A 20,000-square-foot greenhouse is currently being constructed on the roof of the forthcoming Whole Foods Market store in Brooklyn, USA. Scheduled to open this autumn, Gotham Greens will grow premium quality, pesticide-free produce year round. The specially designed rooftop farm will include advanced irrigation systems that use up to 20 times less...

Though flavored vodkas keep appearing on the market, we have never seen vodka and milk. Not a good combination. Unless it is Black Cow, the world's first pure milk vodka, made from the milk of grass grazed cows. Created by a British dairy farmer, the vodka is made by separating the milk into curds and whey. The whey is then fermented and distilled...

Good for you, or marketing gimmick? You decide. Either way, it beverages infused with various healthful additives are opening up a new grocery category. A good example is Omega Infusion, a omega-3-enhanced water product that claims to deliver 80mg of omega-3s, 200-percent of the recommended daily amount of vitamin C, and 80% of four B vitamins.

It seems as though it won't be too long until there's a coffee roaster, brew pub, cacao artisan and micro-distillery in almost every town in America, Europe and beyond. According to an industry analysis presented at the American Distilling Institute (ADI) Conference, there were roughly 50 micro-distilleries operating in the USA in 2005; today...