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
[gallery_extend] The would-be wheat farm is atop a landmark building that once housed the Polish National...
World’s largest rooftop farm sprouts 10 million pesticide-free crops each year
[gallery_extend] The 75,000-square-foot rooftop farm is situated atop Method Products manufacturing...
Top 10 cities in the U.S. for urban farming
[gallery_extend] Image via Flickr 1. Austin, Texas With a YWCA community garden dating back to 1975...
Self-sustaining Arcology Tower would bring urban agriculture to the heart of Hong Kong
[gallery_extend] Envisioned for Victoria Harbor, the three-pronged high-rise is designed to sit atop...
Abandoned factory in China becomes a giant floating field of fish and algae
[gallery_extend] Floating Fields is based on the idea of creating a "place-based bio-social urbanism"...
Urban farming utopia in India produces more energy than it uses
[gallery_extend] Designed in collaboration with agroecologist Amlankusum, Hyperions was created to achieve...
Ziggurat-like vertical farming tower would soak up the sun in Paris
[gallery_extend] Designed in collaboration with S2T, Atelier Altern Paysage, and Topager, ABF-lab’s...
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
[gallery_extend] The design team proposed to source every material for the temporary structure locally,...
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
[gallery_extend] The Urban Greening Plan’s main goal is to establish an environmentally and economically...
This vertical farm will provide Wyoming residents with 100,000 lbs of fresh produce each year
[gallery_extend] The Vertical Harvest farm is designed by E/Ye Design and utilizes a 30 by 150-foot...
