In Milan’s central district of Porta Nuova, the eye soars to absorb the Bosco verticale, or Vertical Forest – a pair of high-rise condominiums whose balconies boast nearly 1 000 mature trees. Out the front door, a wheat field has sprung up: it connects the Bosco to a cluster of skyscrapers housing Italy’s banking and corporate giants.
The Porta Nuova planning concept has been widely imitated. Its popularity speaks to a growing sense that as the global urban-rural balance shifts, so must the functions that define and sustain us — the production of food among them.
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