We recently shared two inspirational urban farming stories about the largest rooftop greenhouse in Montreal and bountiful vertical farming in Paris. Now, a new study is demonstrating how other urban areas can get in on the agricultural action with a model of 378 metropolitan … [Read more...] about 378 metropolitan areas could meet food needs with local farming alone
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Check out the world’s biggest rooftop greenhouse in Montreal
Back in July, we wrote about the world’s biggest rooftop urban farm in Paris, which recently started to bear fruit for the first time. Today, we’ll be skipping across the ocean to another French-speaking city—Montreal—where the biggest rooftop greenhouse just opened. The … [Read more...] about Check out the world’s biggest rooftop greenhouse in Montreal
Future of food: The world’s biggest rooftop urban farm is now bearing fruit
In the summer of 2019, we published a story about a rooftop urban farm being constructed in Paris that was set to be the biggest in the world. Now, nearly a year later, the world’s largest urban rooftop farm has started to bear fruit. Strawberries, to be precise: small, intensely … [Read more...] about Future of food: The world’s biggest rooftop urban farm is now bearing fruit
Rotterdam to build another sustainable floating farm for chickens
Last year, Rotterdam became home to the world’s first floating dairy farm, showing a radical new way of bringing farming back into the city, with minimal impact on resources and the environment. Now, a similarly eye-catching agricultural project is ready to take off in the city’s … [Read more...] about Rotterdam to build another sustainable floating farm for chickens
“The Garden City” is distributing free vegetable seedlings to those in need
Blessed with a mild Pacific coast weather, the city of Victoria, British Columbia, is known for its stunning flower gardens that are colored with magnificent blooms almost all year round; hence its nickname “The Garden City”, or the flower capital of Canada. This year, … [Read more...] about “The Garden City” is distributing free vegetable seedlings to those in need
