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Hydroponic Window Farms
Hydroponic do-it-yourself window farms leverage windows
(which is of particular use in urban settings) for food production.
Bruce Sterling calls this favela chic.
(which is of particular use in urban settings) for food production.
Bruce Sterling calls this favela chic.
"Windowfarms: Growing Food Year-Round in Inner City Buildings
Researchers have argued that to grow some of his own food is the most effective action an individual can take for environment, not only
because of the food industry's heavy carbon footprint but also
because participating in agricultural production cultivates a valuable
skill set around sustainability issues.
Many neighborhoods (particularly low income ones) in cities around the world are considered food deserts, meaning little fresh food is easily
accessible. Residents tend to consume processed, packaged, and canned
food having depleted nutrients.
Few other projects provide opportunities for such direct personal involvement, make this productive use of existing construction, or so
directly target urban dwellers estranged from agricultural issues.
Inner city dwellers can grow their own food in their apartment or office windows throughout the year by means of these elegant,
inexpensive, vertical, hydroponic vegetable gardens made from recycled
materials or items available at the local hardware store. The first
system produced 25 plants and a salad a week in mid winter in a dimly
lit 4' x 6' NYC window.!"
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Comment by A.V.Koshy on April 20, 2010 at 12:17pm
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yeah growing food this way would be good
where i live in indai we have only a small terrace and this kind of thing - a hydroponic window farm would be ideal i think
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Comment by Michele Baron on April 20, 2010 at 4:57pm
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can put farm on small wheeled cart to take advantage of sun in other windows too...
very good post
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Comment by Richard Beresford on April 20, 2010 at 7:19pm
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Its also sad how much good sunlight we waste just shining on the top of dull urban buildings, admittedly moving water up buildings is hard to achieve in a low powered sustainable way, but there is a lot of work in biomimicry at the moment which could aid us with this dilema, I'll post some vids on my profile which are interesting - for example the physics of how trees lift water to such vast heights has long been known about, but very little has been done to utilise this method. Also fog catching nets utilising beetle design, I find it fascinating.
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would be great, Sarah. Year-round gardening
@ Richard--those videos sound interesting . looking forward to links
thanks for post, again, sarah
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Comment by michael driscol on April 21, 2010 at 1:57am
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Love the idea of window gardens. And the data of what was produced.
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Comment by Sarah Shaw Tatoun on April 22, 2010 at 10:34pm
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Indoor, outdoor, using windows or lamps, the more food we can produce ourselves, the better. Healthier for us and the planet.
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Comment by Nicholas Nagao on April 30, 2010 at 12:05am
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Thanks for the great idea Sarah! I'm always looking for other ways Urban dwellers can make changes! Maybe you could throw some of the pictures of the units up on the blog so people can see what they look like, I thought they looked pretty cool and easy to make.
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