Farming In Small Spaces with LA Urban Farms
Watch our partner and Basil Sister, Wendy Coleman, explain the benefits of vertical urban farming.
Philips-LED Farm, Changing the Food Industry
According to Philips, the answer may be indoor farms that grow plants with LEDs. The company has recently opened its GrowWise City indoor farm in the Netherlands, and the facility has the potential to revolutionize the way we cultivate food, and maybe even solve world hunger issues “Our aim is to develop the technology that…
The Vertical Farm and Courtyard at the USA Pavilion-Milan Expo 2015
The theme for the USA Pavilion is American Food 2.0. “One of the more innovative features of the USA Pavilion is a 9,250-square-foot (860-square-meter) Vertical Farm, where 42 different varieties of vegetables, grains, and herbs are grown. The crop wall represents a highly integrated approach to agriculture and tells a story of food production for…
Stephen Ritz-A Teacher Growing Green in the South Bronx
A whirlwind of energy and ideas, Stephen Ritz is a teacher in New York’s tough South Bronx, where he and his kids grow lush gardens for food, greenery — and jobs. Just try to keep up with this New York treasure as he spins through the many, many ways there are to grow hope in…
North Florida School for Special Education
Atlantic Beach Urban Farms is proud to support North Florida School for Special Education. North Florida School For Special Education
Ron Finley-A Guerilla Gardener in South Central LA
Ron Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central LA — in abandoned lots, traffic medians, along the curbs. Why? For fun, for defiance, for beauty and to offer some alternative to fast food in a community where “the drive-thrus are killing more people than the drive-bys.”