Congratulations to the Fifth Street Farm team! The pro bono rooftop farm project on the Robert Simon School Complex in Manhattan was recently given a 2014 AIA Award from New York State.

In addition to providing the many benefits that green roofs offer - mitigating heat island effect, reducing storm water run-off and providing areas of refuge to increase natural bio-diversity - the retrofitting allowed teachers at the school to weave growing and cultivating plants into the curricula of different classes and areas of inquiry, ranging from science to art.