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Scotland: City of Glasgow College celebrates rooftop garden ‘success’

Scotland: City of Glasgow College celebrates rooftop garden ‘success’

3 years ago 247

Growing food with longitude and latitude: Food forests as multifunctional sustainability solutions

Growing food with longitude and latitude: Food forests as multifunctio...

3 years ago 248

Canada: Toward food self-sufficiency in Québec: Gigrow Urban Farms invests $13 million to build one of the largest urban agriculture projects in the province

Canada: Toward food self-sufficiency in Québec: Gigrow Urban Farms inv...

3 years ago 238

UK: Village is at war over council’s £100,000 plan to move allotments with plotholders accused of rigging poll against the move

UK: Village is at war over council’s £100,000 plan to move allotments ...

3 years ago 244

Ban all pesticides in UK gardens to save bees and insects, says expert

Ban all pesticides in UK gardens to save bees and insects, says expert...

3 years ago 241

Canada: Vacant space repurposed into urban farm in Calgary’s south end

Canada: Vacant space repurposed into urban farm in Calgary’s south end...

3 years ago 231

Pick a tomato, sunflower at Salt Lake’s newest community garden, mayor says

Pick a tomato, sunflower at Salt Lake’s newest community garden, mayor...

3 years ago 254

How to Make a Neighborhood Farm for an Entire Metropolis

How to Make a Neighborhood Farm for an Entire Metropolis

3 years ago 210

UK: National Allotments Week 2021, 9–15 August

UK: National Allotments Week 2021, 9–15 August

3 years ago 216

Israel’s brand-new innovative culinary institute has a rooftop garden

3 years ago 210

UK: New Hull city centre high-rise apartment block could feature rooftop allotments

UK: New Hull city centre high-rise apartment block could feature rooft...

3 years ago 188

Canada: Farm your yard: Regina business promotes food sovereignty by turning lawns into gardens

Canada: Farm your yard: Regina business promotes food sovereignty by t...

3 years ago 201

How Mo’Betta Green Is Seeding Change in Denver Neighborhoods

How Mo’Betta Green Is Seeding Change in Denver Neighborhoods

3 years ago 197

Asia: Urban farm sprouts atop a Hong Kong skyscraper

Asia: Urban farm sprouts atop a Hong Kong skyscraper

3 years ago 203

A small urban farm in Lachine creates an oasis in a food desert

A small urban farm in Lachine creates an oasis in a food desert

3 years ago 207

‘Lipstick Queen of Farming’ says ‘This is one of those things that you really have to love’

‘Lipstick Queen of Farming’ says ‘This is one of those things that you...

3 years ago 210

City-living bees benefit most from specific types of urban ‘greening’

City-living bees benefit most from specific types of urban ‘greening’

3 years ago 200

Ireland: Why should I get an allotment? Four celebrity gardeners offer the answers

Ireland: Why should I get an allotment? Four celebrity gardeners offer...

3 years ago 206

Petersburg couple receives support to feed their city through urban farming

Petersburg couple receives support to feed their city through urban fa...

3 years ago 184

Glendale urban farm donating thousands of pounds of produce

Glendale urban farm donating thousands of pounds of produce

3 years ago 206

Canada: A unique rooftop vegetable garden has set up at a downtown Victoria shelter

Canada: A unique rooftop vegetable garden has set up at a downtown Vic...

3 years ago 190

Philippines: From jeweler to farmer: Renowned jewelry brand owner farm...

3 years ago 189

San Jose’s Community Gardens Fight Food Insecurity, Build Connections

San Jose’s Community Gardens Fight Food Insecurity, Build Connections

3 years ago 212

A day on the farm in Urban Singapore

A day on the farm in Urban Singapore

3 years ago 202

Canada: A farm where prisoners grow produce for victims: why this woman wants to put a ‘transformative justice’ farm on Vancouver Island

Canada: A farm where prisoners grow produce for victims: why this woma...

3 years ago 182

Canada: Scarborough may get 15 new farmers as a Morningside Heights hydro field comes to life

Canada: Scarborough may get 15 new farmers as a Morningside Heights hy...

3 years ago 208

Planted art: Japan rice field work marks Tokyo Olympics

Planted art: Japan rice field work marks Tokyo Olympics

3 years ago 193

Canada: Community grief garden planted at Bear Creek Funeral Home in City of Grande Prairie

Canada: Community grief garden planted at Bear Creek Funeral Home in C...

3 years ago 186

Philippines: Greening the city is the way to go

Philippines: Greening the city is the way to go

3 years ago 181

State officials criss-cross Pennsylvania for urban agriculture week

State officials criss-cross Pennsylvania for urban agriculture week

3 years ago 172

A guide to Chicago’s urban farms

A guide to Chicago’s urban farms

3 years ago 194

Urban farming helps formerly incarcerated Chicago man in giving back to community

Urban farming helps formerly incarcerated Chicago man in giving back t...

3 years ago 170

‘It’s our heritage’: How Sacramento residents fight food insecurity through urban farming

‘It’s our heritage’: How Sacramento residents fight food insecurity th...

3 years ago 197

15 of the Coolest Urban Farms Around the World

15 of the Coolest Urban Farms Around the World

3 years ago 189

Canada: One year later – Pender Island couple living off the land more than met the challenge

Canada: One year later – Pender Island couple living off the land more...

3 years ago 189

An Urban Oasis Grows in Baltimore—With Justice and Nature In Mind

An Urban Oasis Grows in Baltimore—With Justice and Nature In Mind

3 years ago 191

Becoming an urban gardener in Argentina

Becoming an urban gardener in Argentina

3 years ago 203

Canada: Seneca College awarded $360,000 for applied research benefiting urban farmers

Canada: Seneca College awarded $360,000 for applied research benefitin...

3 years ago 188

How the internet of things and machine learning are automating agriculture

How the internet of things and machine learning are automating agricul...

3 years ago 179

$6 Million for Rooftop Garden & Elevator at Coney Island School

$6 Million for Rooftop Garden & Elevator at Coney Island School

3 years ago 195

Canada: They left the city to start a farm, and this new wave of farmers is urban-raised, university-educated and committed to environmental practices

Canada: They left the city to start a farm, and this new wave of farme...

3 years ago 180

Lorain residents pick veggies at library urban garden

Lorain residents pick veggies at library urban garden

3 years ago 201

Canada: Toronto’s booming urban farms aid food security and reduce carbon emissions

Canada: Toronto’s booming urban farms aid food security and reduce car...

3 years ago 204

Secretary Of Agriculture To Travel Pennsylvania, Tour Urban Gardens Building Resilient Communities

Secretary Of Agriculture To Travel Pennsylvania, Tour Urban Gardens Bu...

3 years ago 206

Charlotte young urban farmers grow healthy community

Charlotte young urban farmers grow healthy community

3 years ago 205

Need vegetables? Stop by Middletown City Hall’s public garden

Need vegetables? Stop by Middletown City Hall’s public garden

3 years ago 181

Permaculture Garden in San Francisco Flourished During COVID

Permaculture Garden in San Francisco Flourished During COVID

3 years ago 218

UK: ‘Sustainable isn’t a thing’: why regenerative agriculture is food’s latest buzzword

UK: ‘Sustainable isn’t a thing’: why regenerative agriculture is food’...

3 years ago 191

Kenya: Introducing urban farming solutions to provide income and healthy produce

Kenya: Introducing urban farming solutions to provide income and healt...

3 years ago 209

Jackson City Council rejects ordinance that would allow residents to own ‘farm animals’

Jackson City Council rejects ordinance that would allow residents to o...

3 years ago 218