After a short hiatus – Virtual Farmgirl is getting ready to physically move her family and home – I’m back with word about this exciting urban or should I say waterways farming project in New York City.
If you picture sustainable farming in a rural setting, somewhere far from the hustle and bustle of city life, check out the New York Sun Works Science Barge. Used mainly as a mobile classroom, this floating farm uses sun, wind and design to use fewer natural resources to grow tomatoes, lettuce and peppers on a barge off the West Side Highway, according to WNYC.
On the project’s time line page, I learned that construction started in 2006 and that we may be hearing more about the barge as its public projects begin this May.
Virtual Farmgirl 
Reads just fine. The css styles don’t show, but it is still very readable on the blackberry. That being said…that is really cool to have a farm on a barge!
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Reads just fine. The css styles don’t show, but it is still very readable on the blackberry. That being said…that is really cool to have a farm on a barge!
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