Rooftop Farming in the South Bronx

Rooftop farm in Greenpoint

With rooftop farms all the rage right now, it's nice to see the eco-trend has even made it over to the South Bronx. We're told "a new state of the art affordable housing complex planned for the South Bronx will feature a 10,000 square feet (930 sq meters) fully integrated rooftop farm. The greenhouse will use left-over heat from the residential portion of the building and water harvested from the greenhouse roof. The farm will be used to provide fresh, perishable vegetables to a local non-profit food cooperative." All in all, the farm will supply enough produce to meet the annual veggie needs of up to 450 people! A great thing in any neighborhood, but particularly the South Bronx, which we're told "suffers from food deserts, where residents lack access to fresh vegetables at affordable prices." Learn more about the urban farm here; that's one step closer to becoming the urban farming capital of the world!

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By Jen Carlson in Food on September 18, 2009 4:03 PM

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JLRodP

BIG GOVERNMENT is killing or has already killed the Bronx.

NannyState

Who doesn't salivate at the thought of a delicious salad of tossed ghetto greens?

hookj7

The locals want it to be a food desert!

kdewitt

ummm-"even made it over to the South Bronx". Have you ever heard of Sustainable South Bronx? They've been around since 2001 and have been pioneers in greenroofing all over the entire city. Check out the website-http://www.ssbx.org Unfortuantely, the Bronx often times is misrepresented or has a hard time shaking its reputation of the past.

"In 2005, SSBx built the "Cool and Greenroof Demonstration Project" above their offices in the historic American Banknote Building — the first such roof in the City of New York."

HOTCUP

yeah! this is such old news. i was shocked by the post.

also way to inherently exclude the south bronx from gothamist, there.

Papercutninja

for once, the hipsters are doing something worthwhile. I just hope that Bronx natives and not ironic transplants take advantage of the harvest.