It's a growing fact: local foods are better for the environment, the economy, and overall health. The less distance food travels to get to the grocery store, less emissions are emitted into the environment, and the fresher and healthier the produce for the citizens buying them.
But what if produce were grown directly from the store's location?
In Montreal, the grocery store IGA is the first Canadian grocery store to grow their own vegetables on their 25 000 square-foot roof, which are then sold to customers in store. They grow over 30 kinds of vegetables, all certified as organic, from traditional garden veggies like tomatoes and lettuce to less-common ones, like eggplant, basil and kale. It doesn't get any fresher than that!
Nicknamed "ParkRx," doctors in South Dakota are now legally entitled to write park prescriptions, which instruct patients to take "one free day at any South Dakota state park or recreational area."
Ecosia works just like Google--except the website plants a tree for every item you enter into the search bar. Essentially, the revenue Ecosia gains from search ads are used to help plant trees in places that need them the most and to reforest mountains that have long been clear-cut for economic purposes.
Described as "food-stressing" the caterpillars who would eat them, these plants are able to drive caterpillars to such desperation to avoid eating the plant that they end up eating each other.
Forest glades are popping up everywhere. They're slices of forest space in urban landscapes. Places like the London Glades in the Hampton Court Flower Show mimic the forest floor, with mounds of rotting wood and tree waste to help mimic a real forest floor.
