urban farming
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Beyond ‘ruin porn’: Film gives farm’s-eye view of Detroit
The documentary Urban Roots shows us a new view of Detroit through the eyes of its dedicated urban farmers.
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Into the woods: Seattle plants a public food forest
Urban orchards are growing in popularity all over the country, but Seattle is taking it further with this public fruit experiment.
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Urban farming in Detroit gets the documentary it deserves
Urban Roots is a documentary about farming within the city limits of Detroit, and as such, it’s a handy way to get an education on the subject in something like 90 minutes.
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Farming the ‘burbs
Suburban farmers might just have the best of both worlds: A captive audience hungry for hyper local produce and the space to grow more food than their city counterparts.
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Breaking through the myths: New book seeks to redefine urban farming
The Breaking Through Concrete crew is back, and now they have a book that chronicles urban farming around the U.S.
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Breaking Through Concrete [SLIDESHOW]
Get the lay of the urban farm land with these striking photos from Kansas City, Santa Cruz, and everywhere in between.
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Sweden builds 18-story greenhouse
Swedish company Plantagon International is taking the urban greenhouse to the next level, and then the 17 levels beyond that. Their new vertical greenhouse in Linköping, Sweden will be 177 feet high.
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New Agtivist: Adam Berman, faith-based urban farmer
Meet the founder of Urban Adamah, a one-acre urban farm in Berkeley and a fellowship for young people that integrates organic farming, social justice, and progressive Jewish spiritual practice.
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Bike-a-Bee does beekeeping by bike
Jana Kinsman’s startup Bike-a-Bee will be a distributed network of beehives in the Chicago area — Kinsman will hook up local urban farms and gardens with bees, which will help pollinate the plants while also producing honey. (Greenspaces that host a beehive get a share of the honey profits.) Meanwhile, Kinsman will care for the […]