The New York Times reports on the trend of vertical gardening, and other methods of growing your own food in the confines of Manhattan.
One of the companies the times talks to is Needham-based Sky Vegetables. Sky Vegetables sells systems for growing vegetables on urban rooftops. The full system includes wind turbines, solar panels, rainwater harvesters, greenhouses and composting bins. The Times story says the company wants to build rooftop farms on hospitals, schools and food banks.
Closer to home, Sky Vegetables is working on what it calls the state’s first commercial rooftop hydroponics farm in Brockton. The company won zoning approval last week to build the farm on the roof of an abandoned shoe factory in Brockton (above).
Sky Vegetables was founded by Keith Agoada, a University of Wisconsin Madison alum and a former marketing intern for the Patriots.
Posted by Brendan Lynch
Tags: Brockton, Keith Agoada, Needham, New England Patriots, Sky Vegetables, urban gardening, vertical gardening
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This is such an interesting idea. I am happy to see that it is being pushed forward locally. My only worry would be applications in more urban areas like NYC where there is more pollution. Perhaps growing flowers etc would be a better application than food…. Just a thought.
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