RE: Urban Renaissance Farming App - URFA: A 21st Century Urban Farming Platform
Very good. Though, there is still something I don't have quite clear. It's going to be, for users, an App to buy food and a tool to potentially become also a producers? Are you going to provide only the connections necessary for marketing or it will also provide connection with professionals in order to help whoever is interested to build their urban farms? It is awesome, anyway. I wish these things could happen in my city, Cumaná, in Venezuela.
You guys are awesome.
A while ago I was researching about some interesting things. I wanted to cultivate at home, and found a sort of "fundition" by these people:
This was their video of crowdfunding, for Indiegogo. They were offering not only a product but also education, in a sense, about what is best for planting, how it's possible for you to cultivate in cities. To sell their product they were also teaching viewers good practices to take care of your garden and your plants.
Thank you all, guys, who come up with this great idea to bring good stuff into our lives beyond (or against) any threat of "the future", or whatever that was supposed to make us loose our hope of a better world.
Thanks for such an insightful comment. Noocity is indeed interesting on how they work this model out. Basically, my idea is more or less the same which I also referred to Kimball Musk's Square Roots. This idea is still pretty raw and there are a lot of technicalities to be solved before could get into execution. Nonetheless, it is a first baby step for me to write it out and seek for comments and advice from the community :)
Another interesting project that you could look into which started their kick starter crowdfunding: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1903306293/greenbelly-vertical-urban-garden?ref=discovery
I know! Feedback is so important. As an artist I see my creation as also other's, in a sense, eather if they add something directly, or indirectly by feeling it, interpreting it, taking a side in relation to my music, or my lyrics, or whatever I express through.
I will check those both projects. Thank you! I admire a lot the work you, guys, do. And you, @kimzwarch, are so lucky to be part of @sndbox.
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Yup, love the process and interaction. To me, it is a different kind of experience and state of mind when I’m designing and ‘completing’ a design.
Ya, I felt so lucky to be part of @sndbox. Glad to be able to express myself through this platform as well as this incubator. Nice to know you too @siomarasalmeron!
Thank you, @kimzwarch. I already took a look to what you showed me, the other projects. They're awesome, mostly the vertical urban garden is an amazing idea. In Venezuela they have been also promoting urban agriculture, but it doesn't excite people anywhere. For example, where I live people comes here from a rural life, so it's a bit confusing the contrast between what they come in pursuit of and what is behind. You know, movement and everything. Now we need people to cultivate, but people want to work in air conditioner and offices, so... Complicated. But it's ok. "We" are here. I'm not a farmer but I support, in a sense.
I see, it is true that urban agriculture is still a niche in most part of the world. Yet, the potential for it to develop into a reliable alternative for traditional farming is huge. Again, to transition into a new way of doing things is always something hard. I favor urban farming and gotta have patience to ‘cultivate’ the culture.
Cultivate the culture is a great slogan. I whish you sucess, and a lot of experience and useful learning and acknowledging. Greetings! I will wait for your updates.
Thanks @siomarasalmeron! Will be updating time to time about this.