Fraunhofer Institute in Germany has been doing “agrophotovoltaics” studies for the last few years, the concept of producing both crops and solar power on the same land. Their 2018 study results are available here: … [Read more...]
City Agriculture – September 8, 2019
How urban farms could solve future food problems https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2019/6/21/how-urban-farms-could-solve-future-food-problems Tenth of an acre permaculture … [Read more...]
City Agriculture – May 17, 2019
Singapore Airlines reinventing airplane food with produce from a vertical farm https://www.newsweek.com/singapore-airlines-aerofarm-1376378 Agritech … [Read more...]
MIT Solve Coastal Communities Challenge
How can coastal communities mitigate and adapt to climate change while developing and prospering? https://solve.mit.edu/challenges/coastal-communities Challenge deadline July 1, 2018 Challenge Overview Over 30% of humanity lives near … [Read more...]
City Agriculture – April 21, 2017
An apartment filled with plants http://modernfarmer.com/2016/07/summer-rayne-oakes/ Daytonian in Manhattan - "The stories behind the buildings, statues and other points of interest that make Manhattan fascinating.” Can’t have a viable … [Read more...]
City Agriculture – December 15, 2016
Guizhou – Mountain Forest Hotel: a vertical forest hotel so green that it may also purify the surrounding air http://www.stefanoboeriarchitetti.net/en/portfolios/guizhou-10-thousand-peaks-valley-project/ Paris “Mille Arbres” or … [Read more...]
City Agriculture – May 23, 2016
Skyfarm - modular vertical grow structure http://www.rsh-p.com/projects/skyfarm/ http://inhabitat.com/wind-powered-vertical-skyfarms-look-to-a-more-sustainable-future-for-farming/ AccorHotels, which includes Sofitel, Novotel and Motel … [Read more...]
City Agriculture – December 24, 2015 – Happy Merry New and Bah Humbug Edition
Homefarm - a conceptual proposal for the next generation of urban retirement housing. It presents a living and farming typology for Singapore (or elsewhere) that combines apartments and facilities for seniors with vertical urban … [Read more...]
MA Food Plan
Massachusetts has released its food plan, only the third in the last 40 years. You can see it at http://www.mafoodplan.org http://www.mapc.org/sites/default/files/MAFoodPlanGoals.pdf Public comment is invited, email wpitcoff@mapc.org … [Read more...]
UMass Sustainable Food and Farming Certificate Program
We currently have 600 students registered in our UMass Sustainable Food and Farming Certificate Program. If you are interested in this 15 credit UMass degree, see: https://stockbridge.cns.umass.edu/SFF-Certificate AND..... Our … [Read more...]