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2019 Zhangyan Harvests Festival
Urban-Rural
exhibition curated by @johnthackara
- personal slide 13.11.2019 -

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Purpose:
preview of the kinds of activities to expect
on this “learning landscape”

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Location: Zhangyan Village 200 years ago and now

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Location (next to village):
Zhangyan Agricultural Research Facility

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Our venue: the Dome
(inside Zhangyan Agricultural Research Facility)

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one week before opening

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24 hours before opening

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Opening

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Urban-Rural: the content zones

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herb-lined entrance

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SOILS ZONE

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Soils zone: on the table, “smell the beauty of healthy soil”
Images at the back: “Man’s internet and nature’s internet”
Wall on left: “ten ways to restore soil”

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“Smell the beauty of healthy soil”

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“why Soil?” - explained

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@simonsublimet billions of bacteria in a spoonful of healthy soil

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Jenny Hill | Unsplashwe are connected

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“The health of the soil, and the health of
people, are the same story. With that in
mind, here are ten ways to restore soils:
1Read ‘From The Soil’
2 Soil Restoration checklist
3 Large-scale ecological restoration
4 Ten elements of ecological agriculture
5 Ecological Restoration Practice
6 AgTech
7 Permaculture
8 Citizen Science (Sectormentor)
9 Feed the soil with food waste
10 Bring nature into the city

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Soil Restoration
Four indicators of healthy soil
structure,
microbial life,
nutrient density,
carbon levels
Five farming principles
maintain constant ground cover,
increase microbe populations,
encourage biological diversity,
reduce the use of agricultural
chemicals,
avoid tillage.
Five Citizen Actions
Reduce Impervious Surfaces
Plant Rain Gardens
Restore Wetlands
Plant Buffer Strips Along Stream
Banks
Restablish Forest Cover
(Dr Christine Jones)
Open Source Compost Sensor | KindaSmith (Farm Hack)

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37 Monitoring the health of the land with Artificial Intelligence
(= Video simulation of every farm in China - i.e. this display, but green. Inset = map of High Nature Value farming in Ireland)
Source: Alibaba/Taobao Rural (via Lou)
Ireland leads in High Nature Value Farming - so we posed a challenge to Alibaba:
why not re-purpose their real-time online sales dashboard as a way to monitor
the ecological health of the land, field-by-field.

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MAKING ZONE

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Atelier Luma:
Algae Platform

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FEEDING ZONE

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farm_2_plate - video live streaming
Source: Alibaba/Taobao Rural

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China's 230 million small-holder farmers are the backbone of the rural economy and
the country's food systems. Farmer live-streaming connects them directly with
urban citizens. Source: Alibaba/Taobao Rural

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Microscopic organisms - our ancestors and allies -
transform food and extend its usefulness.
Fermentation is found throughout human cultures.
Hundreds of medical and scientific studies confirm
what folklore has always known: Fermented foods help
people stay healthy. Many of your favorite foods and
drinks are probably fermented. For instance: Bread,
Cheese, Wine, Beer, Mead, Cider, Chocolate, Coffee,
Tea, Pickles, Sauerkraut, Kimchi, Miso, Tempeh, Soy
Sauce, Vinegar, Yogurt, Kefir, Kombucha.
http://www.wildfermentation.com/
Fermentation workshop at Urban-Rural curated by
Francesca VAlsecchi

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2d images Source: Andrea Paoletti

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Nick Fuentes
The back story of Urban-Rural is the transition “from oil age to soil age”. For a few decades,
unlimited energy enabled global flows of people and resources. The soil age, in contrast, will be
multi-local. Shown here, multi-local geography anticipated by Walter Christaller in 1930

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Multi-local is not a retreat into isolation. New forms of global, open-source governance platforms are
emerging that enable diverse forms of peer-to-peer collaboration and sharing

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the example of Shanghai’s BIOfarm

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CLOTHING ZONE

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LIVING ZONE

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47 School for Village Hosts: System
2D large backdrop image Source: Casa Netural, Italy

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Wonder Grottole, Italy
Andrea PAOLETTI, Creative Director

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School for Village Hosts, Italy/China
Source: D&I student

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LEARNING ZONE

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LEARNING TOPICS
Ecological Literacy and Earth Repair
Local Economy Blueprint
Urban-Rural Reconnection
Place-Based Design
Feeding
Adapting buildings and infra
Local renewable energy
Care and health

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Kunshan Organic Farm

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Little Donkey Farm, Beijing

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Rural Social Innovation Centre CLARA, Portugal
(Maxim Dedushkov, CEO)

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Atelier LUMA, France - Jan Boelen, Creative Director , Maja Hoffman, Founder

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Pontio Innovation, Wales | Rural innovation hotspot | Dr Andrew Goodman Founder/Director

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“experiments that can help is envision a possible future”
Prof Dr Lou Yongqi, Design Harvests Founder