Journal of Environmental Law & Litigation : Vol. 25, No. 1, p. 203-248 : Note: Creating a Sustainable Urban Agriculture Revolution
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Date
2010
Authors
Peters, Kathryn A.
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University of Oregon School of Law
Abstract
This Note discusses the harms of our current agricultural and urban
development practices as well as the benefits of an urban agricultural
system, both in terms of sustainability and food security. This Note
also examines case studies of existing urban agricultural systems and
makes recommendations for government incentives that would
promote the development of a sustainable urban agricultural system.
Specifically, Part I provides an overview of the history and current
state of the U.S. industrial agricultural system. Part II examines the
current urban development trend in the United States. Part III
describes a sustainable urban agricultural system. Part IV discusses
the principles of sustainability and then evaluates the current
agricultural system, urban land development trends, and a sustainable
urban agricultural system in terms of these principles. Part V presents
a case study of Cuba, discussing the consequences of the collapse of
the Soviet Union and the subsequent U.S. embargo on Cuba’s food
supply, followed by Cuba’s development of a sustainable urban agricultural system. Part VI presents case studies of current urban
gardening projects in several U.S. cities. Part VII discusses
recommendations for federal, state, and local governments to
incentivize urban agriculture and community garden projects
throughout the United States.
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46 p.
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25 J. ENVTL. L. & LITIG. 203 (2010)