In September 2014 the Centre for Urban Agriculture held an international conference on Vertical Farming and Urban Agriculture.

As part of the conference Dickson Despommier gave a presentation entitled 'City Farms for City Dwellers' and in this video we hear a summary of his views on this subject.

To watch the whole 25 minute interview visit http://youtu.be/lwCR8peN6ok

Dickson Despommier is the author of ‘Vertical Farming’ and Emeritus professor of microbiology and public health at Columbia University.

For more information about the Centre for Urban Agriculture and their upcoming events visit:

http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/urbanagriculture/index.aspx