Permaculture and the Internet

jillyoe: Creating a Local Food System in Abandoned Buildings

“The Plant is a project combining adaptive industrial reuse and aquaponics to create Chicago’s first vertical farm.”

The plan is to use abandoned buildings to create a local food system in Chicago… moving the food production to where the food is consumed in the city.

Innovated techniques are being tested to create less waste. “The whole project is about closing waste loops. So that nothing that leaves this facility, but food.”

(via wy-ecoclub)

On Sunday the 28th of February 2011, community members celebrate the year anniversary of Grow Heathrow and occupation of the site. The year has brought many challenges for the community who have been recently notified of legal proceeding for possible eviction.

New court papers seeking to evict the community garden Grow Heathrow revealed that the project won’t have to appear in court until November 2011.

via downtownfarmer

(via joinakibbutz)