Photo by Willi Galloway on the roof of the new Bastille Restaurant in Seattle.

by Willi Galloway
DigginFood
“West Coast Editor of Organic Gardening magazine and the Garden Expert on eHow.com.”

This is a must-see new rooftop food garden. See the excellent story on Willi Galloway’s website. (Mike)

“A couple of weeks ago I found myself standing on the roof of Bastille—an exquisite new restaurant in Seattle’s historic Ballard neighborhood. A blue sky was overhead, a sea of salad greens were at my feet, and the smell of freshly fried frites was in the air.

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By David Tracey

This six-part series explains why the time is ripe for an urban farming revolution in B.C., and who’s showing how to bring it about. Supported by a Tyee reader-funded Fellowship for Solutions-oriented Reporting, David Tracey surveys the urban farming landscape of B.C., visits Cuba to learn from that nation’s city gardening success story, and explains the utility and benefits of bringing agriculture within our urban boundaries.

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