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Plant-Loving Millennials At Home And At Work

The Etsy headquarters in Dumbo, Brooklyn, for example, could easily be mistaken for an indoor botanical garden. Spanning nine floors and over 200,000 square feet, the office is home to more than 11,000 plants, including dozens of large-scale plant displays and living walls installed and maintained by Ms. Bullene and Greenery NYC.

IGrow PreOwned 2/26/18 IGrow PreOwned 2/26/18

Transforming Germany’s Cities Into Organic Food Gardens

With ever more people living in urban centers, food security and quality is becoming a pressing issue. In Germany, cities are increasingly taking the production of organic products to a hyperlocal level.

IGrow PreOwned 2/10/18 IGrow PreOwned 2/10/18

Peek Preview of Hubitus Urban Sustainability Hub in Israel

Hubitus, a unique co-working space for environmental entrepreneurs, environmental artists and designers, urban planners, social activists, gardeners and urban farmers

IGrow PreOwned 2/8/18 IGrow PreOwned 2/8/18

How A School Kitchen Garden Can Transform An Entire Community

The success of the kitchen gardens program begs one question: why doesn’t every school across Australia have a kitchen garden, run by this foundation or another?

IGrow PreOwned 2/1/18 IGrow PreOwned 2/1/18

These 11 Easiest Vegetables to Grow Makes Gardening 10x Better

What if I told you there are numerous easiest vegetables to grow that can make gardening 10X better and fun? What’s more? They require no special care or technical expertise.

IGrow PreOwned 1/29/18 IGrow PreOwned 1/29/18

New Haven Farms To Expand Healthful Garden Program

New Haven Farms will expand its popular incubator program this spring to include 25 additional families who will manage their own garden plot and have access to fresh produce.

IGrow PreOwned 1/24/18 IGrow PreOwned 1/24/18

Northeast Organic Farmers Coming Together at Rutgers This January

More than 50 workshops on food, farming, and gardening will be offered at the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey (NOFA-NJ) Winter Conference at the Rutgers University Douglass Student Center, 100 George Street, New Brunswick.

IGrow PreOwned 1/11/18 IGrow PreOwned 1/11/18

Kimbal Musk Doubles Down On School Garden Effort

To accomplish the 100-garden goal, Musk formed a Leadership Circle comprised of prominent Coloradans who support his efforts to improve children’s health.

IGrow PreOwned 1/7/18 IGrow PreOwned 1/7/18

Urban Farming: Lessons From Growing Power

Across the country, supporters grieved the loss of Growing Power, of its example, and of the hope it offered for scaling up urban farming as a sustainable model

IGrow PreOwned 11/30/17 IGrow PreOwned 11/30/17

The Dangers of Urban Gardens

The problem is almost everything else: in the midst of the horticultural fever people have forgotten that urban agriculture has challenges that seriously compromise the food security of its crops. If we do not take this problem seriously, we will find ourselves promoting tasty, ecological toxins.

IGrow PreOwned 11/9/17 IGrow PreOwned 11/9/17

Sky High Veggies? Urban Farming Grows in Unexpected Places

Farmscape, the largest urban farming company on the West Coast, has created more than 700 edible gardens in unexpected places.

“We do anything from a couple of raised beds to giant rooftop projects,” said Hermanson, who started growing food as landscaping for wealthy families in Malibu who wanted “kitchen gardens” without the gardening part.

IGrow PreOwned 10/29/17 IGrow PreOwned 10/29/17

Farm Bill Discontent: Urban Ag Supporters want Changes

Sonia Finn, Danielle Marvit and Raqueeb Bey are passionate about agriculture. And they believe U.S. farming practices are dangerously off course and need to be corrected, starting with the 2018 farm bill. "The farm bill isn't right for agriculture. People need to get involved and work to change it," Finn said.

IGrow PreOwned 9/25/17 IGrow PreOwned 9/25/17

Vertical Forests Are Returning Nature To Cities, One Skyscraper At A Time

Who on Earth decides to plant a forest on the side of skyscrapers? Architects, that’s who. Two bold designers working on opposite ends of the planet are actively designing farms, gardens and forests designed to live on massive residential buildings.

IGrow PreOwned 9/15/17 IGrow PreOwned 9/15/17

How Does the Hamptons Garden Grow? With a Lot of Paid Help

The hardest-worked muscles may be in the hand writing the checks: These lavish, made-to-order gardens can cost as much as $100,000, said Alec Gunn, a Manhattan landscape architect whose firm designs high-end residential, commercial and public-works projects throughout the country.

IGrow PreOwned 9/10/17 IGrow PreOwned 9/10/17

Lawn Island Farms: Babylon Couple Turns Yards Into Crops

Lawn Island Farms’ approach to local farming has garnered interest from people all over the island, with inquiries coming in from Patchogue, Port Jeff, Middle Island, Wading River and elsewhere. But at the moment, the Adams’ simply can’t meet the demand on their own.

IGrow PreOwned 8/28/17 IGrow PreOwned 8/28/17

Glasgow’s Community Gardens: Sustainable Communities of Care

These communities “are already suffering from higher than expected rates of many diseases, do not enjoy long life expectancy, and have to bear the stress of poverty and other forms of deprivation”

IGrow PreOwned 8/17/17 IGrow PreOwned 8/17/17

Hydroponics – Future of Urban Food | CV Prakash | TEDxPESITBSC

Upon retirement CV learnt Hydroponics from the best of growers in Australia and is a pioneer in the field of Hydroponics in India. A hands-on Grower, Food Park designer, Auditor & Trainer in Hydroponics, CV’s “Pet Bharo Project” is credited for India’s first commercial hydroponically grown strawberries, spinach and herbs.

IGrow PreOwned 8/16/17 IGrow PreOwned 8/16/17

At A Chicago Embassy Suites, Sky Garden Is As Local As It Gets

The Embassy Suites by Hilton Chicago Downtown Magnificent Mile is taking the concept a step further by getting the food up close and personal with guests. The 455-all-suite hotel has turned its atrium into a greenhouse of sorts, to herald the arrival of its new Sky Garden and herb collection.

IGrow PreOwned 8/14/17 IGrow PreOwned 8/14/17

Grow, Eat, and Learn With Urban Roots

When you say the words farm to table, often that means it’s a very elitist, exclusive club. There’s some amazing farm to table restaurants in town that we love, and they charge a good amount because they are worth it and they value their employees and farmers. Unfortunately, farm to table sometimes doesn’t mean everybody is invited.

IGrow PreOwned 7/30/17 IGrow PreOwned 7/30/17

Nine Tours Offered At The 20th Annual Detroit Tour of Urban Farms And Gardens

Keep Growing Detroit, an urban agriculture organization dedicated to food sovereignty in Detroit, hopes to not only showcase these farms, but educate attendees about Detroit's food system.