The second species, Luffa acutangula, is similarly used but produces fruit with long ridges. It’s also a popular houseplant in colder climates. First domesticated some 10,000 years ago, ...

The loofah fruit can be eaten, but only in its earlier stages of life, when it is young, tender and about 4 inches long. What the loofah lacks in long-lasting edible tenderness, it makes up for in ...

The last step of the process is to watch and wait as your loofah plant grows. Loofah seeds usually have a 150 to 200-day growing cycle. Once the gourd is finally mature, harvest it immediately.

Lufa Farms, as the gardens are called, are scattered all over the city and focus on different fruits and vegetables. The one I visited in the Ahuntsic neighborhood focuses on eggplants, herbs and ...

At the leading edge of this movement is Lufa Farms, which calls itself the world’s first commercial rooftop farm. It built a 31,000-square-foot greenhouse on a two-story office building that has been ...

But Trudeau was wearing a suit for a planned photo op when he toured Lufa Farms, a 63,000-square-foot rooftop greenhouse in Montreal, last March. During his visit, Trudeau took a moment to harvest ...

Lufa Farms, a Montreal-based hydroponic agriculture company that has spent 15 years building a network of rooftop farms in Quebec, is expanding into Ottawa and Gatineau with greenhouse-grown ...

Lufa now harvests 215,000 veggies a week from its operating locations. It has met its initial goal in serving over two per cent of Montreal, sending out 30,000 baskets a week to 62,500 subscribers.

Lufa Farms , a Montreal-based hydroponic agriculture company that has spent 15 years building a network of rooftop farms in Quebec, is expanding into Ottawa and Gatineau with greenhouse-grown ...