DETROIT -- Where others see blight, Jibran Ahmed sees economic opportunity, and that vision is about to bring a new agricultural enterprise to Detroit's Brightmoor neighborhood. Ahmed is the man ...

Greenhouses are a vital part of our cities to cultivate agriculture and encourage the consumption and growth of local produce. Thankfully, designer Damien Chivialle has found a new way to revitalize ...

Denver-based FarmBox Foods is transforming shipping containers into farms. The repurposed steel boxes (which once held freight on trains, trucks and ships) get filled with living green walls and ...

Within the containers Chivialle has designed a complex aquaponics system to enable circular agricultural processes. The containers each contain two cubic meters of water in which bacteria transforms ...

Are shipping container homes actually good for the environment? The reality is more complex than it appears on the surface.