Articles by Henry Gordon-Smith

About Henry Gordon-Smith

Henry Gordon-Smith is the Founder and Managing Director of Agritecture Consulting, a global consulting firm focussed on integrating urban agriculture with the built environment. They started as a blog and have since assisted with more than 60 projects in 10 cities, with municipal partners including the City of Atlanta, New York City, The City of Paris, Horticulture New Zealand, Sidewalk Toronto, and the Qatari Development Bank.

Strategies for Sustainable Food Systems in Smart Cities

In addition to the needs on the entrepreneurship side, it also became readily apparent that the urban farming industry is siloed and frequently disconnected from the outside world. To address this we have created workshops and conferences that focus on bringing people of diverse backgrounds together and introducing urban agriculture to a wider audience than just ag-tech entrepreneurs.