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Orange County Convention Center Launches Urban Garden

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Orange County is aiming for going more GREEN with a new local food sourcing program called the “Center-to-Table Gardens in the West Concourse”. The program which began in May, gives convention goers a chance to see where their food comes from, on-site.

 

“The farm, operated by Urban Smart Farms, includes 81 towers for growing lettuce, microgreens, herbs and the occasional tomato or pepper plant, all on full view along the concourse from the main parking lot. An opening reception for the gardens is set for this afternoon. There are about seven types of lettuce grown on-site and a variety of greens including chards, choi, mustard, celery and kale.”

To read the entire article, visit: “OrlandoSentinal.com“

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A Touch of Tuscany Headed to Staten Island

On top of this new 40,000 square foot roof you’ll find a vineyard, with an organic farm and bee keeping program.  They also plan on opening a restaurant on property that will use the organic produce and donate 100% of their profits to charity’s within Staten Island.

“We will grow the grapes, crush them and bottle them — all right here on the property,” he said.

To read more about this project, visit: “Silive.com“

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Get Your “Cool-Season” Vegetable Garden Off To a Great Start – Join the NEW UOG, Monthly Seed & Garden Club TODAY!

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Last Chance! Must join before November 4th if you’d like to receive a shipment this Month. Shipments go out November 5th. Get seeds & garden supplies delivered to you at just the right time of the year.

🌱Fully customized based on your grow zone – garden specs – sunlight – and more. Get your fall and winter garden off to a great start with a hand-selected, customized selection of seeds for your area and garden type.

🌿Join now: https://urbanorganicgardener.cratejoy.com/

🌱This is the easiest way to grow an organic garden all-year-round with totally raw un-treated GMO-FREE seeds. We will guide you and your family on your way to living a healthier and more self-sufficient lifestyle. Join UOG today and let’s grow something together.

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Chef’s Produce Travels Just 60 Feet from the Building’s Roof to His Kitchen


“Chef John Mooney believes so strongly in local food that for his latest restaurant in Manhattan’s West Village, most of his produce travels just 60 feet from the building’s roof to his kitchen.

He’s able to grow nearly two-thirds the vegetables for his restaurant- Bell, Book & Candle- because he doesn’t rely on soil. Instead, Mooney and his partner Mick O’Sullivan installed 60 vertical tower hydroponic systems.”

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Paris Allows Anyone to Plant an Urban Garden

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Paris has passed a new law stating that ANYONE is allowed to plant and grow food in urban areas within city limits.  After applying for a permit, gardeners will be able to grow wherever they want! Flower boxes, rooftops, under trees, on walls or even on fences.  Gardeners can choose from flowers, vegetables or fruit.  The mayor’s goal was to create more green areas and living walls by the year 2020 and more space dedicated to urban agriculture.

To read the entire article, visit: “InHabitat.com“

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Backyard Aeroponics: Self-Sustaining Farm In Wisconsin

“They knew they had to maximize greenhouse space so they decided to grow vertical and to grow differently. They experimented with hydroponics and finally settled on aeroponics. “So aeroponics is similar to hydroponics using water rather than soil, but it’s mist,” explains Benjamin. “It’s a mist that comes on inside the growing chamber, and it comes on every 3 minutes for 10 seconds, it’s a really high oxygen water that’s hitting that root. The method was actually developed and is being used by NASA because it uses so much less water and the speed of growth is much faster.”

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Join the Monthly Seed Club! Get Seeds & Garden Supplies Delivered to Your Door-step.

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Last Chance! Must join before October 4th if you’d like to receive a shipment this Month. Shipments go out October 5th. Get seeds & garden supplies delivered to you at just the right time of the year. Fully customized based on your grow zone – garden specs – sunlight – and more.

Join now: https://urbanorganicgardener.cratejoy.com

This is the easiest way to grow an organic garden all-year-round with totally raw un-treated GMO-FREE seeds. We will guide you and your family on your way to living a healthier and more self-sufficient lifestyle. Join UOG today and let’s grow something together.

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NASA-INSPIRED INDOOR GARDENS MAY MAKE AT-HOME FARMING EASIER AND HEALTHIER

Farming once required a lot of space, but that’s not the case anymore. Homegrown produce is becoming more and more available to city dwellers across the world.

“A company called Click & Grow wants to make farming at home as easy as pressing a button. After successfully launching the personal Smart Herb Garden last year, it has now announced a new line of fully-automated, NASA-inspired “Wall Farms,” which the firm says can grow fresh produce in a matter of weeks with minimal effort.

