Gag Eden, Jerusalem’s green rooftops festival
Jerusalem celebrates Gag Eden, a play on words for Gan Eden or the Hebrew word for paradise. It is a 3-day green roofs festival in the heart of the city.
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Pros and cons of investing in a franchise
You might have a dream about growing an urban farm business. By why start with all the startup headaches from scratch when hydroponic farms like Freight Farms are available for franchise?
The White House Garden gets support to endure from Burpee seed company
Michelle Obama has made America’s gardening great and she’s now laying down roots so the gardening tradition will continue even after her family leaves the White House this January. Obama created the garden in 2009, and made sure to expand it twice so it will be hard to plow under by the next family. She’s […]
Secret gardens planted by Syrian refugees in Jordan
Mostly we hear stories of pain and tragedy from Syrian refugee camps. But the Za’atari Syrian refugee camp in Jordan, a place where Green Prophet’s Laurie Balbo is knitting together and flying hope, there are new sprigs of hope. The non-profit organization Save the Children is teaching some of the camp’s 800,000 refugees how to garden. […]
Sow Much Good farmer a CNN hero for spreading her seeds at the urban farm
Sustainable urban farming as a viable concept is now beginning to become popular in many parts of the world, including the Middle East.