Picture growing fresh lettuce, herbs, and tomatoes in the heart of New York City, London, or Tokyo – not in traditional soil-based farms, but in sleek indoor towers that stack plants from floor to ...
Kigali is implementing innovative strategies to safeguard its agricultural land amid rapid urban development. Measures include satellite monitoring and fines to curb unauthorized building. The city ...
On this week’s Sustainable Living Show, Anni and Tanja are joined by Tanner Johnson to discuss urban organic farming. Tanner G Johnson is the owner/operator of Theo’s Harvest in New Port Richey, FL.
Guests attending The Big E‘s Farm-A-Rama running Sept. 12-28 will get to check out “an all-new urban farming exhibit,” according to organizers. “Harvesting Change: Urban Farming in New England ...
The cost of everything is going up, and Americans in small towns, big cities and everywhere in between are feeling the squeeze. During his 2024 campaign, President Donald Trump promised to ...
This story is part of a partnership between Verite News and Modern Farmer. Verite News is nonprofit news outlet covering New Orleans. You can read more of their work here. Chekeita Strong stood up in ...
On a busy corner in West Sacramento, surrounded by high-density housing and railroad tracks, sits a 1-half acre oasis of soil and green shoots. A group of young people tend to organized rows of ...
In a green oasis, set amid the freeways and malls of San Diego’s Mission Valley, a garden grows. Produce grown here fills subscription CSA boxes, as well as plates at the project’s cafe a few miles ...
New Jersey veteran Stephen Robinson thinks about the logistics of growing mushrooms and sending them to farmers' markets and restaurants — a far cry from the logistics he managed as an Army convoy ...
In the last five years, Indigenous agriculture has received attention in academia as an alternative model, though on a smaller scale, to modern farming systems. Research has shown that some ...
Crop breeding for higher yields may be unintentionally reducing the beneficial microorganisms that help plants absorb nutrients Modern corn, wheat, and beans have dramatically different root systems ...