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Rooftop Garden/Farm

Rooftop Garden/Farm. ECON 2505 Dean Villar Prof. Macdonald. What is Rooftop Garden / Farm?. Is the practice of cultivating, processing, and distributing food in or around a village, town, or city.

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Rooftop Garden/Farm

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  1. Rooftop Garden/Farm ECON 2505 Dean Villar Prof. Macdonald

  2. What is Rooftop Garden / Farm? • Is the practice of cultivating, processing, and distributing food in or around a village, town, or city. • can also involve animal husbandry, aquaculture, agroforestry, Urban beekeeping, and horticulture. • Since rooftops are often wasted spaces in cities that can contribute to environmental problems like climate change and storm water issues. • By turning a rooftop into productive growing space we combat these issues while providing fresh food.

  3. Brooklyn Grange Farm • is the leading rooftop farming and intensive green roofing business in the US. • operate the world’s largest rooftop soil farms, located on two roofs in New York City, and grow over 50,000 lbs of organically-cultivated produce per year.

  4. In addition to growing and distributing fresh local vegetables and herbs, Brooklyn Grange also provides urban farming and green roof consulting and installation services to clients worldwide, and they are partner with numerous non-profit organizations throughout New York to promote healthy and strong local communities.

  5. Mission! • to create a fiscally sustainable model for urban agriculture and to produce healthy, delicious vegetables for our local communitywhile doing the ecosystem a few favors as well • Currently, with over two acres of rooftops under cultivation in Brooklyn and Queens, they’ve sold over 500,000 lbs of vegetables to restaurants, CSA members and directly to the public via weekly farmstands.

  6. They’ve expanded beyond Their mission to grow vegetables: they now keep egg-laying hens

  7. They have also added a commercial apiary which is a Beehive farm

  8. WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT PROGRAM CITY GROWERS SPECIAL CLASSES AND CURRICULA Alot more

  9. What are the advantages of having a Rooftop Garden/Farm in a urban area?

  10. Each rooftop farm and garden, no matter how small, can enhance the lives of individuals and communities as people are drawn inward and upward. • From human and social health benefits to environmental improvements and economic advantages to enhanced food access. • Rooftop agriculture enables and empowers people to make their communities healthier, more enjoyable places to live.

  11. Stormwater Management • With green roofs, water is stored by the substrate and then taken up by the plants from where it is returned to the atmosphere through transpiration and evaporation. • Green roofs not only retain rainwater, but also moderate the temperature of the water and act as natural filters for any of the water that happens to run off.

  12. Moderation of Urban Heat Island Effect • Black roofs absorb heat during the day and then radiate the heat out during the night. This makes cities hotter than surrounding areas (a heat island), increasing cooling costs and energy usage. • A roof farm can lower the temperature of roofs and the surrounding air. Through the daily dew and evaporation cycle, plants on vertical and horizontal surfaces are able to cool cities during hot summer months and reduce the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect. The light absorbed by vegetation would otherwise be converted into heat energy.

  13. Creates Local Job The growth of green roof and wall market gives new job opportunities related to: • manufacturing • plant growth • design • installation • maintenance.

  14. Energy Efficiency • The greater insulation offered by green roofs can reduce the amount of energy needed to moderate the temperature of a building, as roofs are the sight of the greatest heat loss in the winter and the hottest temperatures in the summer. • For example, research published by the National Research Council of Canada found that an extensive green roof reduced the daily energy demand for air conditioning in the summer by over 75%

  15. Noise Reduction • Green roofs have excellent noise attenuation, especially for low frequency sounds. An extensive green roof can reduce sound from outside by 40 decibels, while an intensive one can reduce sound by 46-50 decibels

  16. Marketing Green roofs can increase a building’s marketability. They are an easily identifiable symbol of the green building movement and can act as an incentive to those interested in the multiple benefits offered by green roofs. Green roofs, as part of the green building movement, have been identified as facilitating (Wilson 2005): • Sales • Lease outs • Increased property value due to increased efficiency • Easier employee recruiting • Lower employee and tenant turnover

  17. Increase access to fresh, healthy food. • As a local farm, the food they grow will make it to their customer’s plates at it’s peak of freshness. it will access a diversity of markets including restaurants, corner stores, and farmers markets.

  18. Roof Garden Weight and Structure • The structure and weight of a roof garden can cause problems for the overall building. Soil and planting pots are both heavy -- whether you create a soil planting bed in your roof garden or use pots, you are significantly adding to the weight placed on the roof structure.

  19. Water Supply • A roof garden places a heavier strain on a building's water supply. If no water outlet is available on the roof, you will have to either install water in the roof garden or carry water from inside the building. A traditional land garden can drain freely, but a roof garden will require a special -- and expensive -- drainage system.

  20. Insurance and Safety • If your building has a roof garden, chances are that insurance companies will charge a higher premium than they would to cover the same building without a roof garden. Greater insurance costs represent another way in which a roof garden is often more expensive than a typical garden. Roof gardens may be more dangerous than typical gardens, due to the risk of falling. If you have -- or invite over -- children to your roof garden, ensure the edges of the garden are barricaded so nobody can fall from the roof.

  21. Work Cited Page • Disadvantages of a Roof Garden. (n.d.). Retrieved May 22, 2016, from http://homeguides.sfgate.com/disadvantages-roof-garden-40122.html • Education and Projects. (n.d.). Retrieved May 22, 2016, from http://www.brooklyngrangefarm.com/about/education/ • Green Roof Benefits - GRHC WEBSITE. (n.d.). Retrieved May 22, 2016, from http://www.greenroofs.org/index.php/about/greenroofbenefits • Lawrence, J. S. (n.d.). Urban Agriculture: The Potential of Rooftop Gardening. Retrieved May 22, 2016, from http://www.cityfarmer.org/roofthesis4.html • Mission and History. (n.d.). Retrieved May 22, 2016, from http://www.brooklyngrangefarm.com/mission/ • Higher ground farm. (n.d.). Retrieved May 22, 2016, from http://www.highergroundrooftopfarm.com/

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