[Thailand] With modern agriculture techniques, farming is no longer confined to rural areas; food can now be grown in dense urban areas where space is available. Continue reading USA’s engineer started an urban Spirulina farm in Bangkok
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Urban Rooftop Spirulina Farm in Bangkok
A Bangkok-based start-up called EnerGaia is pioneering a unique urban farming model. Across the city’s neglected rooftops, a small team of chemists and engineers are growing a nutritional supplement which also happens to be one of the planet’s oldest life forms: Spirulina. Continue reading Urban Rooftop Spirulina Farm in Bangkok
Realising the Urban Vertical Farm
The award-winning One Central Park building in Sydney unveiled its 116-metre vertical garden and expansive green public space, while over in Milan, Italy, architect Stefano Boeri finally realised his Bosco Verticale project, which houses 900 trees Continue reading Realising the Urban Vertical Farm
Chinese plan to reconstruct city with urban farms powered by the sun, wind, and algae
China has drawn most of its modern technology from the West, but now, as the balance of power is starting to shift, China will have to innovate and start developing its own ideas. In a recent contest, the city of Shenzhen went looking for creative proposals for a financial district which would include Continue reading Chinese plan to reconstruct city with urban farms powered by the sun, wind, and algae
These Reinvented Urban Farms Grow Algae, Not Kale
Think of urban farming, and you might picture a rooftop vegetable garden. But designers from EcoLogicStudio in London think that cities should start to take a different approach to their farms: Instead of lettuce or kale, the architects are experimenting with new artificial systems that grow algae. Continue reading These Reinvented Urban Farms Grow Algae, Not Kale