Source: ecowatch.com Published: October 30, 2017 School Within School / Facebook Union of Concerned Scientists By Sarah Reinhardt It’s the end of October, which means National Farm to School Month is drawing to a close. But that doesn’t matter to the students at...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: August 14, 2017 Written by Lucy Wang A tree may grow in Brooklyn, but an amazing urban farm flourishes on Governors Island. An inspiring GrowNYC initiative is teaching inner city kids how to plant, water, harvest, and...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: February 11, 2017 by Yuka Yoneda JetBlue launched the T5 Farm in 2015 as an experiment in urban farming that pushes the boundaries of the local food movement. Click here to watch “A Tour of JetBlue’s Farm at JFK Airport...
Source: inhabitat.com Published: December 28, 2016 Farm From a Box fits all the essential equipment for a two-acre farm inside a shipping container, including solar power generation and a complete water system. Written by Cat DiStasio Two acres of land is enough to...
Source: detroit.curbed.com Published: December 7, 2016 Michelle & Chris Gerard By Robin Runyan This week, the Michigan Urban Farming Initiative (MUFI) revealed its plans for the first Sustainable Urban Agrihood in the North End. Wait, an agrihood? It’s an...
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: civileats.com Published: April 28, 2016 Art meets public food access with Swale. By Jodi Helmer Half public art project, half tourist destination, a floating food forest called Swale is set to launch along the New York City waterfront in June. Unlike the...
Source: ecowatch.com Published: February 16, 2016 Students from the sustainability management program who worked on the New Haven Farms project. Photo credit: Tim Lyons By Columbia University In the Fair Haven section of New Haven, Conn., rates of obesity and diabetes...
Source: grist.org Published: August 18, 2014 Danielle McClung By Sara Bernard When Dennis and Danielle McClung bought a foreclosed home in Mesa, Ariz., in 2009, their new yard featured a broken, empty swimming pool. Instead of spending a small fortune to repair and...