Okay this is a stretch and doesn't have anything to do with your clothing closet, but how about your pantry? Budgens, a supermarket in the UK, has started a "Food from the Sky" program in its Crouch End location which just happens to be where I stay when I visit London.
This rooftop garden project is a collaboration with The Positive Earth Project and is designed to bring hyperlocal food to Crouch End - fresh picked from roof to produce section. The first organic harvest has hit the store, tended and harvested by local volunteers.
According to a report in Springwise, "The project is collaborating with the heritage seed library to grow a number of endangered species of food; it also plans to run food growing workshops on the roof and provide seeds from the harvest free of charge to residents and schools."
Proceeds from the not-for-profit venture will be put back into the project. The partners plan to add chickens and follow Fortnum's lead with the addition of bee hives.
Much more than a green roof, this is soon to be a roof top farm, an innovative way to utilize unused space and resources - the future of Farm to City;)
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