Getting downtown office towers to grow food

The CBC has an article today about a building downtown that is converting its planters to food production: “Vegetables sprout in Plus 15 planters”.

SPIN Farming — urban backyards for commercial organic farming

SPIN Farming is a business and growing model that converts multiple residential backyards into a commercial organic farm. Benefits include local food production (100-mile diet type stuff), organic growing, energy consumption reduction, community economic development, and neighbourhood quality of life improvements.

REAP Calgary has an article on SPIN Farming.