Tag: Urban agriculture

  • Aquaponics Association 2013 Conference

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    Join us at our third annual, spectacular aquaponic celebration—three days of aquaponics education and inspiration!   Friday… We kick off the weekend with tours of local, featured farms, gardens and integrated urban agriculture sites. Sit back and enjoy the ride on chartered buses chauffeuring conference attendees from our venue to farms, systems and gardens on…

  • Chciago Based Vertical Farm Produces Zero Waste

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    The Environmental Leader highlights the efforts of FarmedHere, a Chicagoland-based vertical farm, to produces zero organic waste by converting all of its organic waste into compost: The compost is then used in landscaping, horticulture and agriculture at other urban farms across Chicago. The urban farming company — FarmedHere says it’s the largest vertical farm in the US — partnered…

  • Chicago Urban Farm Receives USDA Organic Certification

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    The FarmedHere urban farming company, which has been successfully conducting urban farming work in the Chicago area since 2011, has received USDA organic certification. The organic vertical farming practice makes use of derelict warehouses to produce food for the community. The company recently expanded with a new 90,000 square foot post-industrial building in Bedford Park,…