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World’s Largest Rooftop Urban Farm is Set to Open in Paris Next Year

Using a specialized “vertical farming” technique, the French garden will use very little water and absolutely no pesticides.
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Another Vacant Warehouse Turned into Organic Urban Farm

The Hamm’s Brewery in St. Paul, Minnesota closed in 1997, but now one of the vacant buildings is being renovated into an urban farm. A...
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Vast Urban Farm Grows Fish, Food In Old Chicago Meat Plant

On the third floor of an old meat-packing plant is a humid hothouse filled with rows of greens and sprouts, even exotic white strawberries....
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Urban Farmer Envisioning 5-Story Farm Named to Time’s Most Influential 100

It's hard to imagine a five-story farm in the middle of a city, but if Milwaukee urban farmer Will Allen is behind the idea,...
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Urban Farmer Sells Affordable Fruits and Veggies, Envisions Skyscraper Farms

When most people think of farms, they think flat, endless fields of corn or wheat in the heartland of America. Former professional basketball player...
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Cuba’s Urban Farming Program a Stunning Success

"Cuba's urban farming program has been a stunning, and surprising, success. The farms, many of them on tiny plots now supply much of Cuba's...

The Largest Urban Rooftop Farm in the World is Now Bearing Fruit (and More) in Paris

Agripolis, an urban farming firm, is beginning to produce fruit and vegetables for businesses and citizens in Paris with the largest rooftop farm on earth.
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Tiny Family Farm Thrives on 1/5 Acre in Heart of Suburban Neighborhood

In the Los Angeles community of Pasadena -- a suburban mix of nice restaurants and well-tended front lawns -- there is a home wedged...

Vacant Office Near D.C. Turns Into Indoor Farm–Using Empty Buildings to Grow Food

Arlington, Virginia is like a gateway to the city of Washington D.C. Part of the Metro line, but across the Potomac, it's nevertheless a...

Incredible Discovery Beneath the Southern Amazon Reveals Urban-Agrarian Society Never Seen Before

Reprinted with permission from World At Large, a news website of nature, politics, science, health, and travel. If one searches “Casarabe Culture” in a search engine,...

European Cities Are Turning Rooftops Into Community and Sustainability Hubs: ‘A revolution in urban planning’

Across Europe, intrepid artists, planners, and architects are transforming the flat, grey rooftops of the continent into lively community hubs. From public parks to art...

Hundreds of Solar Farms Built Atop Closed Landfills Are Turning Brownfields into Green Fields

One of the big knocks against solar panels is how much land they take up compared to how much power they generate. But what...

Towering Over the City, This ‘Farmscraper’ Will Produce 270 tons of Food from Hydroponics on 51-Stories

Combining a vertical farm and office space into a single 51-storey concept out of Chinese mythology, an Italian architect is completing the Shenzhen skyline...

This New Mixed-Income Housing Complex Comes with its Own Farm Near San Francisco

Have you ever wanted to live on a farm, but without having to do all the hard work or needing to drive an hour...

This 2-Acre Vertical Farm Produces More Than ‘Flat Farms’ That Are Using 720 Acres

Another massively successful vertical farming startup is pushing the future of farming towards the sky, literally and figuratively. From an ag-tech startup named Plenty, a...

Rather Than Importing Their Food, Coastal Cities Can Build Their Own Floating Farms—Like This One

This 3-story floating farm is the first of its kind in Rotterdam—and the creators hope that it will inspire other cities to build their own.

Four Teens Ask For Summer Jobs On Farm To Avoid Joining Gang

Instead of spending their summers hanging around hooligans, these four middle schoolers decided to get a head start on their careers and apply for...

World’s Largest Vertical Farm Near NYC Uses 95% Less Water and No Pesticides

In the middle of America’s most urban metropolitan area, the world’s largest vertical farm is about to deliver its first harvest of sweet, leafy...

Farmer is Sweet on Bee Hives As Perfect Fence to Keep Elephants Safely Away

Biologists in Kenya have discovered a deliciously ingenious method of balancing the needs of farmers, bees, and marauding wildlife all at once. African elephants are...

Instead of Evicting City Farmers From His New Land, Owner Sows Amazing Goodwill

Even though they had been using land that didn’t belong to them, a handful of elderly urban farmers must have been cultivating a crop...