{"id":16530,"date":"2014-05-30T13:57:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T19:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=16530"},"modified":"2014-07-06T10:51:18","modified_gmt":"2014-07-06T16:51:18","slug":"the-growhaus-urban-farming-oasis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/the-growhaus-urban-farming-oasis\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Farming in an Abandoned Greenhouse… on a Superfund Site: Denver’s Growhaus"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nGrowing food in unused, and unusual, spaces? Yep, we’ve covered that<\/a>. Even when that space is former industrial area? Yep, we’ve seen that, too, in places like Chicago<\/a> (The Plant <\/a>is a great example!). But an old greenhouse on a Superfund site – that sounds kind of crazy and dangerous… doesn’t it? Folks in Denver are making it happen: The Growhaus doesn’t just meet the criteria mentioned, but also brings fresh food into a food desert in the city, and offers educational opportunities to neighborhood residents. Sounds like urban farming at its very best.<\/p>\n

Ethical Foods interviewed the people managing The Growhaus, which has operated for five years; we’ve got that interview published below. Know of something similar going on elsewhere (that isn’t Will Allen’s projects in Milwaukee and Chicago)? Let us know about them…<\/p>\n

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