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thecultureist: 5 Benefits of Vertical Farming: The Future of...
thecultureist:5 Benefits of Vertical Farming: The Future of Agriculture http://www.thecultureist.com/2012/11/28/5-benefits-of-vertical-farming-the-future-of-agriculture/
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Inadequate distribution is the number one roadblock preventing...
Inadequate distribution is the number one roadblock preventing us from having a sustainable and effective food system. Urban farming is one solution but research suggests that our urban food...
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Last month we reported on Local Garden, a new commercial...
Last month we reported on Local Garden, a new commercial vertical farm located in downtown Vancouver. Last week I was in Vancouver and had the opportunity to check out the vertical farm that is located...
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Interested in learning more about how the vertical farm in Singapore works? Check out this video.The “water wheel” that is used to power the rotation of the towers is uber-cool. ideatrotter:
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Urban agriculture makes the top 10 trends list for 2013 on...
Urban agriculture makes the top 10 trends list for 2013 on popupcities.comThis subterranean Tokyo farm was by far the coolest on the list:...
View ArticleApparently the first rooftop certified organic farm in the...
Apparently the first rooftop certified organic farm in the US:urbanfoodproduction:
View ArticleAt Biocities - soiless agriculture event in NYC - www.facebook.com/biocities
At Biocities - soiless agriculture event in NYC - www.facebook.com/biocities
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NEWS: Vertical Farm Building Planned for UW-Madison
Jerry Kaufman, a longtime UW-Madison urban planning professor and pioneer in the urban agriculture movement, will have a new five-story building in Milwaukee hosting a vertical farm named for him, it...
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Where should high-density urban farms in the US be located?...
Where should high-density urban farms in the US be located? Check out this interactive food desert map from the USDA. Improving the available fresh food in the urban food deserts across this country...
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This is post #100! We just donated to urban agriculture to...
This is post #100! We just donated to urban agriculture to celebrate!……………………………………………………………………………………….Watch this video from a crowdfunding project to raise money for urban farms at schools all over...
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Aero-Tree aeroponic system encourages people to cultivate food
The decrease in the amount of land available for cultivating food and the rapid increase in population has tempted designers to think about ways growing food can be made simple, which can encourage the...
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NEWS: US hospital adds hydroponic greenhouse to provide healthy and fresh...
This is what we like to see: institutions investing in growing food where it is needed the most. Hospitals have long been discussed as “low lying fruit” for building-integrated agriculture because of...
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Often people ask us why we even need to prioritize urban...
Often people ask us why we even need to prioritize urban agriculture and why high-density urban farming solutions like hydroponics, aeroponics, and aquaponics are the best way to do so. Food security...
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NYSUNWORKS brings hydroponic, aeroponic, and aquaponic farming...
NYSUNWORKS brings hydroponic, aeroponic, and aquaponic farming into schools through the construction of rooftop greenhouses. robstephenson:PS 333 Rooftop Greenhouse, interior 2011. Part of my urban...
View ArticleNEWS: Professor Dickson Despommier, Columbia University, is awarded the...
LINKÖPING (January 30, 2013) - This is the first time excellence in urban agriculture is recognized publically. The Award is given out by the Plantagon Non Profit Association with the objective to...
View ArticleVideo: Rooftop parking lot transformed into 'vertical farm'
Video: Rooftop parking lot transformed into 'vertical farm': Unfortunately, Globe and Mail doesn’t allow for video embedding but if you want to learn more about Local Garden, the recently constructed...
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New images of Growing Power’s planned vertical farm. What...
New images of Growing Power’s planned vertical farm. What do you think of the design? Read our other posts about Growing Power here and here and here. Growing Power, Inc. is an...
View ArticleVertical Farming is not a 'Silver Bullet'
This article from GreenBang is for all those truly interested in global food security. It provides interesting and useful data on the current state of global food insecurity and some smart reform...
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The Architecture of Urban Agriculture
Architecture with urban agriculture: essential for any resilient city.Urban agriculture is a trend many cities are experiencing. Spurred on by the drive for countries to be able to feed themselves,...
View ArticleCheck out this interesting video tour of a greenhouse that...
Check out this interesting video tour of a greenhouse that employs a vertical hydroponic growing system. Incredible what can be grown in a such a cold location! Nice use of aquaponics as well.
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