Urban Gardening & Farming

Can urban areas be sustainable? 

Submitted by theroth on Fri, 2011-05-06 13:20

Ever wonder if urban areas can be attractive, functional and sustainable? Find out how University of Auckland researcher, Dr Marjorie van Roon, is investigating how to construct and operate ecologically functional urban areas.

Revolutionizing Urban Agriculture, One Sub-Irrigated Planter 

Submitted by Editor on Mon, 2011-05-02 20:17

Owned, constructed and operated by Frieda Lim, the Slippery Slope Farm in Brooklyn produces an impressive variety of beautiful vegetables using 75 sub-irrigated planters (SIPs). Unlike traditional, in-ground, top-irrigated planting setups, SIPs utilize a standing reservoir of water situated below the soil in which the plants are grown.

Vertical Organic Urban Farming 

Submitted by Editor on Mon, 2011-05-02 20:13

Home Town Farms combines proven vertical farming (growing) technologies in such a way that drastically reduces the amount of water, fuel, fertilizer, packaging and land that traditional farms use to grow the same amount of food. Home Town Farms will virtually eliminate the cost of transporting produce hundreds if not thousands of miles by setting up vertical farms in densely populated areas with direct to consumer sales, on location where the food is grown in addition to wholesale sales to local farmers markets, restaurants and grocery stores.