IGrow PreOwned 8/12/21 IGrow PreOwned 8/12/21

Urban Farming Combats Food Deserts In Southeast Fort Worth With Community Empowerment

On the western edge of Glencrest Civic League in Southeast Fort Worth sits a property that soon could become an epicenter of education and agriculture for the community.

IGrow PreOwned 2/25/21 IGrow PreOwned 2/25/21

Expansion Update: Introducing Vertical Harvest Philadelphia

Along with the farm already under development in Westbrook Maine, this Philadelphia greenhouse is part of our initiative to co-locate vertical farms with affordable housing in underserved communities across the nation

IGrow PreOwned 11/8/20 IGrow PreOwned 11/8/20

Small Urban Farms, An Oasis For Underserved U.S. Neighbourhoods

Thus the children and their families get a sense that food comes from the soil. This is not so obvious a connection in Ward 8. In this corner of the capital of the US, there is one full-service grocery store for 80,000 people, and access to something as basic as fresh vegetables is limited

IGrow PreOwned 8/26/20 IGrow PreOwned 8/26/20

Cities Are Turning To Rooftop Farming

With green initiatives popping up, the benefits of rooftop farms are becoming worldly-recognized. We spoke with Thomas Schneider, co-founder and director of Rooftop Roots in Washington DC and Michelle Hong of Rooftop Republic, based in Hong Kong, China to know how to create and run a rooftop garden or farm

IGrow PreOwned 8/9/20 IGrow PreOwned 8/9/20

A New Mobile Farmers' Market Gets Ready To Hit The Streets

A new produce stand is rolling into town—literally. The Woodland-based nonprofit Center for Land-Based Learning (CLBL) will soon launch a mobile farmers’ market to bring fresh produce like heirloom tomatoes and summer squash to food-insecure neighborhoods