for our sore eyes, 2) rebuilds our health, 3) improves energy-efficiency, 4) food security, Finland Prague native was surprised by food gardens in Boston as heavy metal contamination at home made it impossible there. Build clean new soils? USA Each of these vertical farms can have a small website where they can post available products, prices and take/ship orders. Mexico

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B Signals from the Present 13 4 | Hyper-Urban Farming

© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 14 The city of Cleveland has been converting abandoned houses into urban farms. Peng Qiugen: China’s Celebrity Urban Farmer Peng Qiugen, having grown as much as 400kg of watermelon on his roof in one year, has been leading China’s move towards urban farming. 4 | Hyper-Urban Farming | Signals from the Present Turning Abandoned Houses into Urban Farms Image Source: urban-population-sprouts-urban-farms/ urban-population-sprouts-urban-farms/ Image Source: bloom-into-urban-gardens-in-cleveland-ohio/cleveland-ohio-urban- gardens-by-cleveland-kid-2/?extend=1www.inhabitat.com/thousands-of-vacant-houses-set-to- bloom-into-urban-gardens-in-cleveland-ohio/cleveland-ohio-urban- gardens-by-cleveland-kid-2/?extend=1