Urban farming food project: Edible green wall project

This was a project set up in LA by a team of architects and local residents, a vertical farming system was devised by a series of specialists within the fields of agricultural technology and architects. The walls themselves are comprosed of edible food producing units growing fresh produce without the use of pesticides. The people who tend the gardens are entrusted to share a percentage of the crops with their neighbours. The food chain system implemented here offers locals in otherwise built up environments access to green vegetables and fruits. In additition to this though it greens the environment, creates team building and skills development and provides the opportunity for community service and involvement alongside have more practicle impacts within the built environment such as reducing the heat index and the obvious anti-global warming effects. There are many benefits to a project like this, reconnection with food, new skills and connecting with the community.

This is another project that has nuggets that could resonate within a project such as mine although I would perhaps like mine to have a slightly more commercial reverberations.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30074362@N08/

http://www.urbanfarming.org/foodchain2.htm

http://www.verticalfarm.com/