Farming – Urban Gardening


Growing Up Farms

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...

Country’s First K-8 Urban Farm School Sprouting in San Francisco

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...

El Cerrito: Living Roofs Top Middle School Buildings

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...

Inside the High-Tech Farm Growing Kale in An Old Paintball Arena

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...

Inside the Schools with Edible Playgrounds

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...