urban agriculture

Katrina Ceguera tends JetBlue's farm outside Terminal 5 at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.

'Farm To Air'? Why JetBlue Is Farming At A New York Airport

6:03pm October 20, 2015

by Kylie Mohr

JetBlue is growing produce right outside its terminal at JFK International. It's the first airline to build an urban farm at a U.S. airport. But will passengers ever get to harvest or eat the food?

AeroFarms grows greens under intense LED grow lights, while their roots are bathed in a nutrient-rich mist.

Green Pie In The Sky? Vertical Farming Is On The Rise In Newark

8:05pm August 05, 2015

by Joel Rose

A former steel mill in New Jersey is getting a new lease on life as an indoor farm. AeroFarms is betting it can turn a profit growing greens with lights, using far less water than a traditional farm.

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A morning's berry harvest from West Philadelphia's Ogden Orchard includes raspberries, gooseberries, currants, goumis and mulberries.

Urban Food Forests Make Fruit Free For The Picking

2:58pm May 29, 2015

by Alastair Bland

Urban orchards are dropping everything from apples to avocados on Seattle, Bloomington, Ind., Boston and several other cities. Advocates say orchards can have longer lasting impact than gardens.

Mchezaji "Che" Axum stands in a hoop house at the University of the District of Columbia's Muirkirk Research Farm, a resource for urban farmers in the city.

Urban Farmers Say It's Time They Got Their Own Research Farms

1:56pm May 19, 2015

by Whitney Pipkin

The University of the District of Columbia is the one land-grant university in the U.S. with an urban focus. It's leading research on growing food in raised beds, hoop houses and shipping containers.

Freight Farms are shipping containers modified to grow stacks of hydroponic plants and vegetables — anywhere, 365 days a year.

Freight Farms: How Boston Gets Local Greens, Even When Buried In Snow

1:48pm February 23, 2015

by Here & Now Staff

Big metal shipping containers are often used to import food from around the globe. Now, two Boston entrepreneurs are modifying those containers to grow local produce hydroponically, 365 days a year.