This article exhibit an enthusiastic lookat urban agriculture in Paris .
“ According to Bleu , efficient business models still need to be developed further for urban - farming company to thrive .
Bleu said their own secret for winner lies in employing circular economy principle , such as re - using waste product and fresh urban residue in their operations .
For deterrent example , they use coffee grounds to cultivate oyster mushrooms in the cellar of a supermarket , and extend their products to nearby supermarkets and restaurants . They further broaden their operation by selling raise kits that can be ordered online , and offer educational kits for school educatee .
This is what Bleu calls “ an ecosystemic advance ” to urban farming : their project aims at reconciling societal , economic , and environmental effect through unlike initiatives such as recycling urban wastefulness , air purgation through gullible space , the existence of social ace using the economic cycle , and ply educational programs for youngster .
“ Our cities are in a poor condition from an ecosystemic perspective , ” he said , draw the situation in France . “ So what matters to us is to see how we can cleverly incorporate urban metamorphosis . ”
The problem with a lot of the “ gullible ” initiative , climate change projects , alternative and urban horticulture course of study , etc . , is that they ’re not based on profitable economic models . Many are pie - in - the - sky projects that bank on NGOs and government grants to do things that would be done a lot more expeditiously and profitably by businesses .
Intervention via throwing cash at things make weird optical aberration .
For representative , there is a local aquaponics projection I confab which is funded by a non - profit . It is complicated , half - completed and need perpetual sustainment . The few vegetables coming from the system are less than I could grow in a few pots on the porch and be a ton more . Someone thought it was a really cool idea so they got backing – and now they ’re hoping to train others to build up similar arrangement . But it ’s entirely non - profitable . It ’s a resource and time swallow hole . Fine for hobbyists , but as a business model it ’s non - tenable .
It is difficult to make money at farming . It ’s like the old joke about getting rich by pen books on how to get rich .
I hope some of these urban agriculture projects really work out , but a fortune of what I see is high-mindedness mix in with grant money and taxpayer one dollar bill . Non - profits and burn out volunteers , rather than working business .
Time will tell . Voltaire might have the adept take on changing the humankind .
“ Je sais aussi , dit Candide , qu’il faut cultiver notre jardin . ”
