EAT UPcollective brain power
From August 15-18, urban agricultural enthusiasts from around the world gathered in Toronto for the very first Urban Agriculture Summit. The international conference, hosted by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities and FoodShare, attracted over 500 farmers, activists, educators,…
Microsoft reaches new heights of freshness
The technology news site GeekWire reported yesterday that Microsoft may be in the market for rooftop greenhouses at the company’s Redmond campus. The technology giant is in preliminary talks with UrbanHarvest, a Seattle-based rooftop farming startup company, to…
the value of visibility
Rooftop farms and gardens are intoxicating when you’re up on the roof, but how the heck are you supposed to know they’re there from down on the ground? Visibility is a powerful tool in spreading the word…
indecent exposure
As a Project Manager for the green roof firm Roofmeadow, I regularly travel around the country to perform construction oversight. In December I had the good fortune of overseeing construction at a hotel in Lower Manhattan,…
we can’t afford NOT to do this
The bottom line is that cities can’t afford not to invest in rooftop agriculture. The societal and environmental benefits of rooftop food production far outweigh the practice’s costs, particularly when expanded across a skyline. Without targeted…
book teaser
Productive rooftop farms and gardens around the globe continue to prove that rooftop agriculture is possible. The question, though, is not of feasibility; it is of viability. Is rooftop agriculture viable in the United States given…