>>1375260Why? More urban gardens I understand, but making mass agriculture inside of cities loses all the benefits of both normal agriculture and normal gardens. The land is super expensive, so you would need to employ some really intensive farming methods (hydroponics, vertical farming, grow lamps, etc). You would lose out on the quality of locally gardened foods, since you would need to use cultivars and techniques suited for retail (focus on durability in transit, storage, and output over flavor). You also lose out on the social aspect of community gardens... gardening is good for the soul, encourages people to take more pride and care in their community, gives people a productive outlet, etc. If you want to do some ultra-high intensity farming with all sorts of cutting edge technology, you could just drive 20 miles out of town, set up for 1/10th the cost, and still have a super short supply chain.
It just seems... dumb. Like some rich Silicon Valley losers saw community gardens, and their shriveled up sociopath brains thought "woah this seems really cool, how could we make this profitable" while sucking it of anything that made it a good idea in the first place. All these tech nerds think they are great thinkers and innovators because they made some app or website, or scammed the government into giving them money for their harebrained tech schemes, but they are so high on free money they've lost all sense of reason. They just think an idea sounds "like totally cool man" or aligns with some vague and misguided sense of social progressivism or environmentalism and mindlessly pursue it. I can't wait for the impending market correction.
