One of the best urban farming ideas I've seen this year is Window Farms, a project by Britta Riley and Rebecca Bray, two artists living in New York City. The idea is to fit a little bit of farm inside your home or office (or restaurant...now there's an idea!)
They're working right now on developing a kit to sell for under $100, a nice price tag for cash-strapped twenty-somethings, or anyone, really.
The whole idea is incredibly simple. You have a water reservoir on the bottom of the window sill, one on the top of the frame, and with a little engineering work with water bottles, vinyl tubing, duct tape and a stock water pump (available at Pet Co for under $20), you can grow a nice crop of produce right in your bedroom.
Rooftops and windows: the future of farming is...all around us!
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