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6 urban farms feeding the world

A bustling city is the last place you'd ever expect to find a farm. But urban agriculture is alive and well, providing...

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Incredible rooftop farm takes over Israel’s oldest mall to grow thousands of organic vegetables

An amazing farm has sprouted in an unlikely place—the rooftop of Israel’s oldest mall in the heart of Tel Aviv....

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Massive rooftop farm in Tel Aviv grows 10,000 heads of lettuce every month

On top of a shopping mall in Israel, a sprawling rooftop farm produces fresh vegetables and greens for thousands...

Proposed Staten Island vineyard would produce local wine for New Yorkers

New plans for a $20-million development in Staten Island include a proposed vineyard that would produce grapes...

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World’s largest rooftop farm sprouts 10 million pesticide-free crops each year

The 75,000-square-foot rooftop farm is situated atop Method Products manufacturing facility in Chicago’s Pullman...

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Organic rooftop farm grows atop an elementary school in China

A team led by Professor Li Bojun from the Zhejiang Province Agricultural Academy designed the Pujia Primary School’s...

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Need a Rooftop Farm? Call This Company

Installing a green roof on your home or business is not a matter that can typically be resolved by consulting the...

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Futuristic Williamsburg Hotel with 20,000-Sq-Ft Rooftop Farm Set to Rise Above Wythe Avenue

If Williamsburg, Brooklyn doesn't boast enough visual stimulus for you already, a futuristic new hotel set to...

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Rooftop Farms on Japanese Train Stations Serve as Community Gardens

The first Soradofarm, also known as a Machinaka Vegetable Garden, was built on top of the Ebisu station in Tokyo...

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How Close is New York to Being Able to Grow All of Its Own Food?

New York is known for being one of the most diverse culinary melting pots in the world with everything from Tibetan...

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Boston’s Higher Ground Farm Will be the Second-Biggest Rooftop Farm in the World

Urban rooftop farming is thriving in cities like Brooklyn and Montreal, but it hasn't quite caught on yet in Boston....

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Each UrbanSpace Office Comes with Its Own Rooftop Farm Plot

Have you ever thought about farming on your lunch hour? UrbanSpace, the company behind the Mad. Sq. Eats festival...

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PHOTOS: Fifth Street Farm Unveils New Rooftop Farm Classroom Designed by Michael Arad

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer joined Arad and a myriad of local officials to cut the green ribbon...

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Brooklyn Grange’s New Brooklyn Navy Yard Roof Farm Celebrates First Harvest with Mayor Bloomberg

The Brooklyn Grange began in Queens when Farmer Ben Flanner started his own small rooftop farm that catered to...

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Parking Garage Rooftop UPGarden P-Patch Almost Complete in Seattle

UPGarden P-Patch is located on the rooftop of the Mercer parking garage on Mercer Street between 3rd and 4th Ave...

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BrightFarms Reveals That A&P Will Be Its Retail Partner for Sunset Park’s Massive Rooftop Farm

We've been following BrightFarms' plan to build the world's largest rooftop farm in Brooklyn, and now they've sent...

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NYC Looking to Build World’s Largest Rooftop Farm in Hunts Point Area of The Bronx

The new rooftop farm could look like this one in Greenpoint, Photo by Kthread Mayor Bloomberg's Economic Development...

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The Globe (Hedron) Is a Geodesic Greenhouse for Urban Farmers

Predicting food shortages in the 21st century, Zurich-based UrbanFarmers AG and Conceptual Devices have...

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Occupy Wall Street Sustainability Plans to Build a Rooftop Farm in Brooklyn

Brooklyn’s Bushwick neighborhood, where 75 percent of children are born in poverty, has few venues for healthy...

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New Zoning Proposal Could Bring 1,200 Acres of Rooftop Farms to NYC

A new proposal by the Department of City Planning would allow commercial buildings throughout the city to be topped...

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UPDATE: Brooklyn Grange Farm is Expanding to a 45K Square Foot Rooftop in the Brooklyn Navy Yard

As the world's largest rooftop farm, Brooklyn Grange has been super busy for the last three years providing the...

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Frisch vom Dach To Convert Former Berlin Malt Factory Into a Rooftop Aquaponics Farm!

Community gardens are already very popular in Berlin, but a group of agro-entrepreneurs is planning to take urban...

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The Hell’s Kitchen Farm Serves its First Harvest in the Metro Baptist Church Pantry

Set on West 40th Street, the rooftop garden was conceived this past June, in collaboration with the Clinton Housing...

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Brooklyn Grange is the World’s Largest Rooftop Farm!

New York City is not what comes to mind when you think of lush green farms, but these days it seems like every...

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Harvard Economist Claims Urban Farms Do More Harm Than Good

We’ve covered a wide variety of urban agriculture projects in the past – the rooftop farm Brooklyn Grange,...

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Grow Your Own Basil In The World’s Smallest Urban Garden – Plastic Bottle Caps

We've featured vertical gardens, rooftop gardens, urban gardens and a bevy of other kinds of gardens, but this...

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The Roof, the Roof, the Roof is a Farm!

Like the rest of the Inhabitat crew, I get to spend a good part of my day ogling the finest futuristic farming...

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