IGrow PreOwned 3/13/18 IGrow PreOwned 3/13/18

Up Top Acres Is Planning To Grow Rooftop Farming In The DMV

After turning five empty rooftops in the D.C. area into working farms, Up Top Acres is looking to expand this year.

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

Eco-Activist Joost Bakker Plans Rooftop Urban Farm For Shopping Center

Frasers Property Australia has enlisted Bakker to establish an urban farm and restaurant on the 2000-square-meter rooftop of its proposed shopping center development on the former Burwood Brickworks site in Melbourne's east, which begins construction mid-year.

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

Rooftop Gardening For Greener Cities

Two and a half years ago, the initiative of featuring rooftop farming on the television was taken by Channel I's Hridoye Mati O Manush (Soil and People in Heart). In fact, this was my second attempt to expand rooftop agriculture across the country.

IGrow PreOwned 2/17/18 IGrow PreOwned 2/17/18

Anchorage Wants To Make It Easier To Build Rooftop Greenhouses

As part of plans to build senior housing in East Anchorage, the development company Baxter Senior Living wanted to give residents a place to garden — and settled on rooftop greenhouses.

IGrow PreOwned 2/13/18 IGrow PreOwned 2/13/18

Is Personalized, Next-Day Delivery the Future of Urban Farming?

A rooftop-farming venture in Montreal has found success with a model that’s part CSA, part Amazon Prime.

IGrow PreOwned 2/5/18 IGrow PreOwned 2/5/18

New Rooftop Farms Sprout Up In Singapore!

American Hydroponics (AmHydro) of Arcata, CA and ComCrop of Singapore are proud to announce the development of an 8-greenhouse rooftop farm to provide pesticide-free, sustainable food to this Island Nation.

IGrow PreOwned 1/27/18 IGrow PreOwned 1/27/18

Hotels Design Functioning Gardens to Cater to New Trends

As guests demand fresher food that has been sourced locally (not to mention organically), hotels across the country are creating gardens and small farms to grow herbs and vegetables, and to even keep bees for honey. Best of all, even urban hotels are putting their rooftops to use and growing some basics for the kitchens below.

IGrow PreOwned 1/22/18 IGrow PreOwned 1/22/18

This Caltech Dining Center’s Freshest Vegetables Are Grown On Its Roof

The first course prepared for the most recent “Dress Dinner” at Caltech wasn’t unusual for the fancy, end-of-term meal for students, but the source of the mixed greens, flowers and other vegetables in the dish is a point of pride for executive chef Zach Chambers. Forget farm-to-table, everything on the plate was grown on the dining hall’s roof.

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

India: Startups Reaping Dividends in Urban Farms

In the past three to four years, more than a dozen urban farming startups have been launched in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Jaipur and elsewhere.

IGrow PreOwned 1/17/18 IGrow PreOwned 1/17/18

North Bethesda, Maryland's Pike & Rose Getting Big Rooftop Farm For Tenants

Both the Pike & Rose and Bethesda Row projects for Up Top Acres are in partnership with building owners Federal Realty Trust, which has said it plans to replicate large-scale rooftop farms at more of its buildings in the future.

IGrow PreOwned 1/14/18 IGrow PreOwned 1/14/18

Reclaiming Our Cities, Starting From Food

Modernity has in fact forgotten to answer a fundamental question: If everyone lives in cities, then how will we be fed? Who will feed us? How is the food that arrives in our metropolises produced, distributed, sold, consumed (and shamefully wasted), now and in the future?

IGrow PreOwned 1/14/18 IGrow PreOwned 1/14/18

Research Outlines Interconnected Benefits of Urban Agriculture

The urban agriculture phenomenon has grown over the years for many reasons, each specific to the plot of land or rooftop it covers. While most of the benefits from these efforts seem to be limited and very local, when taken collectively the result is a significant environmental impact.

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

Urban Rooftop Farms As New City Culture

Do you feel that the price of vegetables is increasing by the day? If so then rooftop farming can be the best solution for your problem.

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

Locally Grown Produce Could Reach New Heights

Jennifer Adams, who began serving as Okaloosa County’s tourist development department director last September, is thinking of starting a produce garden at the Emerald Coast Convention Center.