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Feeding Cities with Urban Farms

Albert Mondor

This article originally appeared in Garden Culture Magazine UK33 & US31 We are currently witnessing one of the greatest migrations of all time as an imposing mass of people leaves rural areas believing that they can improve their life by living in cities. Currently, 55% of the world’s population lives in urban areas and, according…

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Montreal IGA Grows Its Own Rooftop Garden

You won’t find fresher supermarket fruits and vegetables in Montreal than the seasonal selection at the IGA Extra in the city’s Saint-Laurent borough. The new rooftop garden isn’t just the first grocery store to start growing its own produce in Canada. No, the Duchemin family’s exciting new grocery store addition is also the largest certified…
July 31, 2017
Tammy Clayton

Rooftop Hydroponic Farms in Tel Aviv, Israel

Finding the only rooftop hydroponic farming company in the heart of Tel Aviv won’t be easy from the street. It’s hiding on top a mountain of concrete known as the Dizengof Center, a massive shopping mall surrounded by high rises, busy streets, and pedestrians. But it’s up there, and churning out 10,000 heads of lettuce…
December 31, 2016
Callie

Aquaponics: Europe’s Largest Urban Farm

UF002 De Schilde with almost half an acre (19,000 sq.ft./1,900 m2) of urban farming space devoted to aquaponics and vegetable production celebrates the completion of construction a May 20th Grand Opening event onsite in The Hague. It’s the second major project for UrbanFarmers AG from Basel, Switzerland where UF001 has been producing top quality fish…
April 30, 2016
Callie