Tag: urban farming
In Berlin, Cultivating A Taste For Plants
On the Moritzplatz, in the popular district of Kreuzberg in Berlin, a colourful crowd drops its bicycles and rushes inside the Prinzessingartenfor an exchange of exchange and sale of nutritious plants. There are also several stands of environmental protection associations. The garden appears, behind the fences, as an oasis...
Changing Lives, Gaining Respect – Urban Farmers of Nairobi (Video)
This is a 15 minute overview of Nairobi's urban farmers. Mazingira Institute provides training to young urban farmers on efficient use of urban spaces, job creation, organic crops, livestock and health issues. Women and youth farmer hubs have formed a platform and network for community practice advancing food security...
Dogpatch Urban Gardens Is Changing The Des Moines Foodscape
Dogpatch Urban Gardens is the only for-profit farm in Des Moines city limits - the realization of one of Jenny Quiner's dreams.
Quiner, one of the Des Moines Register's People To Watch for 2018, already has a steady flow of business and is looking to turn her farmstead into a...
Futuristic Farming, In The City
Kern Agrawal was just 20 when he was introduced to the bliss and sanity of organic gardening and urban farming by his long-time girlfriend and now wife, Ranjani, over a decade ago.
Kern was ushered into the art and science of agriculture in his final year of MBA at the...
Why We Should Be Urban Farming (Video)
In our recent history, we have removed the growing of food far away from the places where more than half of humanity today lives - the cities (UN statistics from 2014 show that 54 per cent of human population is now in urban areas).
This video (below) makes a strong...
The Urban Ecologist at Moonwater Farm, California
Kathleen Blakistone first became interested in gardening when her son was in third grade at McKinley Elementary School in Santa Monica. She joined a group of parent volunteers, known as the “Gardening Angels,” under the tutelage of Bonnie Freeman. Freeman led the Santa Monica School Garden Project, which created...
More Spaces For Singapore’s Community Gardeners
Singapore prides itself on being a garden city and Singaporeans are getting more opportunities to help it keep its reputation.
The National Parks Board (NParks) is leasing out garden space in its parks for the first time to community gardeners. It aims to build 1,000 of these "allotment gardens" in...
Gurgaon’s Urban Farmers
Dheeraj Garg is a busy IT professional but he finds time to engage in a 'hobby' every weekend. Every Sunday, Dheeraj drives to Badshahpur on the outskirts of the city, where he - along with over a hundred other Gurugrammers - works as a farmer in his own farm,...
Regina Food Bank Connects People With Fresh Food
From the light crunch of lettuce to the earthy flavours of sweet basil, the Regina food bank's greenhouse is not only producing fresh food, but also putting people back in touch with where their food comes from.
"Growing our own food as a food bank is a really good way...
From Trains to Salad: Tokyo Metro Is Now Growing Vegetables
Under the name "Tokyo Salad" subway operator Tokyo Metro Co. is growing lettuce, assorted salad greens, and even herbs at a facility near the Nishi-kasai Station on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line. The cultivation warehouse Metro vegetable center is located under the elevated train tracks of the line.
In the...