Source: pbs.org Published: September 12, 2016 By — PBS NewsHour Transcript Audio At Paul Quinn College, where once there was a football field, now there’s an organic farm. It’s not just a symbol of renewal for this once-struggling historically black college in Dallas;...
Source: growingupfarms.org Published: September 13, 2016 NOTE: Growing Up Farms is now closed. Growing Up Farms is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to changing the modern food system. In 2013 we set out to prove that healthy produce can be grown sustainably in...
Source: modernfarmer.com Published: September 8, 2016 Empress Green, a 4,500-square foot urban farm located at Urby Staten Island, a 900-apartment complex in New York City. Photography All photographs courtesy of Urby Staten Island Andrew Amelinckx Wouldn’t it...
Source: alternet.org Published: September 6, 2016 Written by Michael Ableman / Chelsea Green Publishing [Editor’s note: What if farms and food production were integrated into every aspect of urban living—from special assessments to create new farms and food...
source: urbangardensweb.com Published: June 15, 2016 Photo via Golden Bridges School and Inhabitat. by Robin Plaskoff Horton With an ecology and farming curriculum intended to “cultivate in the students and the staff a consistent and ongoing relationship with the...
Source: eastbaytimes.com Published: July 5, 2016 CREDIT: LIVEROOF– The roofs on the Korematsu Middle School gymnasium and multipurposebuildings include layers of drought-tolerant sedum plants above awaterproof lining that channels rainwater runoff into storm...
Source: huffingtonpost.com Published: April 26, 2016 A rendering of Aerofarms’ new headquarters in Newark, New Jersey, which it says will be the largest indoor vertical farm in the world. This could be part of the future of farming. By Alexander C. Kaufman NEWARK, New...
Source: theguardian.com Published: April 5, 2016 Edible gardens help teach children about nutrition, encourage physical activity, and they can help with food poverty. Photograph: Rockmount primary school Schools are discovering that getting students to grow their own...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: March 24, 2016 INFARM’s vertical micro-farm grows fresh greens inside Berlin’s METRO Cash & Carry supermarket. by Cat DiStasio Grocers are in constantly pursuit of ways to connect their customers with the freshest,...
Source: treehugger.com Published: March 22, 2016 CC BY 2.0 David Owen Melissa Breyer Here’s how to use other people’s land for organic garden plots, and get bike-riding farmers to help from harvest to market. Several years ago 27-year old Chris Castro took a...