City Agriculture - September 25, 2017

Newtown Creek Wildflower Roof - another green roof grows in Brooklyn

http://inhabitat.com/nyc/an-urban-oasis-springs-to-life-in-nycs-newtown-creek-wildflower-roof/

http://www.alivestructures.com/projects

Growing Local:  A Community Guide to Planning for Agriculture and Food Systems - because city agriculture requires a community food system
http://www.farmlandinfo.org/growing-local-community-guide-planning-agriculture-and-food-systems

hat tip to Julia Freedgood, one of the authors and an old friend

Davenport, Iowa grocery store grows greens in a vertical garden onsite

https://www.fridaysfreshmarket.com

http://inhabitat.com/iowa-store-grows-10-15-lbs-of-produce-on-outdoor-vertical-garden-every-week/

Syrians under siege grow mushrooms to feed themselves

https://globalvoices.org/2017/09/02/syrians-in-a-besieged-town-are-learning-to-grow-mushrooms-to-survive/

Ho Chi Minh City 10 story office tower designed with space for trees

http://votrongnghia.com/projects/nanoco-head-office-ho-chi-minh/

https://www.designboom.com/architecture/vtn-architects-nanoco-head-office-vietnam-06-01-2017/

http://inhabitat.com/translucent-ho-chi-minh-city-office-tower-infused-with-greenery-helps-combat-urban-pollution/

Algae Dome

https://youtu.be/xFt4Mjna2dk

https://medium.com/space10-the-farm/how-algae-could-help-solve-some-of-the-worlds-biggest-problems-1fa7774a16b1

http://inhabitat.com/incredible-algae-dome-absorbs-sunshine-and-co2-to-produce-superfood-and-oxygen/

Mushroom growing under solar panels in Japan

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Can-mushrooms-and-solar-power-fill-Japan-s-vacant-farmland

Grow Dat Youth Farm - New Orleans turns 2 acres of City Park’s former golf course into a farm

http://growdatyouthfarm.org

http://inhabitat.com/new-orleans-golf-course-transformed-into-citys-biggest-urban-farm-with-an-eco-campus/

Bike Share Farm
https://youtu.be/4X9YM37DsDA

http://www.core77.com/projects/68407/Roll-into-the-Weekend-with-this-Solar-Powered-Planting-System-on-Wheels

23-acre Hilltop Urban Farm for Pittsburgh, PA, largest urban farmed in the USA

https://www.facebook.com/HilltopUrbanFarmPGH/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-farming-urban-farm/post-industrial-pittsburgh-to-host-americas-largest-urban-farm-idUSKCN1BL0LC

Exhale, living chandelier which purifies air 

http://inhabitat.com/extraordinary-living-chandelier-with-algae-filled-leaves-purifies-the-air/

Eden-ISS - how to grow produce in Antarctica or space

http://www.dlr.de/irs/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-11408/#gallery/29071

http://inhabitat.com/new-antarctic-farm-will-grow-produce-despite-temperatures-of-100-degrees-f/