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“There is a tremendous enthusiasm around the country for localized food systems and urban agriculture,” said lead researcher Christine Costello, assistant professor of agricultural and biological engineering, College of Agricultural Sciences, Penn State. “We wanted to determine how much nutrition urban agriculture really can contribute  to find out what’s feasible as well as how much land is required to meet the population’s needs.”
Now, with the COVID-19 pandemic exposing weaknesses in food supply chains, the focus on localizing food systems has sharpened, especially in and around big cities. Answering questions about how much food urban agriculture actually can contribute is more important than ever, Costello pointed out. For example, a recent study found that 30% of Boston’s fruit and vegetable demand could be met in Boston through soil-based and rooftop urban agriculture. ....

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