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NYC Restaurant Features Hydroponic
Rooftop Farm
Chef John Mooney and his partner Mick O’Sullivan,
owners of the New York City West Village restaurant
Bell, Book and Candle, grow 70 varieties of herbs, vegetables and fruits hydroponically on their rooftop. They
grow nearly two-thirds the vegetables for the restaurant using 60 vertical tower hydro systems.
(Source: www.huffingtonpost.com)
Stockholm, Sweden:
The European Green Capital
Going Green - China Show Us How
More than 5,000 visitors attended the Eco Design Fair in
Shanghai this past spring. Visitors were presented with a
glance of Shanghai’s most creative products and designs
in the realm of environmentally-friendly consumer goods
available in China.
The day began with a critical mass bike ride, organized by
GoodtoShanghai, with over 300 bikers riding from Xu Jia
Hui Park to the Eco Design Fair. Chinese companies took
center stage at the spring 2011 event with a variety of environmentally-minded products. Seminars focusing on how
to create sustainable businesses, lessons in urban farming
and even hydroponics, were all available for the public to
learn about simple ways to help the environment.
Stockholm, Sweden has been deemed the green capital
of Europe by the European Commission, receiving the
award of the same name in 2010. This award promotes
sustainable mobility and land use, modern waste management, eco-innovation and other green technologies.
By 2014, the city will become home to its first vertical
farm, an immense urban greenhouse in the form of a
geodesic dome designed by the Plantagon Company.
The glass sphere frees up the land mass needed for
raising crops by maximizing square footage with its
spiraling levels. Greenhouse plants are grown in a
nutrient rich solution using hydroponics.
In addition to its vertical farm solution, Stockholm is
redefining urban planning to maximize an eco-friendly
balance of life to address the crucial areas of population growth, water conservation, renewable energy and
rising food costs. The city has also begun taking steps
toward adding new sources of renewable energy to power their commercial needs.
(Source: www.theurbn.com)
(Sources: www.ecofriendlypack.com, www.theurbn.com)
Rabbit Battery Farms Could Return to UK
The intensive rabbit battery farms, which would be the first for rabbits in the
country in 15 years, have been proposed at sites from Nottinghamshire to Cornwall. Previous farms closed down, undercut by foreign rabbit farms with lower
welfare standards. What has changed is the ability to produce lower cost feed via
a hydroponic pond in which barley grass would be grown, providing 60 per cent
of the rabbits’ diet.
(Source: www.guardian.co.uk)
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Maximum Yield USA | August 2011