Urban Agriculture Blog Feed — AGRITECTURE

CEA Education is Being Embraced as an Interdisciplinary Tool in Schools

May 18, 2023

Vertical farming and hydroponics are innovative and sustainable agricultural methods that can be used in schools to teach about modern food production and environmental conservation. Explore how students can benefit from these practices.

Food insecure College students graduate at half the rate of their peers

September 23, 2021

A new study traces the impacts of hunger on the educational trajectories of 1,500 people over nearly two decades.

Winner of Second Urban Greenhouse Challenge Announced

September 4, 2020

The students of Team Bagua are the winners of the second edition of the Urban Greenhouse Challenge. Their design of an urban greenhouse not only provides crops, but also serves as an education centre.

Greenhouse Using Vertical Farming To Feed University Students

April 3, 2020

Texas A&M University’s Urban Farm United (TUFU) is using vertical farming to produce high-value/specialty crops to help feed students.

Teens For Food Justice Launch Latest Farm Set To Grow 10,000 Pounds Of Produce This Year

March 2, 2020

Teens for Food Justice in partnership with the Whole Kids Foundation showcased their indoor hydroponic farm that is already feeding 2,000+ students to local elected officials and industry leaders

Hydroponic Container Farms Are Bringing Healthy, Safe Food To Schools

January 30, 2020

Freight Farms and Sodexo have partnered to bring hydroponic vertical farming technology to schools and universities across the U.S.

Vertical Farm In Liverpool Is Growing Food Underground

January 2, 2020

Needing no soil or sun, an underground farm in Liverpool challenges traditional methods

Students' Winning Design To Transform A Prison Into Living Lab

September 24, 2019

Agritecture Interviewed the winners of last year’s Urban Greenhouse Challenge. Wageningen University & Research challenged students to step outside their comfort zone. Their task was to develop an urban farming project for a former prison, working in interdisciplinary teams.

Wageningen University Organizes Second Urban Greenhouse Challenge Contest

September 9, 2019

In Urban Greenhouse Challenge, multidisciplinary student teams are challenged to bring professional food production into urban neighborhoods integrating social, economic, environmental and technical aspects in one coherent concept.

Students At HBCUs Demand Access To Healthy Food

August 14, 2019

Historically black land-grant colleges and universities were created to be centers of food and agriculture research, but in reality many of their students live in food deserts with little access to grocery stores or restaurants.

Brooklyn Students Grow Produce For Their Community

July 8, 2019

Students built a hydroponic school farm that now yields almost 100 pounds of organic food each month.

Students Develop Concept to Convert Former Prison into Urban Greenhouse

January 3, 2019

Wageningen University & Research challenged students to step outside their comfort zone. Their task was to develop an urban farming project for a former prison, working in interdisciplinary teams.

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