Toronto’s largest city farm soon to become true
Soon, would-be farmers won’t have to flee to rural Ontario to grow crops and raise chickens. Toronto’s largest urban farm is already being built, and seeds could be planted as early as next spring....
View ArticleThe Promise of Urban Agriculture
The City of Boston has taken important steps over the past two years to advance urban agriculture. Now, CLF, the Conversation Law Foundation has published a report (including some nice infographics) as...
View ArticleCompetitive Urban Agriculture
Urban Agriculture comes in different shapes and with different motivations. The Journal Sentinel reports about an initiative that combines many different aspects of those. During this year’s “Mayor’s...
View ArticleCommunity-driven rooftop-farms in Hong Kong
Urban Agriculture is a growing trend in urban areas all over the globe. According to Japan Today, rooftop farming has started to emerge in Hong Kong’s space-starved inner city. Japan Today writes:...
View ArticleUrban Garden Center in Harlem, N.Y.
New York Times writes about how Dimitri Gatanas brings plants into the urban environment in Harlem, N.Y. “It’s a retail operation with a community-minded mantra.” says Gatanas in the article. This...
View ArticleAnarcho-farming
An interesting video about urban agriculture caught my eyes. It is a PBS pilot for an upcoming series titled “Food Forward.” The documentary explores and discusses the explosion of urban agriculture...
View ArticleUnited Nations calls for Urban Farming in Africa
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations released a report this weekend on urban gardening in Africa. Africa’s urban population is growing faster than that of any other region, but...
View ArticleGo bananas
Many different projects are emerging within the Urban Agriculture-sector, and recently a new project in Paris, France, caught our attention. Instead of producing “ordinary” food, SOA Architects is...
View ArticleRooftop-farming in Brooklyn
In the beginning of October, some of us att Feeding The City had the opportunity to do some Urban Agriculture-sightseeing in New York City. Of course, Brooklyn Grange, one of the most famous rooftop...
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