EAT UPfinancing the farm
Loquacious urban agriculture enthusiasts, like myself, revel in spreading the rooftop agriculture gospel. I’ll happily talk your ear off about the countless benefits of rooftop farming, explain the technical intricacies of skyline farm design, and debate the…
rooftop rice paddy
Two hectares of rooftop in South Central China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region stand a cut above the rest. The Liuzhou Chenfeng Brewing Factory, founded in 1954, supports one of China’s only rooftop rice paddies. Tan Zhaohan,…
grey to green
Think green infrastructure is sexy? Don’t hold yourself back from nerding out with others, like yourself, who blush at the thought of rooftop farming, green walls, biofilters and living machines. On August 25 and 26, Green Roofs for…
BREAKING NEWS: South Philly High did it!!
This is a blitz post to announce that South Philadelphia High School just reached it’s crowdfunding goal of $26,300 to develop a ‘Greening’ Master Plan and fund a one-year, full-time garden educator position! As of this morning 192…
green on the horizon
In early April South Philadelphia High School embarked on an unusual fundraising campaign: crowdfunding for a greener urban campus. With only eight days left in this 60 day campaign, the school and surrounding community need your…
a week in the kitchen
What do you in eat in an average week? How much of what you eat is shaped by culture? How much is shaped by your access to fresh fruits and vegetables? How would your diet change…
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…
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…
“Daddy, I want a cucumberrrr!”
Jay Sand, a home gardener in West Philadelphia, feeds his kids the freshest veggies on the block. The source? His own roof. Sand and his wife decided to renovate their spacious Victorian fixer-upper from bottom to…