Holy Cow! The World’s First Floating Urban Dairy Farm

August 9, 2016

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The Netherlands is reinventing urban dairy farming. By January 2017, the port city Rotterdam will be home to the world’s first Floating Dairy Farm

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With the rapidly rising world population and land scarcity in mind, the Dutch companies behind … Read More...

Country’s First K-8 Urban Farm School Sprouting in San Francisco

June 15, 2016

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With an ecology and farming curriculum intended to “cultivate in the students and the staff a consistent and ongoing relationship with the outdoors,” San Francisco’s Golden Bridges School, a K-8 urban farm school, unveiled plans for its new campus, an … Read More...

Conversations On a Small Island to Accelerate Positive Change on the Planet

March 26, 2016

Turtle-Island-Solar-Panels-urbangardenswebTurtle Island’s solar farm and five-acre organic garden.

Monica Laurence exudes positive energy and is resolute in her mission to drive conversation toward creating positive change for the planet.

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The creator behind Turtle Talks, a web series project … Read More...

Floating Food Forest to Dock in New York City

March 10, 2016

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A floating food forest on a 50-foot platform made from shipping containers will dock in New York City waters throughout 2016.

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Public Food in Public Space
Swale is a collaborative floating urban food project dedicated to rethinking and challenging New … Read More...

Experience More Than 250 Years of Heirloom Vegetables and History in Old Salem, North Carolina

March 8, 2016

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Sponsored by Visit Winston-Salem
Updated 2024

Although Old Salem is just a 10-minute drive from Winston-Salem, it’s centuries away from the city’s contemporary urban center.

Visitors to the historic North Carolina town travel back more than 250 years to experience Read More...

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