As long as we have techno-averse, reactionary horticultural leadership here in New York City we wil not likely create a business environment hospitable to start-ups like Lufa Farms in Montreal.
I have high regard for the professional background of the people behind this business. Who knows, we may see them in NYC some time in the near future. They have ambitious plans.
via www.marketwire.com
MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - March 22, 2011) - Lufa Farms, a new Montreal business that grows vegetables and greens year-round on an Ahuntsic-Cartierville office rooftop, will begin the sale and delivery of fresh produce direct to local consumers next month.
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Have a look at a rooftop greenhouse designed by an aerospace engineer. Its load spanning design, coupled with hydroponic growing, helps to solve the weight problem of traditional greenhouses. It could be mass produced. We desparatly need more visionary urban food production ideas like this. There is no future in digging in often contaminated city dirt.
via www.metropolismag.com
While green roofs have increasingly made headlines as solutions for environmentally sound design in an urban environment, more often than not they are found only as expensive additions to new constructions. Translating the concept for mass production at a cost-effective rate—and for easy implementation on pre-existing buildings—has posed a bit of a dilemma.
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