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Mohamed Hage is a born entrepreneur, running the world’s first commercial rooftop farm, built in 2010. Hage oversees all of Lufa Farms development and operations. Lufa Farms is an agricultural and technology company located in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville neighborhood of Montreal, Quebec. It is the world’s first commercial greenhouse on the roof of a building. Lufa Farms specializes in new agricultural technologies in urban zones. Covering an area of 31,000 square feet, Lufa Farms produces vegetables year-round for more than 3,000 people in the greater Montreal area. The farms produce forty varieties of vegetables grown without synthetic pesticides, capturing rainwater, and recirculating irrigation water. Find out more about Lufa Farms and their projects at: http://lufa.com/en/ Our WhatWorks urban innovation series showcased innovators and entrepreneurs who are now continuing to successfully develop their projects as Global Urban Innovators. Find out more about our Global Urban Innovators Initiative: http://bit.ly/URBInnovate