Radical Green Building Takes a Giant Leap Forward as The International Living Building Institute’s New Standard Addresses Social Justice, Urban Agriculture and Community Scale Impacts

“The program introduces a new focus on urban agriculture, requiring a minimum amount of site square footage be dedicated to food production except in the densest urban environments – the more suburban a site is, the more food production is required.

“All projects must integrate opportunities for agriculture appropriate to the scale and density of the project using its Floor Area Ratio (F.A.R.) as the basis for calculation.”

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From the Food Project’s blog:

“The Food Project has started up a new plot of land in Lynn. It’s on Munroe Street, right by our North Shore office and directly across from the Lynn commuter rail station.

“If I’m looking at the farm data correctly, we’ve harvested almost 3,000 pounds of herbs and vegetables from the Munroe land this season. That’s in addition to the bounty of the 15 raised beds being used by community gardeners. This food stays in Lynn; some is sold at our Central Square farmers’ market just a few blocks away, and the rest is distributed to local hunger relief organizations.

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