# Section 4 — Urban Farming

*Questions 31–40 · difficulty: hardest*

**Situation:**

You will hear part of a lecture on urban farming given to a group of university students. First you have some time to look at questions 31 to 40.

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**31.** Urban farming is the practice of cultivating, processing and ______ food in or around a city.

**32.** The three main drivers are food security, environmental concerns and ______ benefits.

**33.** Locally grown food can travel as little as a few ______ from farm to table.

**34.** Conventional produce travels an average of ______ kilometres.

**35.** A typical vertical farm can produce ______ times the yield of a traditional field farm.

**36.** What is the most obvious challenge of urban farming?
  A. A lack of sunlight  ` `
  B. The cost of land  `✓`
  C. A shortage of water  ` `

**37.** How have some projects tried to reduce the energy cost of vertical farms?
  A. By growing crops that need less light  ` `
  B. By pairing the farms with renewable energy sources such as solar panels  `✓`
  C. By relying only on natural daylight  ` `

**38.** Besides agronomy, successful urban farmers need to understand business, logistics and ______ analysis.

**39.** Some universities have started offering ______ in urban agriculture.

**40.** What does the lecturer believe about urban farming's future?
  A. It will remain a niche trend  ` `
  B. It will become a standard feature of new city developments  `✓`
  C. It will decline as technology improves  ` `

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## Answer key

| Q | Answer |
|---|--------|
| 31 | distributing |
| 32 | social |
| 33 | kilometres |
| 34 | 1500 |
| 35 | ten |
| 36 | The cost of land |
| 37 | By pairing the farms with renewable energy sources such as solar panels |
| 38 | data |
| 39 | certificates |
| 40 | It will become a standard feature of new city developments |