The Future Of The Food Supply Chain Lives On A Rooftop In Montreal
The world’s biggest commercial rooftop greenhouse sits atop a former Sears warehouse in a semi-industrial northwestern quarter of Montreal.
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The UK’s Food System Isn’t Resilient, And It Needs To Be
Using technology to offer ways to reduce reliance on imports, and make food production more sustainable in the UK.
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Vertical Farm For Vegan Innovation
UK-based vertical farming company, Vertical Future, has partnered with Heck Food, to sustainably grow crops that will allow Heck to continue creating unique and interesting flavours in their vegan range.
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FFAR Funds Novel Supply-Demand Technology, Connecting Institutional Buyers To Specialty Crop Farmers
The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) is awarding $2 million to establish a multi-organization collaboration, the Open Market Consortium (OMC), to develop and pilot an open-source, public-access blockchain system to connect small and mid-size farmers to institutional buye
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Vertical Farming: Ugandan Company Develops Solution For Urban Agriculture
Speaking to Lilian Nakigozi, founder of Women Smiles Uganda, a company that manufactures and sells vertical farms used to grow crops in areas where there is limited space.
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The Promise And Peril Of Vertical Farming
Investigating the current state and future promise of the indoor, vertical farming industry.
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How Drop & Grow Container Farms Offer Chance To Rethink Urban Food Systems
Aeroponic container farms offer the potential to grow high value fresh produce 24/7.
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Hortitecture: The Next Wave Of High-Tech Horticultural Thinking
Hort Innovation announces the formation of a new partnership to advance the state of high-tech urban farming horticulture with partners RMCG, the University of Technology, and Agritecture.
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Giant Eagle Brings Vertically Farmed Greens To Over 75 Stores
Giant Eagle has added greens and ready-to-eat salads from robotics-focused vertical farming company Fifth Season to more than 75 stores across the Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio.
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Kaleidoscope Of An Urban Farm Microbiome: Sustainable Crop Production
NUS researchers have reconstructed nearly a thousand microbial genomes from green leafy vegetables commonly consumed in Singapore to improve the quality of urban farmed crops.
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The Indoor Farms Disrupting The Produce Industry
If you don't already, chances are you'll soon be eating produce from indoor farms.
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Food Security And COVID-19
Even before COVID-19 reduced incomes and disrupted supply chains, chronic and acute hunger were on the rise due to various factors including conflict, socio-economic conditions, natural hazards, climate change and pests.
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AgLanta Announces USDA Funded Local Food Promotion Grant
AgLanta is seeking RFP respondents for a USDA-funded local food promotion (LFPP) grant!
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Keeping A Thai City Fed During Covid-19
An urban farm in Thailand, built on a former landfill site, has been helping feed nearby residents during the COVID-19 crisis.
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An Urban Home For High Tech Horticulture In Australia
RMCG has kicked off 2021 with an exciting new project for the Australian horticulture industry, which aims to assess the potential of emerging production technology and its application in the urban landscape.
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Judge Unlikely to Ban Hydroponic Crops From Organic Label
Arguments that Congress intended to ban hydroponically grown crops from organic certification did not appear to persuade a judge overseeing a legal dispute over what foods can be labeled “organic.”
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Understanding Capital Expenses For Vertical Farms And Greenhouses
A side-by-side analysis of vertical farms and greenhouses for comparison of capital and operational costs.
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Vertical Farming’s Success Depends On The Cheapest Lightbulb
With a specific focus on Abu Dhabi’s supermarket vertical farm, this article claims that the success of vertical farming is dependent on lightbulb supplier’s reducing power use by as much as 65%.
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Indoor Vertical Farming Jumpstarts Agribusiness
A small business in the southern region of Puerto Rico is seeking to revolutionize agribusinesses with sustainable practices, while providing food security and reducing the need for imported produce.
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How To Calculate Your Farm’s Carbon Footprint
Discussing the carbon footprint of vertical farms in comparison to traditional field farming, with our Lead Systems Designer, Djavid Amidi-Abraham
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The Largest Vertical Farm In The World In One Of The Smallest Countries
Transforming an abandoned quarry in Switzerland into the world’s largest vertical farm, whilst pioneering circularity by reusing cities’ waste.
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Hydroponics: The Unrealized Potential In India
Hydroponics maximizes the use of resources for efficient agriculture in India
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"The Vertical Farm Industry Can Learn A Lot From Cannabis Growers"
The complexity of vertical farming requires an adequate level of knowledge about both the designing stage of the facility as well as the growing of the product.
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Participate In This CEA Waste Study
Cornell PhD student Maya Ezzeddine is conducting research to better understand the types of CEA waste streams, and conducting analyses to suggest best practices for sustainability in CEA.
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UAE Vertical Farming Firm Reveals Plan To Launch Healthy Food Brand
Sarya Holdings, the company which recently launched the UAE’s latest hydroponic vertical farming concept, Smart Acres, has revealed global expansion plans in 2021 which include the launch of a healthy food line.
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What 8 Indoor Ag Companies Plan For 2021
Here are what eight leaders in vertical farming and controlled environment agriculture are planning in the year ahead.
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USA’s First Saltwater Hydroponic Farm In Charleston, SC
Charleston is home to the first-ever indoor saltwater hydroponics farm that utilizes ocean water – aka the world’s most abundant resource – to grow food.
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الأمن الغذائي في دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي: الحاجة إلى التنويع الاقتصادي
تنفذ دول مجلس التعاون الخليجي شراكات إستراتيجية لدفع إنتاجها الغذائي المحلي والإقليمي لمعالجة القصور الغذائي المحلي
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