Spring has exploded and so has the big living architecture news across North America.
BrightFarms, known for its rooftop greenhouses in hyper urban settings, is the first of the frontrunners to open a location in America's heartland, Kansas City. Does this mean it's ready to take on the established hydroponics industry? We may look back at this week as a turning point in the hydroponics industry.
-While the BrightFarms behemoth is getting off the ground, school kids in Dallas are in the midst of creating their own youth lead urban farm operation.
-The aquaponics field had it's own huge announcement, as a 100,000 square foot state-of-the-art production facility will be producing medical marijuana. Early projections suggest first year sales of $25 million with a market valuation in excess of $500 million!!!
-It just recently came to my attention, but in 2013 Wal-Mart produced their green roof case study, profiling a store in Chicago and the massive benefits it has enjoyed. If Wal-Mart gets behind green roofs, like they did organics...watch out world!
Last, but not least. If you have a little time on your hands check out this well-researched article on the botanical diversity of our cities.
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Tuesday, February 18, 2014
A permaculture trek around India
I spied this last month and thought it was pretty neat. It's a permaculture travelogue, if you will and it feels like you are along for the ride across India as well.
-Equally as engrossing is one person's musings on how Islam and permaculture intersect.
-It looks like Bright Farms has raised almost $5 million more to build greenhouses on urban supermarkets. With 9 in development it is lapping the competition (Gotham Greens and Lufa Farms). Someone needs to analyze how they've managed to get the upper hand in this rapidly developing rooftop battle.
-The Thousands' Win Indiegogo rooftop vineyard campaign is off to a flying start. Nearly $3,000 in just a few days. If I were a betting man, I think that they'd hit their target in under 3 weeks. Their idea is still quirky but not too far out there, highly executable and built on sound science. In addition because it's unique, it can be marked up accordingly and is designed to be consumed over and over again. There's the magic formula! Let's see how close my prediction is.
-Equally as engrossing is one person's musings on how Islam and permaculture intersect.
-It looks like Bright Farms has raised almost $5 million more to build greenhouses on urban supermarkets. With 9 in development it is lapping the competition (Gotham Greens and Lufa Farms). Someone needs to analyze how they've managed to get the upper hand in this rapidly developing rooftop battle.
-The Thousands' Win Indiegogo rooftop vineyard campaign is off to a flying start. Nearly $3,000 in just a few days. If I were a betting man, I think that they'd hit their target in under 3 weeks. Their idea is still quirky but not too far out there, highly executable and built on sound science. In addition because it's unique, it can be marked up accordingly and is designed to be consumed over and over again. There's the magic formula! Let's see how close my prediction is.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
New York City law makes green roofs, urban gardens and greenhouses easier, other cities make it harder
Big news this week out of New York City, as City Council passed giving access to more land for urban gardens and to make it easier to build rooftop greenhouses.
Is New York now in the lead for greenest city in North America? We know they take their green seriously, they take it even more seriously in Uganda. How about a fine or imprisonment if you don't report how many animals you own?
Detroit's first commercial farm is finally getting started! It's 1/1000 of the size they wanted, but it's a start. The law needs to be changed to allow more farming in Detroit, Philly and elsewhere. And this article outlines some of the challenges.
Is New York now in the lead for greenest city in North America? We know they take their green seriously, they take it even more seriously in Uganda. How about a fine or imprisonment if you don't report how many animals you own?
Detroit's first commercial farm is finally getting started! It's 1/1000 of the size they wanted, but it's a start. The law needs to be changed to allow more farming in Detroit, Philly and elsewhere. And this article outlines some of the challenges.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Green roofs in depth in Oregon
A few more quiet days before lots of projects take off for us and others. So, here are a few stories before things get wacky.
-Wedded dynamic duo Nicole Sangsuree and Katie Boeh bring spin farming and more to Oregon, although with the recent brouhaha over trademarked names, surely someone will be clambering that the term
Farming for Victory was actually theirs first. We all know Oregon is miles beyond most of North America, Sustainable Business Oregon reports the city has a total of 273 ecoroofs over 13 acres!
-Here's another entrant into the vertical farming field, looks like these folks based in San Diego focus on greenhouse growing. Cityponics in Chicago I think is one step beyond with their system, but maybe doesn't have the community contacts yet. But that's just a guess.
- In Bayramic, Turkey, from June 4-11, there's a natural building workshop which will cover adobe, strawbale, earthen plasters and local plastering methods.
For questions contact Filiz Telek at filizatbaraka@gmail.com or peruse the website.
-And one quick permaculture job posting in Pakistan
-Wedded dynamic duo Nicole Sangsuree and Katie Boeh bring spin farming and more to Oregon, although with the recent brouhaha over trademarked names, surely someone will be clambering that the term
Farming for Victory was actually theirs first. We all know Oregon is miles beyond most of North America, Sustainable Business Oregon reports the city has a total of 273 ecoroofs over 13 acres!
-Here's another entrant into the vertical farming field, looks like these folks based in San Diego focus on greenhouse growing. Cityponics in Chicago I think is one step beyond with their system, but maybe doesn't have the community contacts yet. But that's just a guess.
- In Bayramic, Turkey, from June 4-11, there's a natural building workshop which will cover adobe, strawbale, earthen plasters and local plastering methods.
For questions contact Filiz Telek at filizatbaraka@gmail.com or peruse the website.
-And one quick permaculture job posting in Pakistan
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