EAT UPagricultural roofs in Gaza
Rooftop agriculture is taking root around the globe. With its beginnings in 600 B.C.E. Babylon (present day Iraq), rooftop farming has arrived, full circle, back in the Middle East. According to the online Lebanese newspaper L’Orient-Le Jour, Gazan residents are installing…
South Philadelphia High School is moving UP!
What if your school served fresh produce, grown just yards away from the cafeteria? What if that food came from the roof? This vision is inching toward reality as South Philadelphia High School administrators and local neighborhood…
sky-high winter greens
While rooftop farms around the country lay fallow for winter, one skyline gem continues to churn out greens. Noble Rot, a restaurant and wine bar in Portland, OR, supports a 3,000 square foot (0.07 acre) farm…
livin’ on the ledge
Today’s quest for local food brings us to Ledge Kitchen & Drinks, a trendy restaurant in Dorchester, MA, 15 miles south of Boston. Chef Uri Abragimovich aims to provide guests with the freshest, most local ingredients possible. The…
fancy plants
Designing and building a rooftop farm may come with a hefty price tag. While many ground-level farms offset costs by expanding acreage, rooftops are limited by the bounds of the building below. So how do you…
TED knows best
From a self-sustaining Lebanese town to Montreal’s urban center, Lufa Farms‘ founder and president Mohamed Hage pushes the limits of rooftop agriculture. In his 2012 TEDx Talk, Mohamed discusses how rooftop agriculture will change the way we eat.
the full monty
If you want to go all the way and feed the world, there’s no room for pooh-poohing hydroponics. Soil purists step aside; this is an important truth to urban agriculture. Unlike outdoor farming, greenhouse hydroponic production…
Sandy beets
For quite some time now climate change experts have warned of doomsday scenarios with harsh storms, flooding, and general chaos. We’ve all heard the predictions, but no one was prepared for what Superstorm Sandy brought to…
get ready, windy city!
Chicago‘s rooftop community will beam from October 17th to 20th, as the City of Chicago and Green Roofs for Healthy Cities host this year’s international green roof conference. Cities Alive is poised to attract design, policy, green roof, and agricultural professionals from around…
goat à la roof
While some skyline growers tinker with beets and collard greens, others push the limits of hoofed farm hands. Rooftop goats are all the rage in Sister Bay, WI, where a small herd has grazed the grassy…