Each week we highlight restaurants demonstrating truth and love with amazing, inspiring and selfless acts that make the world just that little bit better

• Uncommon Ground (Chicago, USA): Uncommon Ground runs an annual urban-agriculture program all summer at their rooftop farm, which includes a ‘First Fridays on the Organic Rooftop Farm’ event to educate the community on what is possible in an urban environment.

• Aan Sjuuteeänjd (Schinnen, Netherlands): Aan Sjuuteeänjd’s chef has his own garden where he grows “forgotten fruit and vegetables” that are then used in the menu. These include pre-1950s plant species such as Zeeuws Zeempje and Bloemendaalse.

• The Culpeper (London, UK): The Culpeper hosts a ‘Rooftop to Tabletop’ event where they educate guests on how to create and manage an urban vegetable plot. They also host a ‘Saving the Season’ workshop where guests learn how to preserve, pickle and dry their summer pickings.

• Amber (Central Hong Kong): Amber is collaborating with social enterprise Rooftop Republic to plant a 3000 square-foot urban garden with herbs, flowers and vegetables.

• Higher Ground (Melbourne, Australia): Melbourne restaurant Higher Ground features an aquaponic installation by Australian organisation FARMWALL which integrates tank-based fish culture with hydroponic plant production (vertical farms that grow herbs and microgreens on hemp).

• 610 Magnolia (Louisville, USA): 610 Magnolia is home to an 800-square-foot greenhouse and numerous raised garden beds, which staff are required to care for at some point during their work week to create a greater understanding of how they approach cuisine.