Grown Roof Top Farm

Louis garden is a space for the community to come together.

Grown roof top farm.

In rotterdam an architecture collective has reclaimed an old building in the center of the city and started using the roof to build an urban farm on top of it. Produce found in main supermarkets is grown based on how hard that particular type of produce is to reduce costs and wastage during the hundreds of kilometers it travels before reaching your plate. Farmroofs is established to promote greener and. The farm may rely on rooftop greenhouses or an open air design.

Health is on everyone s top priority. To learn more about what farmer allison is growing come on by saturday afternoons when she gives roof top farm tours. As part of the 5th international architecture biennale rotterdam this first rooftop farm of the city on top of the schieblock building was built as a test site. For a fast growing economy nature is being destroyed and we are forced to eat food which is not healthy at all.

She also hosts a free open house the first friday of every month. A healthy mind nurtures in a healthy body. The plants may be grown in soil spread across the roof s surface or placed in containers. The food roof farm is an urban farm in downtown st.

Located on the top of a major exhibition complex currently under redevelopment in the 15th arrondissement the paris expo porte de versailles the farm will also have its own on site restaurant. Rooftops are often places of opportunity top floors of buildings often turn into penthouse apartments for the rich. Louis located just north of the delmar divide. Rooftop systems offer a wide variety of diversified growing situations said bill shores a chicago based consultant specializing in urban growing.

Grow your own food. It is a great space for community gardens volunteer education and event opportunities. At the height of production the 1 800 sq m rooftop farm situated on a hdb multi storey car park at block 700 ang mo kio avenue 6 aims to grow up to four tonnes of veggies a month.