Images from “Roof to Table” traveling photography exhibition curated by Lauren Mandel
Uncommon Ground restaurant in Chicago has a certified organic rooftop farm.
Coming to a rooftop near you
By Joseph P. Kahn
/ Globe Staff /
April 30, 2013
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From Boston’s Seaport District to the North Shore, large-scale rooftop agriculture is blooming in local environs. At the Boston Design Center, Higher Ground Farm will soon open a 13,000-square-foot growing area for herbs and vegetables, one that by next year will total 40,000 square feet of planted produce.
As it grows, Boston will become more prominently aligned with a burgeoning urban agriculture movement, one marrying underutilized city space with “green” consciousness and a hunger for locally produced food. In Lynnfield, meanwhile, construction is underway on a new Whole Foods store with a half-acre (17,000 square feet) rooftop. By late-May, project managers hope they’ll be able to plant tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant, leafy greens, and several varieties of herbs to be sold in the store. Full story for BostonGlobe.com subscribers.
Joseph P. Kahn can be reached at jkahn@globe.com.
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