Rooftop farming is the practice of cultivating food on the rooftop of buildings. Rooftop farming is usually done using hydroponics

Hydroponics

Hydroponics is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions, in water, without soil. Terrestrial plants may be grown with their roots in the mineral nutrient solution only or in an inert medium, such as perlite, gravel, mineral wool, or coconut husk.Researchers discovered in the 18th...

, aeroponics

Aeroponics

Aeroponics is the process of growing plants in an air or mist environment without the use of soil or an aggregate medium . The word "aeroponic" is derived from the Greek meanings of aero- and ponos . Aeroponic culture differs from both conventional hydroponics and in-vitro growing...

 or air-dynaponics systems or container garden

Container garden

Container gardening is the practice of growing plants exclusively in containers instead of planting them in the ground. Pots, traditionally made of terracotta but now more commonly plastic, and windowboxes have been the most commonly seen. Small pots are commonly called flowerpots. In some cases,...

s. Besides using the already present space at the roof itself, additional platforms could possibly be created between high-rise buildings called "aero-bridges.

Notable projects

• Rooftop Farms at Greenpoint, NYC http://rooftopfarms.org/
• the True Nature Foods Rooftop Victory Garden
• the Changi General Hospital
• the Trent University rooftop farm in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
• the Just Food
• Eli Zabar's rooftop greenhouse
• the Habana Outpost, by Habana Works.
• the Hoogte Kadijk building in Amsterdam
• Growing Chefs
• Eko (Pilot Site)

See also

• Vertical farming
  Vertical farming
  Vertical farming is a concept that argues that it is economically and environmentally viable to cultivate plant or animal life within skyscrapers, or on vertically inclined surfaces...
  
  
• Green wall
• Underground farming
  Underground farming
  Underground farming is the practice of cultivating food underground. Underground farming is usually done using hydroponics, aeroponics or air-dynaponics systems or container gardens. Light is generally provided by means of grow lamps or daylighting systems . Sometimes, special modifications are...
  
  
• Low-flow irrigation systems
  Low-flow irrigation systems
  Low-flow irrigation systems, called low volume irrigation or microirrigation, is an irrigation method that operates under a lower water pressure than standard service systems, with a "lower-flow" resulting when combined with water delivery components manufactured for this application...
  
  

External links

• Rooftop farming guidebook