A microbiologist by training, Dr. Arrold originally imported his exotic mushroom cultures into Australia from their traditional homes in China, Japan, and Korea. Like a latter-day Tradescant, he regularly travels abroad to keep up with mushroom growing techniques, share his own innovations (such as the black plastic grow-bags shown above), and collect new strains.
He showed [...]
Mushroom Tunnels
Urban Farming Goes Global
Beer may have made Milwaukee famous, but the city’s image in the 21st century could be shaped by organic vegetables and free-range chickens raised in urban neighborhoods.
The city is at the center of a growing international movement that advocates urban vegetable gardens, and even livestock farms, to raise food locally and to bring together residents [...]
Subterranean Farms of Tokyo
From the blog Pruned, there is Pasona O2, a subterranean farm cultivated inside a former bank vault beneath a high rise building in one of Tokyo’s business districts. Though walled in from sunlight, weather and geology, it’s unbelievably verdant. Tomatoes, lettuces, strawberries, and other fruits and vegetables, as well as flowers and herbs, are grown [...]
Michael Fields Agricultural Institute
Michael Fields Agricultural Institute is devoted to developing an agriculture that can sustain the land and its resources. As a public non-profit organization, it strives to revitalize farming through research, education, technical assistance and public policy. Consider why this mission is so important to each of us…
Few of us ever pause to consider either the [...]