Urban-farming innovators such as Detroit and Cleveland offer an object lesson in how cities can transform disused land into tomorrow’s (healthy) dinner. READ MORE›
Low-income urban areas are frequently declared "food deserts"--areas lacking access to supermarkets and nutritious food, requiring intervention from urban planners. One such effort in New York is the subject of the documentary "The Apple Pushers."READ MORE›
Using one of the city's many stalled construction sites as a home, the farm of New York's Riverpark restaurant supplies the kitchen with fresh produce, without having a permanent home.READ MORE›
A new guerrilla art project asks the city of New York to give the people access to unused public land, and to create a massive network of urban farms.READ MORE›
In the past, urban planners spent a lot of time coloring maps. Why? To set the rules for land use: Where will the housing go? The offices? The school? Two-dimensional thinking assigned one color to each parcel to guide which uses ...READ MORE›
Triscuit plans to build 65 community-based farms in 20 U.S. cities this year, some in low-income housing facilities located in food deserts. READ MORE›
The 4-story shop-turned-farm in Hackney, London, is opening its doors to cafe seekers and a potentially long-term financially-viable model of business.READ MORE›
Detroit's downfall paved the way for an urban farming revival. Now Newark, New Jersey--another ailing urban center--is aiming for an agricultural revolution of its own.READ MORE›
New York's concrete jungle is about to get more green -- and tasty -- thanks to Gotham Greens, which is building a hydroponic rooftop farm in Brooklyn. The eco-efficient farm will take a small bite out of the $2 billion in produce ...READ MORE›
So it's come to this: Unable to provide basic services for all of his constituents, Detroit mayor Dave Bing is drafting plans starve his city down to a manageable size. Using proprietary data and a survey released by Data Driven ...READ MORE›
As city-dwellers around the world discover the importance of locally-grown food, visions of self-sustaining cities continue to grow. But how feasible is urban farming on a large scale? According to this video based on research from ...READ MORE›
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