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Urban Farming (UPDATE)

Full-blown farm operations take over small urban gardens

Implications - Cities are going one step further in the urban gardening game with full-scale farms that significantly reduce overall food costs and CO2 emissions from food transport. Once attributed only to individual eco-minded consumers, independent urban gardens have grown into full-fledged farm operations, incorporated by architects into towers and homes, businesses into their retail operations and city planners into neighborhoods and even alongside freeways.

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6 Featured, 54 Examples: 1,189,761 Total Clicks

Date Range: Mar 10 - Nov 10

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Consumer Insight Topics: Art & Design Business Architecture Lifestyle Eco Retail

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Food-Producing Towers - Self-Sufficient Oasis Tower Can Feed 40,000 People Each Year

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Warm 16,830 Clicks Pub: Mar 1, 10

Food-Producing Towers

Self-Sufficient Oasis Tower Can Feed 40,000 People Each Year

The Oasis Tower will be located in Zabeel Park, Dubai, and could possibly be the answer to the rise in population and the scarce amount of land available for farming. Designer Rahul Surin believes that… [More]

Futuristic City Farms - The Agricultural Urbanism Concept May Just Eliminate the Supermarket

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Average 28,014 Clicks Pub: Mar 17, 10

Futuristic City Farms

The Agricultural Urbanism Concept May Just Eliminate the Supermarket

You can't get more organic than by growing the food yourself but unfortunately, most people who live in the city don't have that luxury. Instead, you are forced to pay a premium for quality food. There… [More]

Post-Apocalyptic Vegetable Farms - Lettuce-Growing Vending Machine Produces Sunless Salad Greens

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Warm 20,437 Clicks Pub: Nov 6, 10

Post-Apocalyptic Vegetable Farms

Lettuce-Growing Vending Machine Produces Sunless Salad Greens

This Japanese lettuce-growing vending machine grows salad greens with fluorescent bulbs instead of sunlight and can produce more than 20,000 heads of lettuce a year. It's good to know that even in a nuclear… [More]

In-Store Gardens - The Agropolis Grocery Store Grows Produce On-Site

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Warm 10,532 Clicks Pub: Sep 7, 10

In-Store Gardens

The Agropolis Grocery Store Grows Produce On-Site

The Agropolis grocery store is an innovative grocery store concept that turns your local supermarket into a veritable farmer's market. Eating healthy has never been so easy. The Agropolis grows food on… [More]

Greenhouse Housing - The Growingcity Aims to Integrate Farming With Urban Living

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Mild 11,874 Clicks Pub: Oct 13, 10

Greenhouse Housing

The Growingcity Aims to Integrate Farming With Urban Living

Your urban abode might become a whole lot greener if ' The Growingcity' has their way. The Growingcity is an eco-think tank dedicated to urban agriculture that has designed conceptual greenhouse housing.… [More]

Sky Gardens - Eagle Street Rooftop Farm is a 6,000-Square-Foot NYC Project

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Warm 8,317 Clicks Pub: Jun 29, 10

Sky Gardens

Eagle Street Rooftop Farm is a 6,000-Square-Foot NYC Project

Eagle Street Rooftop Farm is one of a growing number of green roof projects popping up in urban settings. The 6,000-square-foot organic garden project, designed by Lisa Goode, tops a Brooklyn warehouse.… [More]