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Canada: A Garden On Every Corner

In Vancouver, British Columbia, one social enterprise looks to make the most of unused urban space by converting empty lots into temporary community gardens

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Could Urban Farms Be The Preschools of The Future?

Under the distant gaze of a city skyline, cows and chickens wander through rows of sprouting vegetables; clear glass greenhouses dot the periphery. It sounds like an ordinary urban farm, but on this particular site, the wardens are toddlers.

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Paris To Turn A Third Of It's Green Space Into Urban Farms

France's famously beautiful capital is not a place you'd expect to find chickens, beehives, and rows of neatly planted cabbages -- but urban farming is flourishing in Paris.

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What Would Make Urban Agriculture in New York City More Equitable?

Last year, City Council Member Rafael Espinal introduced a bill that would have set up a comprehensive plan, calling for an in-depth analysis of potential spaces, zoning laws, and building codes, as well as the expansion of the availability of healthy food in low-income neighborhoods.

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AgriPark, in Fishers, Indiana, Connects Urban Community To Agriculture

A 30-acre city park in Fishers will serve as a functioning farm in 2018. The Fishers AgriPark will be the largest park in the country that’s dedicated solely to a working farm.

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A Growing Concern

Developed by Envirable Grow Systems LLC, the EnviraGrow center will operate inside a 20- to 40-square-foot trailer.

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Manhattan’s Only Underground Chef’s Farm Supplying Rare Herbs to NYC Restaurants

New York City’s farm-to-table scene just got even fresher. Farm.one is an underground vertical farm in the business of forward-thinking. With a little help from LED lighting and a climate controlled environment, it grows its produce year-round, one story below the hustle and bustle of Manhattan’s streets.

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Seeding Change: Woman Launches Eastside Erie, PA Urban Farm

Farm plots will take over vacant lots in the city, bringing food choices to people who need them.

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Unilever Launches Vegan Snack Line To Support Urban Farming Projects

Unilever, a global product corporation, recently introduced a new vegan snack line to benefit urban farming initiatives. Fifty percent of profits from these organic vegan crunchy clusters, Growing Roots, will be donated to various organizations that work to make fresh food accessible in urban areas.

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This Musk — Elon's brother — Looks To Revolutionize Urban Farming

In sunny California, Elon Musk is upending America's auto and space industries. And here, in a cold, gritty section of Brooklyn, his brother Kimbal has embarked on a project that's just as significant in its own way: Trying to reboot the food system.

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Modular Farms Co Adopts Brisbane's Eat Street As Home

BRISBANE is now home to the first “modular farm” in Australia. And it’s just a stone’s throw from the CBD. Modular Farms Co opened its first permanently located herb and vegetable production facility, housed within a shipping container, at the popular food precinct, Eat Street Northshore.

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A World Of Pier Imagination: Design Firm Pitches Futuristic Eco-Towers For Manhattan Tip

An international design firm has crafted plans for the residential supertowers of tomorrow — complete with vertical farms, flying robo-taxi docks, and talking restaurants — and they’ve pegged Pier 2 off The Battery as the ideal site of their visionary development.