SUPERFARM design envisions an urban vertical farm that is energy self-sufficient
French design practice Studio NAB has proposed a large-scale vertical farm as a sustainable solution to urban population...
The LEED Gold-seeking Edible Academy teaches urban farming in NYC
New York-based architecture firm Cooper Robertson and Mathews Nielsen Landscape Architects (MNLA) recently completed...
Can vertical farming feed the world and change the agriculture industry?
Year after year, cities expand and pristine natural habitats are turned into farms and pastures to support the...
Vincent Callebaut’s Arboricole tower brings vertical agriculture to the city
Vincent Callebaut Architectures, known for green projects that combine smart building with advanced renewable energy...
Plantagon’s crowdfunded ‘plantscraper’ aims to produce 500 metric tons of food a year
Swedish company Plantagon believes that ‘plantscrapers' are the way of the future—and part of the solution...
Technicolor greenhouse in Tokyo puts on a pulsating light show when plants are touched
Although dancing in a greenhouses would be inappropriate in most cases, the fun Digital Vegetables installation...
World’s first solar-powered, indoor vertical farm sprouts in Philadelphia
Future-farming experts Metropolis Farms have opened the world's first solar powered, indoor vertical farm in the...
New Orleans golf course transformed into city’s biggest urban farm with an Eco-Campus
A former golf course in New Orleans' City Park has been transformed into the city's biggest urban farm—Grow Dat...
IKEA’s SPACE10 lab is bringing a pop-up vertical farm to London
Ever wondered what the future of food looks like? IKEA’s SPACE10 lab is working on making food production smarter...
Edible schoolyards sprout across war-torn Syria
As Syria's civil war continues into its sixth year, millions remain in the divided, war-torn country. To meet basic...
Shanghai is planning a massive 100-hectare vertical farm to feed 24 million people
International architecture firm Sasaki just unveiled plans for a spectacular 100-hectare urban farm set amidst...
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....
America’s first urban ‘agrihood’ feeds 2,000 households for free
When you think of Detroit, 'sustainable' and 'agriculture' may not be the first two words that you think of. But...
Terraces Home combines architecture with urban agriculture in Vietnam
True to its name, the Terraces Home features a terraced rooftop with planting beds and wooden surfaces. The terraces...
Farm 360 in Indianapolis grows veggies with 100% renewable energy and 90% less water
Farm 360's hydroponic growing system relies on an array of thousands of energy-efficient LED lights which bathe...
The White House Garden is here to stay
The United States is now in the final stretch of its exceptionally long, extremely strange 2016 presidential election....
9 questions with eco architect William McDonough on the future of agriculture
We’re excited about urban farming here at Inhabitat, and we’ve been following the work of green architect William...
Rooftop wheat fields elevate Chicago’s urban farming scene to exciting new heights
The would-be wheat farm is atop a landmark building that once housed the Polish National Alliance but now serves...
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...
Top 10 cities in the U.S. for urban farming
Image via Flickr 1. Austin, Texas With a YWCA community garden dating back to 1975 and a Sustainable Food...
Self-sustaining Arcology Tower would bring urban agriculture to the heart of Hong Kong
Envisioned for Victoria Harbor, the three-pronged high-rise is designed to sit atop the proposed high-speed railway...
Abandoned factory in China becomes a giant floating field of fish and algae
Floating Fields is based on the idea of creating a "place-based bio-social urbanism" that offers an alternative,...
Urban farming utopia in India produces more energy than it uses
Designed in collaboration with agroecologist Amlankusum, Hyperions was created to achieve two major objectives:...
Ziggurat-like vertical farming tower would soak up the sun in Paris
Designed in collaboration with S2T, Atelier Altern Paysage, and Topager, ABF-lab’s food-farm-tower proposal placed...
Detroit’s largest urban farm to grow 60 acres of fresh produce
Urban farming is big in Detroit, and it’s about to get even bigger. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan announced the addition...
Guerrilla Grafters Secretly Graft Fruit-Bearing Branches onto San Francisco Trees
We've heard of guerrilla gardening, and we've heard of grafting plants -- but guerrilla grafting? That's new to...
Sky Greens is the world’s first hydraulic-driven vertical farm
When it comes to growing food, the sky's the limit thanks to innovations like the Sky Urban Vertical Farming System....
Hay Stack Café raises goats and hens in the heart of Philadelphia
The design team proposed to source every material for the temporary structure locally, including the goats and...
Boston Food Forest inspires community through ecological design
As a brutal winter retreats into the record books, Bostonians of all species are out and about. “Mating sparrows,...
How to transform Los Angeles’ River neighborhoods into an urban agriculture paradise
The Urban Greening Plan’s main goal is to establish an environmentally and economically sustainable urban development...