1. Healthy eating for people and benefits the environment
By Alejandra Anchaluisa

2. The Brooklyn Grange Farm
Located on the roof of an old industrial building in New York (Brooklyn Grange, 63 Flushing Ave Box 1106, Brooklyn Ny)
2009
It has about 2,000 square meters
Organically cultivatation for tomatoes, basil, squash (No chemical fertilizers or pesticides are used.)
Vegetables are sold to restaurants, supermarkets, catering companies and local individual consumers.
The main idea is to make healthy food more accesible for people

3. It is performed by volunteer
Schools,
Neighbors
Community Organizations

4. The created vegetation cover allows for a better absorption of rainfall, which is usually critical point in the cities, since everywhere cement causes frequent flooding during the winter season waters.

6. It helps with environmental cooling (without involving extra cost of electricity) from the city, mitigating heat that usually occur in areas with a lot of energy emanation.

7. During New York’s cold season, cultivation is not possible on the roof; outdoor. Therefore greenhouses were implemented to raise small outbreaks of protected seeds and then implanted into the ground again prepared for the arrival of spring.

10. Thanks