Urban Agriculture thrives In Nairobi During COVID-19 Crisis
Two lessons from the urban agriculture experience in Nairobi stand out: the importance of a localized food system and short food supply chains.
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Iran To Grow 5,000 Tonnes Of Fruits And Vegetables In Greenhouses
Iran is anticipated to produce 5,000 tons of fruits and vegetables in the greenhouses throughout the country.
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Lufa Farms Rooftop Greenhouse Ready For Planting
68,700 tomato plants and 4,800 eggplant seedlings have been raised in the new Lufa Farms greenhouse.
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Shoppe Black's List of Black Owned Farms & Food Gardens
Shoppe Black's Ultimate List of Black Owned Farms & Food Gardens
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Singapore Food And Housing Agencies Rent Out Public Rooftops For Urban Farms
The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has launched a public tender to lease out the rooftops of public buildings for urban farming in the city-state.
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The Benefits Of Hydroponic Tomato Extracts On Skin Care
Marlo skincare line delivers sustainable benefits to both the consumer and the environment.
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Gotham Greens’ Newest Denver Greenhouse Will Serve 7 States
Gotham Greens, Brooklyn, N.Y., is opening a 30,000-square-foot hydroponic greenhouse in the Denver area to supply retailers in seven states.
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From Casinos To Urban Ag: A Hydroponics Farm Growing Spinach In Singapore
From Macau's casinos to a Kallang farm: The gaming industry professional who now grows baby spinach
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Agritecture's Workshops Empower Others To Develop Urban Farming
Empower you and your team with one of Agritecture’s Workshops (now available online)!
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Meet Henry Gordon-Smith, CEO And Managing Director Of Agritecture
Meet Henry, CEO and Managing Director of Agritecture . Agritecture is a thought leader in urban agriculture—which is basically teaching people how to grow food in cities.
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An Experiment To Save Plants With LED Light
In a greenhouse Solanaceae are being irradiated with a light spectrum specially developed by C-LED research facilities.
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Theatre In Montreal Is Converted Into An Indoor Farming Art Installation
Jardin du Passage, a greenhouse-gallery inside of Montreal's own Cinéma Moderne
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Vertical Farming Company, Smart Acres, To Expand Across UAE
Expected to launch in the third quarter of 2020, Smart Acres will be the UAE’s latest addition to the hydroponic vertical farming industry, set to bring a green and efficient way of producing a new set of clean crops locally.
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5 Things We’ve Learned About COVID-19, Climate And Food Systems
Here are five insights into how the pandemic and the climate crisis and are deeply interconnected, with food systems as the nexus point where these agendas meet.
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A Business Framework For Vertical Farming: An Interview With Emiel Wubben
What is a business framework and why is it needed for vertical farming? An interview with Emiel Wubben.
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One Of India's Biggest Aquaponics Farms Employs 80% Women
Indian aquaponic growers have big plans for organic produce.
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Calculate Daily Light Integral Using Agritecture's New Tool
Introducing Agritecture’s DLI Calculator, a digital tool allowing users to estimate the Daily Light Integral (DLI) in any location on earth.
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USDA Announces Grants for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production
USDA announced the availability of $3 million for grants through its new Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production.
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Two Urban Farms Growing Food Sustainably In Brazil
In the Brazilian cities of São Paulo and Porto Alegre large vertical farming projects are being started.
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Impact Of Global Food Supply Chains During A Global Pandemic
The majority of the world's population lives in countries that are dependent on, at least partially, imported food.
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Circulytics Is A New Used Tool To Measure A Businesses’ Circularity
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation Releases New Tool to Measure Businesses’ Circularity
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Grow Gothenburg's Land Matchmaking Platform Goes Global
Grow Gothenburg is mapping the growing farming community across the world and making it easier for people to find their nearest urban or small scale farm.
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CEA Integrated System Analysis: A Perspective On Circularity
The principles of the circular economy are closely related to the methodology used in Agritecture’s controlled environment agriculture design.
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Gulf Region Commits $200m To Safeguard Its Food Security With Agtech
Amid Covid-19, the Gulf region commits $200m to safeguard its food security with AgTech.
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Change In Buying Patterns Effects The World's Largest Wholesale Produce Market
Hunts Point Produce Market, Bronx, N.Y., is adjusting to wildly fluctuating demand, but supply remains strong since the COVID-19 pandemic began to shut down much of society as people abide by stay-at-home orders.
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Aquaponics Presents A New Way To Grow Sustainable Fish And Veggies
The world’s wild fish stocks are decreasing, and the production of farmed fish has doubled in the last 15 years. By moving these farms onto land, commercial-scale aquaponics operations could revolutionize food production, using less space, water, and energy than ever before.
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How NYC's Farmers Markets are Successfully Surviving COVID-19
An interview with Liz Carollo. Learn how Greenmarket, a staple of New York’s local food scene for over 40 years and the largest network of outdoor farmers markets in the US, has adapted in the epicenter of COVID-19 to remain operational.
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Vertical Farms Are Seeing A Surge In Demand For Greens Grown Indoors
Indoor, urban vertical farms are seeing a surge in demand that could signal a lasting change in how we get our fruits and vegetables.
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