City Agriculture - August 16, 2017

Lufa Farms - three rooftop soil-less farms to feed 2% of Montreal

https://youtu.be/Trl2eE-kVGM

IGA Extra Famille Duchemin in Saint-Laurent, a borough of Montreal which is pushing green roofs, now claims to be the first grocery store in Canada to sell produce grown on its own roof

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/montreal+growing+vegetables+roof/13797151/story.html

https://www.facebook.com/IGADuchemin/
 

Urban farmer in Detroit

http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/working/2017/06/how_does_urban_farmer_greg_willerer_work.html

City Tree - "binds harmful particulate matter, nitrogen oxides and CO2, matching the enormous environmental benefits of up to 275 urban trees"

https://greencitysolutions.de/en/solutions/#section1bottom

Urban Farming in Sacramento

http://www.salon.com/2017/07/02/when-you-used-to-say-farmer-you-would-not-have-me-as-the-picture-urban-farming-in-sacremento/

Urban agriculture design for Romainville, France

http://www.archdaily.com/874922/ilimelgo-reimagines-future-of-urban-agriculture-in-romainville

hat tip Greg Watson

Holland’s first vertical forest

http://inhabitat.com/hollands-first-vertical-forest-to-rise-with-10000-air-purifying-plants/

https://www.stefanoboeriarchitetti.net/en/portfolios/urban-tower-for-antwerp/

Behind the scenes at Eindhoven’s new vertical farm

https://singularityhub.com/2017/07/13/a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-europes-huge-new-vertical-farm/

And another development in Eindhoven

https://www.mvrdv.com/en/news/eindhoven-selects-mvrdvs-nieuw-bergen-a-design-for-sustainable-residences-in-the-city-centre

Vertical agriculture company Plenty gets $200 million in funding

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40659617

https://www.facebook.com/plentyag/

12 Agrihoods

http://www.shareable.net/blog/12-agrihoods-taking-farm-to-table-living-mainstream

Drone footage of Shanghai building with space for 1000 trees

https://youtu.be/wYsnpd3gMFk

LA’s Cedars Sinai Hospital Healing Plaza Garden

http://www.ahbe.com/portfolio/cedars-sinai-healing-plaza-garden

http://inhabitat.com/restorative-healing-gardens-take-over-a-concrete-garage-rooftop-in-l-a/