Imagine growing 500 heads of lettuce every week in a space smaller than your backyard. That is what sisters Lisa Merkle and Cheryl Arnold of Box Greens are doing with hydroponics. But instead of growing greens inside stationary buildings like most hydroponic farmers do, they use portable 40-by-eight-foot shipping containers that can be placed near where the produce will be consumed.

Sustainable, upcycled, eco-friendly fashions will be the hot ticket at Seed Food & Wine Week’s fashion show benefiting Debris Free Oceans.

It’s a hot Saturday night on Lincoln Road, and Havana 1957 is on fire. Servers dash around, diners laugh over mojitos and yucca fries, and everyone sways to the Cuban beat. “We were just walking by, and we liked the music,” Dallas vacationer José Alta says. “The music makes you feel like you’re in a different environment.” The City of Miami Beach, however, is cracking down on outdoor music on Lincoln Road, leaving guests and restaurants confused and frustrated.

If you’re walking through Wynwood and see a tangle of neon lights suspended over a small bar while Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition” blares overhead, go on in. You’re at Alter. You can chill out to some Talking Heads and Doobie Brothers while you dine on Australian winter black truffles. Be prepared…

An estimated 1,000 plant-munching party people will take over Regatta Park in Coconut Grove for an evening of food, cocktails, games, and music Saturday, October 6, during what’s billed as Miami’s first Vegan Block Party.