{"id":76839,"date":"2018-03-11T19:22:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T02:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/the-freshest-herbs-in-manhattan-were-grown-in-this-office-building-basement"},"modified":"2018-03-12T12:01:44","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T19:01:44","slug":"the-freshest-herbs-in-manhattan-were-grown-in-this-office-building-basement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2018\/03\/the-freshest-herbs-in-manhattan-were-grown-in-this-office-building-basement","title":{"rendered":"The freshest herbs in Manhattan were grown in this office building basement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kBiBKBdOmnY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>New York City\u2019s discerning high-end chefs often ship in rare herbs and edible flowers from other states or even overseas. But <a href=\"https:\/\/farm.one\/\">Farm.One<\/a>, an organic farm in the basement of an office building in Manhattan, can pick and deliver the precious leaves and flowers within the same day, says Robert Laing, the company\u2019s CEO.<\/p>\n<p>With its stacked shelves of hydroponic plants and grow lights, Farm. One is part of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg22129524-100-vertical-farms-sprouting-all-over-the-world\/\">growing movement of vertical farming<\/a> across the world. The tech-enabled system uses less space and water than traditional farming.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video above to learn more about how it works.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/quartzy.qz.com\/1224003\/the-freshest-herbs-in-manhattan-were-grown-in-this-office-building-basement\/?utm_source=qzfb\">https:\/\/quartzy.qz.com\/1224003\/the-freshest-herbs-in-manhatt...ource=qzfb<\/a> --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City\u2019s discerning high-end chefs often ship in rare herbs and edible flowers from other states or even overseas. But Farm.One, an organic farm in the basement of an office building in Manhattan, can pick and deliver the precious leaves and flowers within the same day, says Robert Laing, the company\u2019s CEO. With its [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":359,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1506,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-sustainability"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76839"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76843,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76839\/revisions\/76843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}