Cities around the world are making use of space that has often been ignored in the past – the urban rooftop. Steven Peck of Green Roofs for Healthy Cities states, “The roofscapes of our cities Read More
Square Roots –a vertical farming accelerator – will graduate its first class of Resident Entrepreneurs this October and is looking for applicants for the next season. Each entrepreneur is loaned an upgraded shipping container, equipped Read More
The Baltimore Office of Sustainability (BoS) and the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF) recently released the the Baltimore Food System Resilience Advisory Report which examines methods of improving food system resilience. Urban Read More
Smart cities aren’t always about sensors – a new, free app is enabling business donors, such as restaurants, grocery stores, and farmer’s markets, to easily donate food to food banks thus helping reduce food waste, Read More
The cities of Malmö, Lund, Oskarshamn and Bjuv and private partners in Sweden are holding an Open Innovation Competition looking for innovative solutions to convert waste heat into urban food or other biological production. They Read More
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), in collaboration with the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Bioversity International, and other partners, has released the 2017 Global Food Policy Report, which examines the impact of Read More
The architecture firm Sasaki has designed a hydroponic vertical farm for the city of Shanghai’s Sunqiao Urban Agricultural District, located between Shanghai’s main international airport and the city center. The vertical system is intended to Read More
The University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) is partnering with Swedish firm Plantagon, an “agritecture” firm, to set up an Urban Agriculture Research Center in Dubai in order to create a framework for developing innovative Read More
As the City of Atlanta’s first director of urban agriculture, Mario Cambardella is responsible for all aspects related to urban agriculture, including agricultural policy development. He cultivates partnerships with local non-profits like Truly Living Well Read More
Dreaming Out Loud – a food justice nonprofit – is partnering with the city of Washington D.C. and a half-dozen other organizations to run the Kelly Miller Farm in a way that generates revenue while Read More
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