Schools start the New Year with urban agriculture announcements

Late December normally brings cold, snow and a slow GILA newscycle. 2013 was no different, but there were a some interesting discoveries over the last couple of weeks. And kids in three cities will be very happy when they come back after the winter break.

-To start things off, the Toronto Star covered the massive, urban agriculture rooftop at Eastdale Collegiate. You heard about it first here on Living Architecture Daily because we were part of the team! Hopefully the story takes Toronto by storm in the spring, a write-up on Christmas feels like the story could be buried a bit...but it's so incredible I am sure that it will resonate across Canada, and the world, for decades to come.

-Not to be outdone a school in New York will have a $1.2 million hydroponic garden on its roof this year. 

-Everyone one of the 31 schools in the Delta school district will have an urban agriculture installation by the end of the year, reports the Vancouver Sun. Wow!!!

-Edmonds Community College is the first college in North America to offer an urban agriculture degree (plus six certificates) focused on learning to grow, develop and manage urban agriculture systems and businesses for local markets and clients. The first quarter starts today!

-The last few years have been dominated by aquaponics. Before that hydroponics was the biggest "ponic" and once upon a time there aeroponics inspired the imagination. Could it be back?