#IndoorFarms and #housing! To heck with offices!

A new life for #EmptyOffices: Growing kale and cucumbers

by Vittoria Traverso, 1/29/2025

"In some cities, as many as one in four office spaces are vacant. Some start-ups are giving them a second life – as indoor farms growing crops as varied as kale, cucumber and herbs."

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250127-why-veg-is-growing-in-empty-office-spaces?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us
#SolarPunkSunday #FoodSovereignty #FoodSecurity #VerticalGardens #WFH

A new life for empty offices: Growing kale and cucumbers

In some cities, as many as one in four office spaces are vacant. Some start-ups are giving them a second life – as indoor farms growing crops as varied as kale, cucumber and herbs.

BBC

""in San Francisco, where the availability of affordable housing has reached an acute crisis, the downtown business district has all but hollowed out ...only 27% of the city’s office space is in use"

#YIMBY #housing #EmptyOffices
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/10/us-cities-affordable-housing-commercial-residential-buildings

Is living in an empty office the answer to the housing crisis?

Remote work has emptied downtowns across the US – and that space could be used to create desperately needed affordable housing

The Guardian