High-yield Solar Greenhouse harvests food & energy (timelapse) by Kirsten Dirksen on January 16, 2023 In the mountains overlooking Barcelona, a team at Valldaura Labs has built a solar greenhouse that harnesses the sun both …
Detroit indoor farming could boost local food, jobs & community by Kirsten Dirksen on March 22, 2020 In 2015 Jeff Adams bought an abandoned warehouse in his Detroit neighborhood and installed hydroponic racks 5-levels high to grow …
Ski town turns car park into vertical farm for local jobs/food by Kirsten Dirksen on November 11, 2018 For most of the year the soil in Jackson, Wyoming is iced over and the town’s produce is trucked in. …
Using containers to stack high yield farms for urban produce by Kirsten Dirksen on October 22, 2017 As a business school student Maarten Vandecruys became fascinated by robotized plant factories with artificial lighting (PFALs). Just a few …
More than work: Tokyo office grows own food in vertical farm by Kirsten Dirksen on January 24, 2016 In a country with very little arable land (only 12% compared with 20% in the US), in one of the …
Experiments in small space gardening in Mexico City by Kirsten Dirksen on June 15, 2015 In the ruins of an old storage building, young urban farmers in Mexico City’s Roma District are experimenting with how …
Rooftop hydroponics on NYC: serving produce from upstairs by Kirsten Dirksen on June 20, 2011 Chef John Mooney believes so strongly in local food that for his latest restaurant in Manhattan’s West Village, most of his …
Refarm the city: open source tools for urban farmers by Kirsten Dirksen on May 24, 2011 We’re becoming an urban planet – more than half of us live in cities – so if we want local food, …
Replantar la ciudad: herramientas para agricultures urbanos by Kirsten Dirksen on May 23, 2011 Desde 2007, más de la mitad de la población mundial vive en ciudades. Para obtener alimentos locales, habrá que plantarlos en …
