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2010 Corvallis Youth Garden

August 31, 2010 Community Garden

Strange But True: Sustainable Air-Conditioned Greenhouse

August 22, 2010 Environment

From the sustainable architecture site Building.co.uk,
If there were a prize for the least sustainable building concept, an air-conditioned greenhouse would surely be a strong contender. Barmy as it sounds, that is what is being built in hot and humid Singapore – or rather two of them. Crazier still, the scheme is intended to be an [...]

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Back To School In “The Mother Of All School Greenhouses”

August 16, 2010 Community Garden

Katherine Gustafson reports for Food.Change.Org,
At P.S. 333, a New York City public school otherwise known as The Manhattan School for Children, a little schoolyard garden plot like the ones popping up at schools across the nation is simply not enough. Thanks to the enterprising efforts of parent volunteers, a history-making project is taking shape on [...]

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Cleveland’s Green Acre Plaza

August 14, 2010 Aquaponics

Will Allen’s Growing Power in Milwaukee, Wisc. is the model for urban farming that many are duplicating. Now, in Cleveland, Ohio, Green Acres Plaza is a planned 60,000 sq. ft. agricultural structure designed for production, distribution, and the processing of locally and regionally grown foods. From Green Acres Plaza’s web site,
Green Acres Plaza will serve [...]

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Industrial Business Puts Greenhouse On Its Roof

August 3, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

Trenton Forging in Trenton, Michigan has built a 1,600 square ft. greenhouse on its roof; the video below shows what heats the Greenhouse—excess heat from the forging operation. Veggies go to the employees and a charitable group. This will become more the norm as both demand for locally produce food and new ways of recycling [...]

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Detroit Ground Breaking For $1M Urban Ag Site

August 2, 2010 Community Garden

John Gallagher, Business Writer for Detroit Free Press reports,
MGM Grand Detroit casino broke ground Friday on what promises to be downtown’s only big community garden and one of the most elaborate gardens in the city.
Created with the nonprofit Greening of Detroit organization, the MGM Grand garden will occupy 1.8 acres at Third and Plum near [...]

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Greenhouse Business Sprouts From Hobby

July 11, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

Barbara Duckworth reports for Producer.com,
Craig and Libby Smith’s farming dream has grown from a small greenhouse to more than 18,000 sq. feet of space producing flowers, herbs and vegetables.
They bought a bare quarter section of land northwest of Calgary near the hamlet of Madden in 1998 and by 2000 had started a small greenhouse that [...]

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Growing Vegetables In The Australian Desert, Thanks To Desalination Technology

July 11, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

Nigel Austin reports for Adeliade Now,
The multi-million-dollar greenhouse in the South Australian desert will be run on desalinated water and is expected to create up to 100 jobs within two years.
A revolutionary seawater greenhouse project on the eastern shore of upper Spencer Gulf, 20km south of Port Augusta, is nearing completion in an ambitious approach [...]

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