Their first goal was to make the indoor farms as low maintenance as possible. No sunlight? Not a problem! Each shelf in the system has grow lights installed and an irrigation line conserves up to 95% more water than traditional farming methods.

To read the entire article, visit: “DigitalTrends.com“

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Luxury Hotel Boasts Productive Urban Rooftop Farm

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“Perched on the third floor overlooking the grand river, the Hydroponic Rooftop Farm consists of Small Green Houses, Sprouting Rooms, Green Houses, and Green Tunnels. Plants are grown in a mineral-rich solution on specially constructed growing platforms under controlled temperature and lighting conditions. A variety of Asian vegetables, Western vegetables, and salads are offered including herbs, melons, organic tomatoes, green zucchini and cucumbers, mixed greens, rocket salads, and micro greens, with a daily production of between 12 – 50 kilograms for each product.”

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This hydroponic farm uses less water than traditional farms, on up to 70% less land with 50% less fertilizers.  The Anantara Riverside Bangkok Resort also is serving up it’s locally grown food to it’s guests who can taste the difference and see the value in the produce grown right at the hotel. “It does not get any fresher than having freshly grown greens ‘straight from the farm to the table’ in a day.”

To read the entire story, visit: “GreenRoofs.com“

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See the Zoo That’s Feeding Animals from the Ground Up with Vertical Gardens

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A Zoo in England now uses vertical farming systems to help feed it’s 2,000 animals. Growing food for the animals at the zoo has several advantages. By using hydroponic methods there are no weeds, or soil-borne pests. The produce will also have no toxic pesticides, be grown with less water, and the yields will be of top quality.

“The zoo’s hydroponic growing system is made up of different layers of crops, including lettuce and spinach. The sun’s rays hit the stacked plants at different points. For example, plants at the top of the stack receive the majority of direct sunlight. Plants at the bottom of the stack receive the minority of direct sunlight.”

To read the rest of the article, visit: “FoodTank.com“

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Levi’s Stadium, Home of the 49ers, Unveils Rooftop Farm

160908105722-levis-stadium-farm-1-780x439The home of the San Francisco 49ers has recently unveiled their new roof-top urban farm! The football stadium roof-top garden is expected to generate 150 pounds of fresh produce each week that will be used to cook up food items for club spaces and private events at the stadium

“The Faithful Farm, as it’s called, isn’t a small garden patch either. It occupies 4,000 square feet of the eco-friendly stadium’s 27,000-square-foot green roof, which features a variety of plants native to the Bay area. The roof also has solar panels used to generate renewable energy.”
They plan on growing over 40 different crops including things like zucchini, tomatoes, peppers, squash, eggplants and more. They’ll also include popular herbs like lavender, basil and sage.


To read the rest of the article, visit: “MoneyCNN.com“

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Vertical Farming: Growing Greens In The Air

20160912001388_0“Forget sunshine and soil to grow leafy greens and fresh vegetables for health-conscious consumers. A US venture firm is leading a new wave of future agriculture by adopting the latest technology to produce something fresher, safer and more environmentally conscious at the heart of urban spaces.”

Instead of growing food, traditionally with the use of pesticides and water, AeroFarms is producing greenhouse grown, quality, FRESH food all year round with the use of indoor vertical farming.

This company currently produces an incredible amount of edible greens, which are grown stacked vertically in rows that reach all the way to the ceiling of a temperature controlled environment. Nutrients and lighting are also closely monitored. They use “95 percent less water, about 50 percent less fertilizers and zero pesticides.”

To read the entire article, visit: “KoreaHerald.com“

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Vertical Farm Grows 65,000 Pounds Of Lettuce In Shipping Containers

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In Los Angeles, three farms are changing the face of urban farming. They don’t grow food outside, but rather inside of three small shipping containers.

“The startup uses vertical hydroponic farming, a method where plants grow year-round with LEDs rather than natural sunlight.  Instead of soil, the seeds lie on trays with nutrient-rich water, stacked from the floor to the ceilings inside the shipping containers. The containers live inside Local Roots’ warehouse in California.”

The farms are comprised of 3, 320-square foot shipping containers which are able to produce as much food as four acres of traditional farmland.

To read more about these shipping container farms, visit: “BusinessInsider.com”

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12 Unique and Fun Raised Garden Bed Ideas

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Gardening in raised beds has long been a tradition among gardeners both in urban and suburban neighborhoods. For decades now, people have been turning to their creative side to come up with lovely ways to construct raised beds that are not only purposeful but easy on the eyes.  Here’s just a few of our favorites!

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Milk Crate Raised Garden Bed
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Spiral Raised Herb Bed

To see the other 9 Unique and Fun Raised Garden Bed Ideas, visit: “SiteForEverything.com“