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WOW..Organic Rooftop Farm!?
Check it out! Restaurant opens a rooftop farm in Chicago Reblog
Restaurant opens 2,500-square foot Organic Rooftop Farm- first to be Certified Organic in the USA
Photo: Scott Stewart, Sun-Times. Helen Cameron inspects the veggies growing on the roof of her restaurant. “I come up once a day to see what’s ripe,” she said. Six tons of soil were carried up to the roof. Larger image here.
An uplifting aspiration - Uncommon Ground has reached new heights in its efforts to bring food production back to earth.
By Dave Hoekstra
Chicago Sun-Times
September 3, 2008
In late July the folks at the Uncommon Ground restaurant, 1401 W. Devon, opened their 2,500-square foot organic rooftop farm. The lofty mission is to deliver organic produce for the downstairs restaurant and to use the garden to teach adult volunteers and children how to grow food organically in an urban, roof-top environment.
“There’s a lot of green roofs in Chicago,” said Helen Cameron, co-owner of Uncommon Ground during a roof top tour. “But they are not necessarily geared for full-on production and as an educational tool. We made an enormous investment with the idea of producing food for the restaurant. That’s the biggest difference between us and other green roofs.”
The uncommon farm is built on recycled deck material 20 feet atop the street. The farm currently has arugula, beans, beets, collard greens, cucumbers, peas, peppers, pumpkins, tomatoes and watermelon.
Learn More: http://www.cityfarmer.info/restaurant-opens-2500-square-foot-organic-rooftop-farm-first-to-be-certified-organic-in-the-usa/
