Local Roots announces their container farms have achieved cost parity with traditional farming https://www.localrootsfarms.com/press-releases/2017/12/12/local-roots-scales-up-after-cracking-the-code-for-vertical-farming https://inhabitat.com/local-roots-shipping-container-farms-achieve-cost-parity-with-traditional-farming/
Growing food in polar climates https://www.polarpermaculture.com/about - Norway https://inuvikgreenhouse.com - Northwest Territories, Canada https://inhabitat.com/new-antarctic-farm-will-grow-produce-despite-temperatures-of-100-degrees-f/ - Antarctica https://inhabitat.com/the-farmers-growing-food-in-frigid-northern-latitudes/
Post disaster housing for resilience with rooftop gardens https://www.dezeen.com/2017/10/21/rural-urban-framework-builds-post-disaster-housing-china-rooftop-farms/ https://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/rural-urban-frameworks-post-disaster-housing-rooftop-farms.html http://www.rufwork.org/index.php?/project/jintai-village/
China’s sponge city technology - urban water management systems https://cleantechnica.com/2017/12/29/shanghai-experiments-sponge-city-technology/
Todd Ecological - ecologically designed restoration systems http://toddecological.com
Fuzhou, China http://www.toddecological.com/index.php?id=projects
Blackstone River http://www.ecolandscaping.org/02/restoration/ecological-design-along-the-blackstone-creating-a-clean-riverwithin-a-river/
AgLanta Conference: Smart Ag for Smart Cities: Atlanta, GA March 27 -28 https://www.aglanta.org
Copenhagen lower-secondary school which includes greenhouses, roof gardens, and kitchens to teach children to grow and cook their own food http://www.cfmoller.com/p/-en/New-Islands-Brygge-School-i3412.html https://inhabitat.com/solar-powered-school-will-teach-children-how-to-grow-and-cook-their-own-food/
Bitcoin mining heats an aquaponics facility http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/bitcoin-mining-greenhouse-fish-farm-1.4470295 Editorial Comment: Now if only the produce was part of a blockchain we’d have a buzzword trifecta!
Mushroom minifarms for mushrooms http://www.smallhold.com http://www.smallhold.com/smallhold/smallhold-projects
Big data study on the potential of urban agriculture https://www.wired.com/story/big-data-suggests-big-potential-for-urban-farming/ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017EF000536/abstract http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017EF000536/full hat tip Greg Watson
Riptide pedestrian bridge in Long Beach, CA with mini gardens http://www.spfa.com/project/riptide-pedestrian-bridge/ https://inhabitat.com/wave-inspired-rainbow-bridge-in-long-beach-is-covered-in-mini-gardens-and-twinkling-led-lights/
Off-grid home in Kässel, Germany with food-producing roof garden https://www.dezeen.com/2018/02/27/penda-self-sufficient-yin-yang-house-architecture-garden-roof-kassel-germany/ https://inhabitat.com/gorgeous-roof-garden-feeds-owners-in-proposed-off-grid-yin-yang-house/
How community gardens and block associations help stem urban violence https://www.curbed.com/2018/2/27/17058094/chicago-crime-neighborhood-group-community
Truly, “You can fix all the world’s problems in a garden" http://solarray.blogspot.com/2007/06/you-can-fix-all-worlds-problems-in.html