Urban Farming in NYC

By Dave

How cool and innovative is this!? New York is building a working urban farm on top of a Lower East Side elementary school:

The Fifth Street Farm Project has it all: It addresses childhood obesity, stormwater runoff, and climate change. Conceived by a grassroots organization of teachers, parents, and green-roof advocates, the project’s plan calls for a roof farm atop the Robert Simon Complex, a massive public school building on the Lower East Side that houses elementary schools P.S. 64 and the Earth School, as well as the Tompkins Square Middle School.

We need to do something like this in Boulder Valley! What an awesome way to grow local, teach children about agriculture, and incentivize healthier lifestyles.