Farming – Urban Gardening


Green & Safe Gardening: The Ultimate Guide to Clean Plant Care

Source: brighterblooms.com Published: May 24, 2017 Sprouting a green thumb have many health benefits for adults, and even makes a great choice to teach children as a hobby they can pursue on their own. Yet you need to be aware of some of the risks and dangers found in...

Sowing Seeds, Connecting to Nature

Source: treehugger.com Published: May 3, 2017 © Laura Stoecker for The Nature Conservancy Learn about the advances and setbacks around protecting our oceans, waterways, forests, and wildlife. From golden sand dunes rising along the Lake Michigan shoreline to vibrant...

Gaia’s Peace Garden Blooms as Model Urban Oasis

Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: April 15, 2017 Blair Frank Jeff Biggers, Contributor Tucked away at the end of a residential cul-de-sac in Iowa City, just south of Interstate 80 and growing suburbs, the daffodils, violets and hyacinth in bloom, among the peach,...

Video of Vertical City Premieres in New York

Source: treehugger.com Published: March 7, 2016 © Vertical City Half a century ago the architect Paolo Soleri promoted the idea of an Arcology, “a highly integrated and compact three-dimensional urban form that is the opposite of urban sprawl with its inherently...

Designing Cities to Combat Climate Change

Source: phys.org Published: May 24, 2016 The downtown Dallas, Texas (USA) skyline from a levee along the Trinity River. Facing southeast. Credit: drumguy8800/Wikipedia By Brian Wallheimer, Purdue University Urban planners can take steps to reduce the heat cities may...

5 Surprisingly Easy Edible Gardening Projects for Spring

Source: inhabitat.com Published: March 30, 2017 by Jill Fehrenbacher Spring has officially sprung and it’s a great time to renew your connection to this beautiful planet we call home. One great way to deepen your connection with the earth is to get outdoors, digging...

A Future Farming Industry Grows in Brooklyn

Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: March 25, 2017 By Alexander C. Kaufman and Joseph Erbentraut The startup Square Roots is training the next generation of urban farmers in a Bed-Stuy parking lot. BROOKLYN, New York ― Tobias Peggs is already cultivating leafy...

A Park That Makes Room for Wildlife, Farms, and Cities

Source: earthisland.org Published: August 3, 2016 Canada’s Rouge National Urban Park embraces a diversity of landscapes Kinjal Dagli-Shah A valley with 10,000 years of human history is evolving into Canada’s first national urban park, with urban being the operative...