Author Archives: UOG

On November, 30th people all over are celebrating National Mason Jar Day!  This day celebrates the invention of the mason jar and its usability in homes...

JESSICA GRIFFIN / INQUIRER STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER INQUIRER.COM – The Life Do Grow Farm on North 11th and Dauphin Streets in North Philadelphia was...

NORTHCOUNTRYOUTLOOK.COM – Here are a few of my thoughts on things to be thankful for this Thanksgiving… Battery-powered tools –  Many...

Nearly 30 families received plots of land this summer to grow their own organic fruits and vegetables. [photos by Chet Williams]NEWS.LLU.EDU – Families...

GOODNEWSNETWORK.ORG – From an ag-tech startup named Plenty, a two-acre indoor vertical farm produces yields that would normally require a 720-acre...

GOODMORNINGAMERICA.COM – Tony Hillery is on a mission to teach children in his Harlem community how to adopt healthier food habits. “It’s...

ISRAEL21.C.ORG – Greenhouses and urban farm factories are expensive to set up but pay off in higher yield, quality and market value, growing all...

TALLAHASSEEREPORTS.COM – On Monday, Oct. 19, Mayor John Dailey and the City Commissioners broke ground on the first City Farm TLH located in the...

  In Seattle, volunteers transformed seven acres of grass next to a busy road into the Beacon Food Forest. (Flickr user Jeff Wright) THESMITHSONIANMAG.COM...

Natalie Garcia tends to the community garden at the MLK FAME Community Center on Oct. 22, 2020. The existing garden was expanded by Black Star Farmers...

Richard Bord/Getty Images Via The Conversation THENEWLEAM.COM – Gardening is a popular hobby in Indian cities. Although in the case of the majority...

Scott Takushi | Pioneer Press WISFARMER.COM – ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – As an astronomer and physicist, John Cannon’s work is literally out...

FOODTANK.COM – The Finnish technology startup iFarm recently raised US$4 million to build vertical farms for more customers across Europe and the...

SACMAG.COM – Imagine: A vacant lot transformed into a fruit garden. An apartment balcony repurposed as a tomato nursery. A backyard that functions...

IAN MACLELLAN FORBES.COM – The National Trust for Historic Preservation recently announced winners of the 2020 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National...

Lily LaRegina/Post-Gazette POSTGAZETTE.COM – Pittsburgh City Council’s continued financial support of urban farming projects in the city is the...

FOX 13 NEWS – Brick Street Farms is an urban hydroponic farm located in the heart of St. Petersburg. It upcycles shipping containers into 40-foot...

FARMERSALMANAC.COM – You can easily repurpose your Halloween jack-o-lantern by turning it into a bird feeder provided the pumpkin is not rotted...

THESTAR.COM – Your soil is the cradle that will nurture your garden next year. And now that your plants, flowers, and veggies are fading away for...

NATIONALOBSERVER.COM – Mike Levenston stands over a half-harvested stalk of kale, eyeing the autumnal remnants slowly disintegrating into the soil....