sometimes i volunteer at an urban farm.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Urban agriculture, urban farming, or urban gardening is the practice of cultivating, processing, and distributing food in or around a village, town, or city. Urban agriculture can also involve animal husbandry, aquaculture, agroforestry, urban beekeeping, and horticulture. These activities occur in peri-urban areas as well, and peri-urban agriculture may have different characteristics. Urban agriculture can reflect varying levels of economic and social development. In the global north, it often takes the form of a social movement for sustainable communities, where organic growers, \u2018foodies,\u2019 and \u2018locavores\u2019 form social networks founded on a shared ethos of nature and community holism. These networks can evolve when receiving formal institutional support, becoming integrated into local town planning as a \u2018transition town\u2019 movement for sustainable urban development. In the developing south, food security, nutrition, and income generation are key motivations for the practice. In either case, more direct access to fresh vegetables, fruits, and meat products through urban agriculture can improve food security and food safety. Community wastes were used in ancient Egypt to feed urban farming.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Urban agriculture is such a cool concept, do you have any tips on how to get started?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Urban farming is pretty neat! Many villages, towns and cities are beginning to cultivate and distribute food!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yes, it's great. Is there a particular country that's doing more with urban ag. than the rest?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It seems like lots of countries are getting on board, but the reasons why do seem to vary. In the global north, it's a desire for sustainable communities led by growers and foodies. The form social networks focused on nature and community."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh, yes, I bet they do help interconnect communities and bring people together! When did the firsts ones start popping up?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Actually, urban agriculture started all the way back in ancient Egypt! Community wastes were used to feed urban farming. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh, wow, all the way back then? That's pretty interesting! Now, tell me, do you need a lot of land to start ubran agriculturing? Or could I start with my backyard?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "You can definitely start with your own backyard! You don't need to live in an urban area either! Peri-urban agriculture is beginning to catch on in the fringes of urban areas."}]