The farm has moved to the city in the form of rooftop hydroponic greenhouses, leaving the dirt and pests and pesticides behind in the rural field and going high-tech with a penthouse view from perches atop old buildings. Restaurants, converted factories and warehouses, government facilities, the stores of mass retailers, apartment complexes — a wide variety of buildings in major metropolitan burgs like New York City are starting to sprout the latest in climate-controlled, glass-enclosed structures framed with aluminum or galvanized steel.
Restaurants, converted factories and warehouses, government facilities, the stores of mass retailers, apartment complexes (like this article mentions) can lease/profit share your rooftops out to make money. For those interested, I found a site called www.seglet.com that matches your rooftops with potential revenue sources.
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Urban Gardening, Part 1: The Hydroponic Lab on the Roof
Posted by: Ned Madden June 22, 2010 06:00 AMThe farm has moved to the city in the form of rooftop hydroponic greenhouses, leaving the dirt and pests and pesticides behind in the rural field and going high-tech with a penthouse view from perches atop old buildings. Restaurants, converted factories and warehouses, government facilities, the stores of mass retailers, apartment complexes — a wide variety of buildings in major metropolitan burgs like New York City are starting to sprout the latest in climate-controlled, glass-enclosed structures framed with aluminum or galvanized steel.