With few green spaces, Bangkok plants Asia's biggest rooftop farm →
The space, atop one of Thailand's oldest universities, mimics rice terraces and can help curb some of the impacts of climate change, say landscapers. PLACE
Read MoreThis lettuce is so local, they grow it right in the supermarket →
At two Seattle-area locations of the supermarket chain QFC, some of their local produce isn’t growing at a farm nearby, or in a greenhouse on the roof. It’s growing directly inside the produce section. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreA better use for sprawling, big-box store parking lots? Urban farms →
A typical parking lot at a big-box store, sprawling over several acres, is empty most of the time. With a new design called Car Parks 2.0, the French design firm Studio NAB shows how that space could be reimagined as an urban farm, with a little room left at the side for charging electric cars from onsite solar panels. FAST COMPANY
Read MoreCrops in the clouds: The rise of rooftop farming in space-starved Hong Kong →
Hong Kong is one of the most densely packed cities on Earth, now one organisation is spearheading a movement to turn idle rooftops and urban spaces into farms. PLACE
Read MoreTurning Paris's underground car parks into mushrooms farms →
What do you do with an old car park that no-one wants to park in? Why not use them to grow mushrooms - or even salad? Paris built too many underground car parks in the 1960s and 70s. Falling car ownership means many are standing empty, or finding new and surprising uses. BBC NEWS
Read MoreThe future of food: Why farming is moving indoors →
A car park opposite the infamous New York City housing estate where rapper Jay-Z grew up seems an unlikely place for an agricultural revolution. BBC NEWS
Read MoreDoes the future of farming exist beneath city streets? →
In a disused air raid shelter under London one company is growing salad crops, but what are the benefits, and drawbacks of vertical farming? BBC NEWS
Read MoreThe world’s largest rooftop farm will open soon in Paris →
Large rooftop farms aren’t new—in Chicago’s South Side, a 75,000-square-foot greenhouse on top of a factory building grows up to 10 million heads of leafy greens each year (and was the largest rooftop greenhouse in the world when it was built). But the latest rooftop farm to open will be quite a bit larger: around 150,000 square feet. FAST COMPANY
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