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Cities
A Geodesic Dome Promises Fish from the Sky
A design for a geodesic dome could allow for affordable rooftop aquaponics.
News
Rebranding the Food Movement to Broaden Its Appeal
A health food corner store in Atlanta eschews the local food movement's idealization of agricultural labor, opting for a vintage-train vibe.
Design
Urban Beehives Get a Redesign
A new design competition will have you buzzing.
Lifestyle
The Future of Food, Sprouting Under LED Lights
LED Lights, sensors, and mathematical models could spell the future of sustainable agriculture.
Design
Could Cyber-Gardening Be the New Urban Gardening?
At an experimental algae farm, technology, biology, and architecture unite to educate the public.
Environment
Vacant Lot Transformed into a Garden by San Diego Firemen ... in 1917
I've been waiting for an appropriate hook to post this awesome photo—"Vacant Lot Transformed Into a Garden by San Diego Firemen"—for awhile now,...
Lifestyle
Is Decentralized Urban Farming the Future of food?
The founder of BK Farmyards advocates using urban land to grow crops closer to home. Growing food in dense cities like New York might seem like...
Lifestyle
Legalize Urban Produce, Says San Francisco Mayor
A new ordinance will allow urban farmers to sell the food they grow.
Design
GOOD Helps Build a School Garden
More than 100 volunteers joined GOOD at 28th Street Elementary School in downtown L.A. to help build two school gardens this past weekend.
News
How Does Your Garden Grow?
A complete guide to growing a school garden for parents and teachers.
Cities
Windowfarms Let Urban Apartment Dwellers Grow Their Own Food
Want to grow your own food but don't have a plot of land? The Windowfarms Project makes kits for modular, hydroponic "farms" that hang in your window.
Lifestyle
Food for Thinkers: Five Borough Farm
Nevin Cohen is tilling new soil: He's designing New York City's first-ever comprehensive plan for urban agriculture.
Lifestyle
Would It Cost You $2,500 to Grow Chard in Your Neighborhood?
Oakland urban agriculture hero Novella Carpenter was just busted for growing chard. A new interactive map shows you what's legal in your community.
Environment
A Pop-Up Farm Opens in Midtown Manhattan
When a construction project stalled, a real estate company, a restaurant, and an environmental group built a temporary farm instead.
The Community Board
Inventive Possibilities for Urban Farming
Philadelphia has thousands of flat roofs that lay empty soaking up the sun and collecting rain. But imagine if those roofs were transformed into...
Lifestyle
New Company Brings Produce From the Roof to the Supermarket Aisle
Heirloom veggies grown on the supermarket roof? A new company wants to make that a reality.
Design
Behold the Stunning, Spanish Vertical "Spiral Garden"
It's a marvel of public architecture, sustainable design, urban farming, and gorgeousness all at once.
Cities
GOOD Ideas for Cities: Encouraging Local Food Production
How to get a city that's surrounded by farmland to eat locally? Grow what local residents want to eat in convenient neighborhood gardens.
