Vertical farms, many stories high, will be situated in the heart of the world's urban centers. They offer the promise of urban renewal, sustainable production of a safe and varied food supply, and year-round crop production. The concept of indoor farming is not new, since hothouse production of tomatoes, a wide variety of herbs, and other produce has been in vogue for some time. What is new is the urgent need to scale up this technology to accommodate another 3 billion people. An entirely new approach to indoor farming must be invented, employing cutting edge technologies. The Vertical Farm must be efficient (cheap to construct and safe to operate). Vertical farms, many stories high, will be situated in the heart of the world's urban centers. If successfully implemented, they offer the promise of urban renewal, sustainable production of a safe and varied food supply (year-round crop production), and the eventual repair of ecosystems that have been sacrificed for horizontal farming.
You Grow Girl was launched by Gayla Trail in February 2000 and has grown into a thriving online community that speaks to a new kind of gardener, seeking to redefine the modern world relationship to plants. This contemporary, laid-back approach to gardening places equal importance on environmentalism, style, affordability, art, and humour.
City farms: Journey to Forever - edible cities, urban agriculture, community gardens, fighting hunger and poverty, food production, waste recycling, sustainable cities, online resources
The Urban Farm is a model for productive urban land use where people grow food, work together, take care of the land, and build community.
Aquaponic gardens use fish, water and no soil — and may be the future of food growing.
This coming Sunday's New York Times Magazine includes a feature on the Crop Mob, an innovative project in the North Carolina Triangle. Tom Philpott burns with pride to see his friends getting the attention they deserve.
Devotees say that plants grown dangling upside down save space, and are less vulnerable to pests and weeds.
Miniature gardens under glass capitalize on the popularity of crafts, greenery and Victoriana.
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Urban Farms, Rooftop Farms, Indoor Growing Any kind of sustainable, organic, futuristic, old-fashioned growing, gardening, farming, or experience with nature.
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