User:Average/Food Sovereignty
Why are you shipping most of your food from thousands of miles away? Collectively-owned greenhouse co-ops could grow food year-round for the city. Sell shares of acreage inside to the highest bidders on a monthly basis and let them keep the profits. Humidity shields can separate tropical foods from others. Large on-ground areas can grow trees if there a direct connection to the sky.
Have a smoothie and salsa bar onsite for making small-job employment and education available to all who enter. Perhaps you can even attract and justify memberships that allow outsiders to "hang-out" and use wifi all day if they want to soak up the new vibe.
Everyone needs food. Learn how to collect seeds and make a seed bank to defy your monocrop culture. Growing locally pays in everyway.
And make sure it's connected with new-paradigm shelters nearby and bike and mass transit networks for those making the dream real.
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