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Dense building are limiting space for urban greenery in Sydney & Melbourne!
As Australian cities grow and transform, we need to ensure we are not building the slums of the future by making buildings so tall and...
Urban Green Farms
Aug 30, 20181 min read


A long fuse: ‘The Population Bomb’ is still ticking 50 years after its publication, read this book!
“The battle to feed all of humanity is over,” Stanford biologist and ecologist Paul Erhlich declared on the first page of his 1968...
Urban Green Farms
Aug 28, 20181 min read


5 BENEFITS OF VERTICAL FARMING: THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE?
Farming, an activity usually reserved for rural areas, might soon take to the cities ““ vertically. By the year 2050, the world’s...
Urban Green Farms
Aug 23, 20182 min read


Urban Farms: Feeding 1 home at a time...
Large-scale urban agriculture is on the rise globally, with more and more farms appearing in our cities. A far cry from allotments and...
Urban Green Farms
Aug 21, 20182 min read


Aquaponics: A global food solution!
As an Aquaponic Educator with University of the Nations, Tracy shares her ideas on how aquaponic growing techniques can improve our...
Urban Green Farms
Aug 16, 20181 min read


The sustainable vegetables that thrive on a diet of fish poo...
Who needs soil when you have a fish tank? “Aquaponics” combines growing plants in water, or hydroponics, with fish cultivation, or...
Urban Green Farms
Aug 14, 20181 min read


Food for thought: Considered growing your own?
We currently rely on shipping large amounts of food across the world, leaving us remarkably vulnerable to disruption from wars, climate...
Urban Green Farms
Aug 9, 20181 min read


7.5 billion and counting: How many humans can the Earth support?
Humans are the most populous large mammal on Earth today, and probably in all of geological history. This World Population Day, humans...
Urban Green Farms
Aug 7, 20182 min read


Why it’s time to curb widespread use of pesticides!
Panting season for corn and soybeans across the U.S. corn belt is drawing to a close. As they plant, farmers are participating in what is...
Urban Green Farms
Aug 2, 20183 min read
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