Tag: Vegetables
Urban Farming In Singapore Has Moved Into A New, High-Tech Phase
Urban farms have always been popular with gardeners in Singapore, especially those who volunteer at neighbourhood community gardens.
Urban farming has become more high-tech and, well, urban.
Urban farmers have started growing food in restaurants and taken over unused rooftop carpark spaces to set up garden plots.
The gardening enthusiasts in the...
Facebook Group Cultivates Interest In Organic Vegetables
Scare over widespread use of pesticides has prompted many to turn to organic food and cultivation.
Residents of Thiruvananthapuram, India, looking to buy organic vegetables at affordable price now have one more destination to head to.
Krishibhoomi, a Facebook group, has started organic vegetable sale every Sunday at L-43, LIC Lane,...
City Dwellers: Produce Your Own Plant Food
Pot gardening is the growing of plants in pots or containers rather on the ground. It is generally applied for houseplants and is also useful in areas where the soil or climatic conditions are not suitable for a particular crop.
Any pot or container can be used, anything that can...
Is Urban Farming For Rich Hipsters?
Making urban grown produce affordable "This is a real challenge," says Kate Hofman, CEO and co-founder of London-based aquaponics enterprise GrowUp Urban Farms, which produces fish, salads and herbs in unused city spaces to sell wholesale.
"Food is a commodity, and we have to make the business work. Of course,...