Growing food in strange places

Bitter melons wall, TokyoPhoto by Jared Braiterman

'Nothing original about drainpipes,' says Philip. 'We look at all pipes and see them sprouting food. Just pass water along the tube and let the plant roots touch the liquid - they'll take up whatever nutrients they need.' Rowena and Philip Mansfield


from http://www.theecologist.org/how_to_make_a_difference/food_and_gardening/613710/how_to_grow_food_in_strange_places_by_the_experts.html 


see also:
Are vertical farms the future of urban food?

A conceptual illustration of a vertical farm.
Photograph: www.odesign.com.au /Oliver Foster

With more mouths to feed and increasing demands on land, Duncan Graham-Rowe looks to see if high rise city blocks will be the source of tomorrow's supper
via: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jul/29/vertical-farms-urban-food



see also:
Without land, Gaza farmers grow crops on roofs
Eva Bartlett, The Electronic Intifada, 3 December 2010 
BEIT HANOUN, occupied Gaza Strip (IPS) - "We grow on our roof because we are farmers but have no land now," says Moatassan Hamad, 21, from Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article11656.shtml



More interesting links :

City farming :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KNcl33-XGk

Rain garden :
http://livinglime.ca/2009/04/28/raingutter-gardens/

rooftops :
http://www.cityfarmer.org/TrentRoof.html

Paris :
http://www.evous.fr/Saviez-vous-que-la-Ville-de-Paris,1139540.html

http://www.salon-agriculture.com/Salon/Les-actus-du-salon/Les-actualites-du-salon/L-Odyssee-Vegetale


vine :
http://www.hazelmurray.com/vineyardvision/vineyard-story.php