Daily Archives: November 3, 2008

Vertical farms give urban areas room to grow

by Nissa Hanna
WHAT’S HAPPENING

Dense city neighborhoods don’t generally have much space for garden plots, so the Urban Farming Food Chain project constructs vertical gardens for inner-city communities (ArchRecord.com 10.7.08).
The green walls don’t just provide a calming connection to nature, they produce edible fruits and vegetables — fresh and free nourishment in food deserts.
In Summer 2008, the vertical farms bloomed in four [...]