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Sustainable Planet

Europe’s first rooftop farm ‘Dakakker’ in Rotterdam shows the sky’s the limit for Urban Agriculture

The largest roof farm in the Netherlands and one of the largest in Europe includes a smart-roof test site for water…

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Better Society

This Dutch greenhouse is growing healthy food and local communities

Boeregoed is a neighbourhood greenhouse where regional farmers provide a daily supply of fresh fruit and veg, and a place where…

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Sustainable Planet

How cities will feed their citizens in the future

Henry Gordon Smith, CEO of global urban agriculture consultants Argitecture, explains why bringing food production into cities is so important, and…

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Good Stuff

Not one but two Indian families have built spacious homes around large old fruit trees

In Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat respectively, a 150-yo fig tree and an 80-yo mango tree have become literal centrepieces of family…

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Sustainable Planet

French ban on plastic packaging and stickers around fruits and vegetables now in effect

Under a series of new regulations in France, there can no longer be plastic packaging around fruits and vegetables—and car advertisements…

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Sustainable Planet

Spain to Ban Plastic Wrapping for Fruit and Veg in 2023

New Spanish legislation is set to ban the sale of fruit and vegetables in plastic wrapping in supermarkets and grocery stores…

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Sustainable Planet

Dutch startup transforms waste mangoes into versatile fruit-leather

Biotech company Fruitleather Rotterdam is currently developing a new, eco-friendly process that converts fruit that would otherwise be thrown away into…

4 mins
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Inspiring People

Atlanta creates first free food forest to fight food insecurity

The Urban Food Forest at Browns Mill is the first city-owned and managed Food Forest in the US — a seven…

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Inspiring People

How a pop-up supermarket for the people is challenging ‘food apartheid’ in South L.A.

Süprmarkt is a low-cost organic grocery store bringing fresh organic produce to the people and places who need it most.

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Sustainable Planet

1 million fruit trees planted in India this year to fight hunger

Despite the challenges of COVID-19 more than a million trees were planted in India during 2020, leveraging the power of sustainable…

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Europe’s first rooftop farm ‘Dakakker’ in Rotterdam shows the sky’s the limit for Urban Agriculture

This Dutch greenhouse is growing healthy food and local communities

How cities will feed their citizens in the future

Not one but two Indian families have built spacious homes around large old fruit trees

French ban on plastic packaging and stickers around fruits and vegetables now in effect

Spain to Ban Plastic Wrapping for Fruit and Veg in 2023

Dutch startup transforms waste mangoes into versatile fruit-leather

Atlanta creates first free food forest to fight food insecurity

How a pop-up supermarket for the people is challenging ‘food apartheid’ in South L.A.

1 million fruit trees planted in India this year to fight hunger

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