By Neenah Payne Brooklyn Grange in New York City is the largest rooftop farm in the world. The 2016 book The Farm on the Roof: What Brooklyn Grange Taught Us About Entrepreneurship, Community, and Growing a Sustainable Business tells the story of its founding and…
By The Conscious Resistance On this episode of the Activation podcast Derrick Broze speaks with farmer and activist Curtis Stone. Curtis is a farmer, author, speaker and consultant. His area of expertise is in quick-growing, high-value annual vegetables for direct consumer market streams. His book, The…
By Mayukh Saha Our urban landscape, no matter how filled with concrete it might be, still offers us many surprises. Urban foraging is the practice of identifying and collecting wild foods like plant roots, tree nuts, mushrooms, and flowers growing freely around an urban center….
By Neenah Payne “We Have No Food for You” – Insiders on Food Supply Shortages warns: “Start growing food and secure your protein now.” Preppers have lots of stored foods – but what about fresh greens? Being able to grow your own food provides a…
Growing fruit and vegetables in just 10 percent of a city’s gardens and other urban green spaces could provide 15 percent of the local population with their ‘five a day’, according to new research. In a study published in Nature Food, academics from the Institute…
By Mayukh Saha Soon you wouldn’t need to buy snacks while roaming in the streets of Copenhagen. The city council has recently made a decision to plant fruit trees for the whole community. Many trees will be planted, including apple trees and blackberry bushes. The…
By John Vibes IKEA released the instructions for an innovative urban farming design to the public for free. The company partnered with the Danish design lab “Space10,” to create “The Growroom,” which they described as “an artistic exploration of the incredible potential of urban farming.”…
By Amanda Froelich Have you heard of guerrilla gardening? If not, it’s time to get familiar with the term. All around the world, activists are planting everything from wildflowers to herbs to fruits and vegetables in public spaces. Often perceived to be an act of…
‘It’s changed our way of eating a lot’: Participants cited pride in their garden work as a key factor in eating the healthier produce they grew, leading to an increase in healthy eating and physical activity. Food deserts are an increasingly recognized problem in the…
A community garden occupies a diminutive dirt lot in Phoenix. Rows of raised garden beds offer up basil, watermelons and corn, making this patch of land an agricultural oasis in a desert city of 1.5 million people. In fact, this little garden is contributing in…
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