IGrow PreOwned 6/29/21 IGrow PreOwned 6/29/21

UNITED KINGDOM: The Secret Underground Farm In The Middle of Sheffield With An Important Mission

Mr. Ellis, from Sheffield, has been growing greens beneath the streets of Sheffield's Kelham Island since last December, after developing an interest in sustainable hydroponic growing techniques

IGrow PreOwned 4/1/21 IGrow PreOwned 4/1/21

Underground Agriculture In London Is Gearing Up

By 2022, Growing Underground aims to produce 60 metric tons of vegetables across an area of 528 square meters. That should be enough for 10,000 households and is 12x more than what is produced on a regular farm

IGrow PreOwned 3/23/21 IGrow PreOwned 3/23/21

UNITED KINGDOM: Sheffield Underground Farm Is 'Green And Sustainable'

Luke Ellis, from Sheffield, grows his produce at Kelham Island using organic soil and food created from waste products and without natural light

IGrow PreOwned 11/15/20 IGrow PreOwned 11/15/20

The Future of Farming Is Inside This Bomb Shelter

The farm is known as Growing Underground (GU), and it’s located 108 feet below the main street in Clapham, a south London suburb

IGrow PreOwned 4/15/20 IGrow PreOwned 4/15/20

UNITED KINGDOM: Liverpool's Underground Urban Farm Producing Greens Boxes For Residents

Since launching its Greens for Good project last year, Farm Urban has been busy delivering boxes and towers to businesses and schools across the city

IGrow PreOwned 12/18/19 IGrow PreOwned 12/18/19

Old MacDonald Had A Carpark? The Urban Farms Growing In Unlikely Places

Demand in cities for locally sourced food is growing, but space is at a premium. No wonder urban farms are flourishing everywhere from carparks to air-raid shelters

IGrow PreOwned 11/23/19 IGrow PreOwned 11/23/19

From Bomb Shelter To farm: The Latest Food Revolution

When you think of growing anything ‘underground’, the first thing you may envisage is some kind of criminal activity. But, there’s a food innovation gaining traction around the world, specially in London, and while it might be coming from beneath the streets, it’s all above board

IGrow PreOwned 11/7/19 IGrow PreOwned 11/7/19

London’s Urban Farms Move Underground

As London-born architect Carolyn Steel points out in her book Hungry City, “The relationship between food and cities is endlessly complex, but at one level it is utterly simple. Without farmers and farming, cities would not exist.”

IGrow PreOwned 7/29/19 IGrow PreOwned 7/29/19

The Future of The Agriculture Industry Is Vertical Farming

It’s only a subtle whiff in the air that indicates something might be hidden beneath the surface. But more than 100 ft below a nondescript building in south London’s district of Clapham, vegetables and herbs are growing in former raid shelters.

IGrow PreOwned 4/6/19 IGrow PreOwned 4/6/19

These London Vegetables Can Survive A Bomb Blast

That’s because these two urban farmer-founders have been using a Second World War air-raid shelter as their first controlled environment agriculture site for their London-based agtech startup Growing Underground

IGrow PreOwned 4/4/19 IGrow PreOwned 4/4/19

Video: Underground Farming Could Transform The Way Your Coriander, Watercress And Rocket Is Grown

While we may associate farming with sunshine, fresh air and pretty patches of land, innovation and technology are beginning to change where food is grown. In London, for instance, one farm is using LED technology and hydroponic systems to produce greens 33-meters below the surface

IGrow PreOwned 3/31/19 IGrow PreOwned 3/31/19

Video: London Farm Experiments With Growing Underground

One-hundred below London's busy streets there are rows of green farmland like you've never seen before. ''Leafy greens are possible, microgreens, heads of lettuce,' said Richard Ballard, the founder of Growing Underground

IGrow PreOwned 2/23/19 IGrow PreOwned 2/23/19

Vegetables Are Being Grown Underneath London in a WWII Bunker

There is a thriving subterranean farm powered by renewable energy in an old World War II bunker in South London, 108 feet below the pavement.

IGrow PreOwned 1/19/19 IGrow PreOwned 1/19/19

Urban Underground Farming

According to the U.N., the world population is more than seven billion and is expected to reach more than nine billion by 2050. With a vast majority of the population migrating to urban areas, cities are forced to expand. This puts a strain on rural land space and food production; urban underground farming is being seen as the solution.

IGrow PreOwned 1/10/19 IGrow PreOwned 1/10/19

Abandoned Mines Could Become The Farms of The Future

Academics are exploring the use of abandoned mines and other subterranean facilities in the UK and China as alternatives to traditional agricultural land.