This technical paper begins by introducing the concept of aquaponics, including a brief
history of its development and its place within the larger category of soil-less culture and …

Capillary irrigation systems have been investigated for some years as a means to deliver
water to plants in container gardening. This review paper identifies that traditional capillary …

The growing interest in utilizing recycled waste substrates (RWS) in ecosystem services and
environmental remediation aligns with the “waste to wealth” concept and the Sustainable …

Purpose Urban farming is becoming more common in the USA, as food-based
entrepreneurs seek to make money farming in the city. Yet many urban farms are concerned …

Urban agriculture (UA) can be highly productive in terms of yield per unit area, however
productivity is limited by available land and high input requirements. We determined how …

Given the search for new solutions to better prepare cities for the future, in recent years,
urban agriculture (UA) has gained in relevance. Within the context of UA, innovative …

A wicking bed (WB) is a plant driven system where plants receive water through capillary
rise from a self-contained coarse material-filled subsoil reservoir. WBs have been widely …

Urban agriculture requires local water to replace'hydrologic externalities' associated with
food produced outside of the local area, with an accompanying shift of the water footprint …

To achieve higher yields and maximum plant growth, excessive amounts of inorganic
fertilisers are often applied to soils, affecting human and animal health and leading to the …

Raised beds are commonly used in urban agriculture, but crop production benefits have not
been well studied. The objective of this 2‐yr field experiment in Illinois was to determine the …