Urban Farms + Rent-Free Apartments

Transform vacant buildings in Providence, RI into urban farms in order to invite people to become urban farmers & live in the building rent-free
#UrbanFarms #AffordableHousing #ClimateAction
#SabinaMatos #SouthsideCommunityLandTrust #ProvidencePreservationSociety #SupermanBuilding #JWU #RISD #BrownUniversity #EmmaWatson #JenniferGarner #USDA

Please check out the articles, organization websites, and YouTube videos I reference (or inspired me) for this idea proposal:

https://amp.providencejournal.com/amp/6108291001

https://www.wpri.com/news/politics/advocates-state-leaders-discuss-ways-to-combat-ris-ongoing-housing-crisis/amp/

https://ppsri.org/advocacy/mep/2021mep/

https://ppsri.org/advocacy/current-advocacy/cranston-street-armory/

https://rifoodcouncil.org/policy/growing-markets-for-local-food-products/

https://gardenculturemagazine.com/repurposing-empty-skyscrapers-into-urban-farms/

https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2021/10/11/7-ways-urban-agriculture-can-transform-unused-spaces

https://local12.com/news/local/urban-farming-city-council-proposal-would-transform-vacant-buildings-into-farms

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2016/08/15/indoor-farms-vacant-buildings-detroit/88813972/

https://archive.curbed.com/2015/11/20/9898180/detroit-abandoned-lots-vacant-artists-urban-farming-business

https://www.regenerativedesigngroup.com/projects/fowler-clark-epstein-urban-farm/

http://konodesigns.com/urban-farm/

https://youtu.be/qJMZRIRkZWs

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/02/06/metro/ri-leaders-discussing-options-saving-superman-building/?outputType=amp

https://youtu.be/GbijPt3pDGg

https://www.southsideclt.org/mission-values/

https://www.southsideclt.org/about-us/grower-profiles/

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/10/08/metro/johnson-wales-university-craves-something-more-than-cooking/

https://youtu.be/otOw9uJvW3Q

https://catalog.providence.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=31&poid=1446&returnto=1093

https://www.risd.edu/academics/interior-architecture

https://www.risd.edu/academics/film-animation-video

https://www.usda.gov/our-agency/initiatives/veterans

https://www.usda.gov/our-agency/initiatives/veterans/veterans-and-entrepreneurship

https://youtu.be/-QkYZXCUan0

https://onceuponafarmorganics.com/pages/our-difference

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