Visit the Bushwick / Boswijck house to catch screenings of films that explore urban farming, even right in New York.
Footprint Manhattan (study, 2009) by The Why Factory (T?F), MVRDV and Stroom investigates how much space is needed to produce food for the entire population of Manhattan, including dwellers and visitors. With current US production yields, this would require 150 times the area of Manhattan.
With a combination of hydroponic farming to boost crop efficiency, organic farming for animals to increase quality and animal well-being, while maintaining minimum livestock surface areas as specified by Dutch regulations (US organic farming regulations do not specify minimum), the area needed for food production is reduced to 46 times Manhattan.
The image above is one visualization of this spatial requirement and gives a good idea of the enormous impact food production has on space. Visit the house to see more configurations that keep the demand within the boundaries of Manhattan.
Animation by Wieland Gouwens, Rotterdam