Green roofs and rooftop farming are some of the latest buzzwords of green architecture, but the guys behind Something and Son in Folkestone, England are taking it a step further. They’ve set up an advanced aquaponic system on the roof of their building, and they’re using the fish to help raise potatoes. In other words: it’s a fish and chips restaurant.
Tag: England
Best English Strawberry Crop in Decades Expected
The warm spring we’ve been enjoying on this side of the pond has giving us a large and high-quality strawberry crop, the best in about twenty years!
‘Local Food’ Labels Often Incorrect in England & Wales
A local government watchdog group in the UK has found that approximately 1/5 of products labeled as ‘local’ in England and Wales are misleading consumers and aren’t actually locally produced. [ … ]
Make Your Own Mulled Wine for Christmas
The daylight hours are short this time of year, and the cure in the UK for that seems to be mulled wine – red wine, served warm, with lots of [ … ]
Deadly E.coli Outbreak Reaches Babies in UK Hospitals
Looks like the UK is getting hit with a pretty bad E.coli outbreak. “A potentially lethal strain of the E.coli bacteria has been discovered on the skin of 13 newborns [ … ]