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The World's First Rooftop Farm Mohamed Hage
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This episode of The Green Interview features Mohamed Hage, who is turning the flat rooftops of Montreal's industrial buildings into fertile farms that feed thousands-and he's making a profit in the...
This episode of The Green Interview features Mohamed Hage, who is turning the flat rooftops of Montreal's industrial buildings into fertile farms that feed thousands-and he's making a profit in the process. Hage, a self-described "technology geek" turned urban farmer, explains the genesis and genius of Lufa Farms in this Green Interview. After seven years, Hage and a small group of colleagues have created two rooftop greenhouse farms in Montreal and plan a third for Boston. The farms grow over 100 varieties of vegetables and herbs, and they feed about 5,000 people. Perhaps most remarkably, Lufa Farms is pesticide-free and uses about half the energy of conventional greenhouses. The farms rely on an army of carefully chosen insects to perform their pest management, and they conserve water and preserve precious nutrients by recycling rainwater. It's an urban success story that could provide a template for revolutionizing food production, blending old-style farming techniques with sophisticated software to create local, sustainable agriculture right in the middle of the city.
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- Creator
- Paper tiger television
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2014], c2014
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (63 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- video file
- OCLC
- ocn881398436
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on April 20, 2014.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Part of the series The Green Interview.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Mohamed Hage (1:08) -- Integrated Pest Management (3:14) -- LUFA Production Model (3:01) -- LUFA Business Model (2:51) -- Cultivar Diversity (4:13) -- Engineering LUFA Farm (2:54) -- LUFA Farm Harvest (3:15) -- Developing LUFA Farm (4:29) -- Sharing an Urban Farm Model (1:17) -- Developing an Urban Farm Industry (3:33) -- Urban Farm Technology Innovation (3:59) -- LUFA Farm Team (3:34) -- Financing LUFA (6:09) -- Urban Food Production Vision (1:19) -- Incorporating Rooftop Farms (1:21) -- Greenhouses on Grocery Stores (2:30) -- Quebec Local Food Movement (2:31) -- Technological Farming Company (3:16) -- Expanding LUFA Concept (4:38) -- LUFA Tax Challenges (3:18) -- Credits: The World's First Rooftop Farm: Mohamed Hage (0:14)