Food Roof Farm

Whole foods was ripe for a food roof after nearly two years of collaboration with a team of architects designers engineers and horticultural specialists this 17 000 square foot rooftop farm supplies whole food market with thousands of pounds of hyper local produce each year.

Food roof farm.

Food roof farm a living laboratory where urban farmers experiment with various growing techniques. Food roof farm the first rooftop farm in st. 408 followers 2 following 0 posts see instagram photos and videos from food roof farm foodroof. Crops produced by city farm includes rice egg plants and soy beans.

The type of food though is slightly different and focused on the japanese kitchen. This requires different farming techniques. The power plant fauna is not alone though. The food roof farm leveraged a hybrid intensive green roof system designed specifically for stormwater management and agriculture.

Parking always available and very easy to get to downtown the mission. Allen who is serving as bmc s first farm manager also completed a light study of the roof to determine the feasibility of growing crops in the space. The farm was designed and installed by somerville based recover green roofs and higher ground farm is managing the growing. Louis missouri usa is a model for urban agriculture sustainable building stormwater management and community development.

The green roof consists of the following. Sika sarnafil pvc waterproofing membrane which doubles as a root barrier.