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Couple's 'Micro-Mini Farm' Venture Began As A Hobby

Since last summer, Joseph and wife Carly have been trying their luck at market gardening, digging in at the Firefly Ridge community gardens in Wauwatosa, which are rented from Milwaukee County University of Wisconsin-Extension.

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Farmer Josh is Bringing Ultra Local Food to NYC (and Asking Hard Questions About Our Food System)

Josh Lee may have grown up on a farm in North Carolina, but he never expected to end up a farmer himself -– especially not in New York City. And yet that’s exactly what the fifth-generation farmer has done with Green Top Farms, a “seed-to-salad” delivery service that brings ultra fresh, ultra local food to offices throughout NYC, in the hopes of helping people think more about where their food comes from.

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'Grow Food On Mars': LA Startups Tackle Climate Change With Inventive Solutions

Torrential winter rains ended California’s drought but Local Roots, the farming company, believes continued water shortages plus a growing population and pressure to reduce transport costs will make their container farms a common sight in parking lots across the US and beyond. One container can produce 4,000 heads of butterhead lettuce every 10 days using just 25 gallons of water daily, said Stroden, the executive.

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Bring On Next-Gen Urban Farming: Usher In A New Era Of Food Production in New York City

When New Yorkers go to their local grocer or supermarket, we often see produce imported from other states or countries. There is no reason why the majority of our natural food products cannot be grown and sold right here in the Big Apple. For an urban center as large as New York City, we must be prepared for the challenges of climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, a changing ecological system, and the need to supply healthy food to an ever-growing population.

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With Urban Grit and Pink Lights, London Warehouse Farms Fish and Greens

It's a far cry from traditional British farms that sprawl across acres of land. But for Kate Hofman, who co-founded GrowUp Urban Farms in 2013, producing food in this 6,000 square feet building in Beckton was not only clever and cost-effective, it was also a sustainable way to feed people in the city.

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No Soil, No Sunshine, No Problem! Meet the Farmer of the Future, Growing Real Food Indoors

The bulk of the food grown in the U.S. is made up of things called “commodity crops,” such as corn, wheat, and soy. The majority of these crops are never fed to people but instead redirected to livestock, used in packaged foods, or relegated to the biofuel industry. In order to make these crops, which are grown en masse with little to no biodiversity, resistant to pests and disease, they’re frequently doused with herbicides, pesticides, and synthetic fertilizers.

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Selected Kaufland Romania Shops To Turn Roofs, Parking Lots Into Urban Gardens

The project, “Gradinescu,” developed through a partnership with the Association of the research Institute for Permaculture in Romania, is a first in Romania and promotes care towards nature, community spirit and supports the development of urban agriculture, company representatives say.

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How Urban Agriculture Swept Through Greater Cleveland

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Kinsman Farm, marked by crop-filled fields and surrounded by tall trees and grass filled lots, would seem at home in a rural Ohio county. But the pasture of leafy greens sits in the heart of Cleveland, Ohio's second most populous city.