EAT UPfishy business
Does all this talk about lettuce and broccoli make you hungry for some real meat? Let’s talk aquaponics. For centuries, people around the world have raised fish as a food crop. This cultivation occurs in ocean…
rooftop beekeeping video
This is an outstanding WHYY video on Urban Apiaries; Philadelphia’s most popular urban honey producer. WHYY Rooftop Beekeeping
the woman behind the farm
Annie Novak is an absolute gem. As the co-founder and farmer of Eagle Street Rooftop Farm in Brooklyn, NY, Annie gracefully juggles the responsibilities of food production, managing volunteers, answering to the media, marketing, and of…
tailored rooftop strategies
Some areas of the U.S. are more suited for urban rooftop agriculture than others. As a result, each region of the country requires a carefully sculpted rooftop strategy. The West can benefit from strategies that emphasise…
rooftop beekeeping
According to urban apiarist Trey Flemming, bees that live in cities are generally healthier than their rural counterparts. Bees are broad spectrum pollinators, which means that they leave the hive and look for varied types of nectar…
160,000sf north philadelphia rooftop farm
Philadelphia is blessed with a burgeoning urban agricultural scene, which provides residents with access to fresh, locally produced, often organic food. While most of these farms and gardens are concentrated around the city’s central and western regions,…