Posts Tagged ‘urban agriculture’
21 Technologies That Are Decentralizing The Economy And Bringing Real Power Back To The People
The world is becoming more centralized, increasingly focused on economies of scale and transferring wealth to a tiny elite at the top of the financial system. Yet, at the same time there is another movement that is actively working to decentralize the world. The 21 decentralizing technologies and innovations in this list are all related…
Read MoreTop 10 Most Amazing Vertical Farms in the World
If you run out of space horizontally, then grow your food vertically. That’s what these 10 vertical farms from across the world are doing. An estimated 80% of the earth’s population will live in cities by the year 2050, and to meet the increasing demand for food, urban vertical farms are sprouting up around the…
Read MoreGotham Greens: America’s First Commercial Rooftop Greenhouse Farm On Whole Foods Store
A neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, is now benefiting from a revolutionary partnership in urban agriculture — a 20,000-square-foot rooftop greenhouse built on a Whole Foods supermarket. The partnering farmers are from a company called Gotham Greens, and together they are growing high-quality, pesticide-free produce year-round for their customers. Gotham Greens says the new facility…
Read MoreFood Grown on Rooftops in Montreal, Canada Feeds Thousands of People
In 2011, a company from Montreal, Quebec, Canada grew their very first vegetables from the world’s first commercial rooftop greenhouse. Today, they feed 2,000 people with fresh vegetables harvested locally, and on the exact same day. For most people rooftops are an ignored space, but not for CEO Mohamed Hage. He created Lufa Farms with…
Read MoreThere Is A Huge Underground Farm Hiding 100 Feet Beneath London’s Streets
It’s hard to find enough space for urban farms to grow enough local produce to feed a big city. Unless you put the whole farm below in an abandoned tunnel. The newest branch line of the London Underground doesn’t go anywhere. But it does produce a lot of nice food to eat. It’s a hydroponic…
Read MoreGreen Bronx Machine Transforms Kids Lives with Urban Agriculture
Amidst New York City’s South Bronx—a place traditionally rife with gang activity, poverty and crime— a thriving population of young urban farmers are greening and beautifying neighborhoods, growing healthy food and providing it to people in need. This is the Green Bronx Machine—led by Stephen Ritz, one very inspiring man. “We are growing ourselves into…
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