Tuesday, March 26, 2019

City Agriculture - March 27, 2019

Solar microgrid powers indoor farm
https://cleantechnica.com/2019/01/22/solar-microgrid-to-power-indoor-farm-all-year-round/
https://boweryfarming.com

Greenhouse on Mt Everest growing food at 13,100 feet
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/mount-everest-greenhouse-13100-feet-one-worlds-highest-gardens-180971318/

Indigo Ag:  "Harnessing nature to help farmers sustainably feed the planet. Indigo improves grower profitability, environmental sustainability, and consumer health through the use of natural microbiology and digital technologies.”
https://www.indigoag.com

Planter Box House in Kuala Lumpur - gardens on every floor
http://www.formzero.net/wp/2018/12/07/planter-box-house/
https://www.archdaily.com/910200/planter-box-house-formzero
https://inhabitat.com/brilliant-home-made-out-of-cascading-concrete-planter-boxes-grows-more-than-40-types-of-edible-plants/

Eco-balcony - aquaponics for a balcony in Hanoi and other designs
http://farmingarchitects.com/eco-bancony/ban-cong-xanh/2/
https://inhabitat.com/aquaponic-gardens-bring-life-to-an-unused-balcony-in-an-architects-office/

Houseplant patent EULA [End User License Agreement]: "Asexual reproduction using scions, buds or cutting is strictly prohibited"
https://boingboing.net/2019/02/05/houseplant-patent-eula-asex.html
Editorial Comment:  Who owns your DNA?

Can agritecture make cities self-sufficient?
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2019/feb/09/can-agritecture-make-cities-self-sufficient-in-pictures

"OGarden Smart can grow up to 90 fruits and veggies at once, so you can enjoy an abundance of super fresh food. Automatic watering makes using OGarden Smart virtually effortless, and the automatic low energy consumption LEDs simulate the perfect amount of sunlight, offering optimal year round growth."
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ogarden/ogarden-smart/description

Superfarm “strives to recreate an ecosystem in an urban environment. Seaweed culture, beekeeping, insect farming, aquaponics and also various greenhouse cultivations and outdoor cultures, allow each living being to serve the growth of the others” powered entirely by renewables
https://www.studionab.fr/superfarm
https://inhabitat.com/superfarm-design-envisions-an-urban-vertical-farm-that-is-energy-self-sufficient/

Brot - light that grows sprouts too
https://www.thisisbrot.com

Large food-producing green roof for Tainan, Taiwan
https://worldarchitecture.org/architecture-news/epngm/mvrdv-to-create-wavy-green-landscapedroof-for-a-vegetable-market-in-tainan.html
https://inhabitat.com/mvrdv-designed-market-in-taiwan-will-grow-food-on-a-massive-green-roof/

“…urban farming experts Square Roots and food distribution giant Gordon Food Service announced that the location of their partnership’s first urban farm campus will be in Wyoming, Michigan”
https://cleantechnica.com/2019/03/26/square-roots-gordon-food-service-announce-first-urban-farm-campus-location/