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How Urban Farming Tech Is Shaping The Future Of Food
As agriculture goes urban, it brings along technologies which may alter the future of food. Urban farming is…
2024-02-20
Rooftop Farming: Why Vertical Gardening Is Blooming In Kampala
Ugandans are finding creative solutions to the growing challenges of urbanisation. When Martin Agaba realised his urban farm…
2018-10-03
How Urban Farming Helps City Folk Get Back To Their Roots
Along with fresh fruit and vegetables, city farms are providing communities with jobs, start-up programs, knowledge and social…
2017-03-01
And Cool, Intelligent Farms, Right Under Our Feet …
The “world’s first underground urban farm” is set to start selling herbs and salads grown 33 m (108…
2016-02-05
The Future Of Urban Farms In Shipping Containers
In shipping containers, urban farmers can grow a large yield in small spaces. The gray lot under the…
2016-01-15
How Wyoming Enjoys Quality Local Produce With Vertical Farms
With harsh winters and a remote location, Jackson, Wyoming, has been unusually dependent on food trucked in from…
2015-09-17
What Makes Housing Great? Here’s New York City’s Guide
Anyone can use the city’s new guide to affordable housing–and eventually, it could go global. Who gets to…
2018-05-14
Shelters That Saved Londoners In War, Still Serves Peacetime
When the Second World broke out in Europe, and London became the prime bombing target, people began to…
2016-10-21
5 ways fusion energy can change the world for the better
Commercial fusion energy has been making headlines since scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California achieved…
2023-04-14
How A Tiny Country Like Netherlands Feeds The World
Despite its size, the Netherlands is a top agricultural exporter. How’s this possible? The agricultural intensification of the…
2021-02-10
Three Ways Cities Can Help Feed The World, Without Costing The Earth
Climate change is underway, and human activities such as urbanisation, industrialisation and food production are key contributors. Food…
2019-04-08
Why The Price Of Convenience & Technology Is Our Privacy
Futuristic supermarkets promise customers the truth about their shopping, says Prof Carlo Ratti, but what are the retailers…
2016-06-13
Vast Rooftop Project For A Little Idea In Greening Gotham
A 60,000-square-foot rooftop greenhouse that will produce more than 500 tons of fresh vegetables a year finally opened this…
2016-02-23
Top 10 Places For Growing Foods In Cities In The USA
People have been growing food and raising livestock across the United States for centuries—even in cities. But it…
2016-02-18
Microsoft + Urban Agriculture = An Amazing Harmony
There’s a quiet, green revolution growing in the middle of Microsoft’s Café 34. Under plasma lights, lettuce thrives…
2015-11-23
The Future Of Food In A Box
Aquaponics uses fish to create soil-less farms that can fit into cities much easier. On an early June…
2015-05-06
Quirky Ideas For More Sustainable Cities
City living has many upsides, but a sustainable lifestyle is increasingly not among them. Pollution, traffic and loss…
2015-04-30