Transforming Urban Spaces: Kingsway Mall’s Rooftop
September 5, 2023
Kingsway Mall’s rooftop turns into an urban farm with 30 pots, expecting 300 pounds of yield. An initiative for the environment and community!
MicroHabitat wants to share its expertise to inspire city dwellers to cultivate change through urban agriculture thanks to ecological growing techniques and innovative projects. Our various blog posts therefore aim to educate and raise awareness of the benefits of urban agriculture. Learn more about a practice that has taken root in our metropolises and is flourishing!
Kingsway Mall’s rooftop turns into an urban farm with 30 pots, expecting 300 pounds of yield. An initiative for the environment and community!
Reconnecting people with nature, food, and community for a healthier world through urban farming expansion across North America.
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Our urban farms are not only on rooftops! In fact, those of our industrial clients are often more on the ground!
Warrington PCI donated roughly 1300 pounds of fresh produce to food banks in Vancouver in 2022 through our Urban Solidarity Farms initiative!
Installing a hotel for pollinators on your urban farm can provide a range of benefits, including increased pollination, pest control, biodiversity, and educational opportunities.
When we think of flowers, we typically think of beautiful bouquets in vases, but they can also be tasty ingredients for your meals!
Earth Month is dedicated to creating awareness about the crucial role we play in preserving the Environment for future generations.
There are over 600 distinct First Nations in Canada, each with their own unique traditional, nutritional, medicinal, cultural, or ceremonial uses of plants.
Urban farming is easily integrated into a rehabilitation program and has a positive impact on the lives of challenged youth.
Looking for innovative ways to positively impact sustainability and their communities, GWLRA chose MicroHabitat to revitalize their spaces.
BNP Paribas has been a major contributor to MicroHabitat and its mission to cultivate change to make cities greener.
Building a healthier future, requires sustainable green actions like urban farming to meet the importance of ESG in real estate.
Our growing contributions to food security in 2022 were made possible thanks our partners helping fight hunger across North America.
Expect our largest expansion to date with the opening of 6 new cities across Canada and the US. MicroHabitat is taking over North America!
We often regard insects as pests and nuisances, but many insects actually help in the production of the food that we eat. Some are beneficial in the growth of our vegetables.
Everything we do here at MicroHabitat is possible thanks to native pollinators. Discover some of our favourite insects!
The 15th meeting of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference is taking place in two phases this year.
Protecting local biodiversity is an important part to preserve the environment, as well as a key to a successful farming practice.
Each MicroHabitat pot sold provides a child with a meal, as our mission is to support local communities and feeding the youth.
Remote work creates separation, prompting companies to add value by implementing sustainable projects despite the distance.
Innovative projects in commercial real estate have seen the benefits of having urban farming on their site. Discover five of our MicroHabitat urban farm projects…
Urban areas are vulnerable to greenhouse gases but also major emitters. Here’s how you can become an agent of change with urban agriculture.
This year, MicroHabitat is proud to have partnered with BOMA Canada for the development of a complete guide addressing urban agriculture in commercial real estate…
Want to get started on your urban farm project? Here are 6 steps to help you set up an urban farm on your property!
Discover the people at the heart of the maintenance, harvesting and, more broadly, the success of your urban farms! Meet Julien, urban farmer in the Montreal area…
An urban agriculture project in the workplace can make a difference by nurturing a greener, more united and committed corporate culture.
You don’t always have to be a property manager to start your own urban farm. Here’s how if you’re a tenant!
Get to know your urban farmers! Today we’re introducing you to Maude, an urban farmer working in the Greater Montreal area.
An urban farm project has the potential to improve the quality of life and engagement of the residents who benefit from it.
MicroHabitat’s urban farms differentiate themselves from green roofs, which allows us to avoid many installation constraints.
Urban agriculture is becoming increasingly popular with city dwellers, and represents a golden opportunity for property owners.
Meet your urban farmers! Jeremy is the very image we often have of farmers: relaxed and in harmony with the plants and his surroundings.
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Meet Mélisanne, chief urban farmer in the Montreal region. Come learn more about her and what got her in urban farming!
Permaculture encourages natural interactions that lead to synergies between the land, the plants and the surrounding biodiversity.
Urban agriculture keeps pace with United Nations initiatives, acting as a driving force for progress on a number of objectives.
Urban agriculture provides important benefits at both the environmental and societal levels. Discover 7 benefits of urban agriculture!
Discover the role of urban agriculture in a green and resilient recovery and transforming our world in a sustainable way.
At MicroHabitat, we transform urban spaces into thriving ecological rooftop gardens to feed communities in Canada and the United States!
MicroHabitat is growing and starting its Canadian expansion by opening in the largest agglomeration of the country: Toronto!
In our activities, we support various social actors, like Accueil Bonneau, an organization that helps people in situations of homelessness.
Here is how integrating urban farming to the famous shopping mall helps to support young communities in need!