Enabling circularity for food safety: the rooftop farming model

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Starting from the premise that population growth, environmental change, urbanization, shifting consumption patterns, waste, geopolitics and infectious disease strain global food security, this paper proposes a model for promoting rooftop farming on residential, commercial and public housing as a way to build regional self-sufficiency in a transition toward a green economy. It frames rooftop farming as a strategic tool for strengthening local economies, reducing inequality, internalizing responsible production and consumption, and improving urban quality of life, and cites real cases, though it does not report specific figures or measured outcomes.