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babelgum.com - 6/26/2009
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Annie Novak and Ben Flanner have been farming the rooftop of a Brooklyn warehouse for a month and a half now. The 6,000 square-foot farm has over 30 different varieties of vegetables. Nearby restaurants have caught on to the idea and the urban farmers have been making deliveries on their bikes. Now
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