How Spirituality Can Improve Your Farming
With all the methods people use to improve crop production, from the garden to the farm, maybe one is being overlooked: spirituality.
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Vertical Farming: From Mars to Toronto
Advances in automated grow systems and LED lighting could one day allow farming on Mars. In the meantime, Canadian agricultural startup We the Roots is using the new technology to grow high-quality salad greens for five Toronto restaurants.
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First Robotic Farm in U.S. Opens in the Bay Area
The 8,000 square-foot indoor hydroponic facility will be producing leafy greens at a rate of roughly 26,000 heads a year.
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Designs for the World's First Aquaponic Hotel
Varinot & Varinot Architectes, a firm based in France, wants to apply this closed loop model to hotels by recycling rainwater throughout the building.
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South Korean ‘Smart Farm’ Built Inside Former Highway Tunnel
The operation is also one of the largest indoor vertical farms in the world, with a total area of 2,300 square meters.
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Seeking Farmers with Greenhouses around New York, Paris & Rome
If you operate a greenhouse (soil or hydroponic) around New York, Paris or Rome, we would like to send you a compensated survey!
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Why Vertical Farming Isn't a Miracle Solution to Food Security
Vertical farming is great for growing lots of food in a small space, but productivity comes at a cost: high energy use.
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Growing Strawberries in the Desert
French startup, Agricool, just announced the production of their first aeroponically farmed strawberries a few kilometers away from Dubai.
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Atlanta BeltLine Will Soon Be Home to Smart AgTech Pods
A coalition of public and private partners are leading the charge to keep Atlanta at the forefront of urban agriculture integration.
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'GrowStrip' Brings New Level of Control and Automation to Indoor Growing
The GrowStrip aims to make indoor growing smart, simple, and shareable for farmers, enthusiasts, researchers, and students around the world.
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'80 Acres Farms' Constructing "First Fully-Automated Indoor Farm In the United States"
When completed, the project will comprise over 150,000 square feet of fully-automated indoor farming in Hamilton, Ohio.
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This Hydroponic Farm Supplies Greens at a New Food Hall in Texas
With Doodle Farms, Margot Masinter is ready to give North Texas something homegrown to graze on. First stop: Legacy Hall. Trading acres for square feet, Masinter purchased a refurbished and recycled shipping container from Dallas-based Growtainer to house her chemical-free greens and herbs.
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Microgrids Can Provide 90% of a Neighborhood's Energy Needs, Study Finds
The new approach could even pave the way for “100 percent self-sufficiency in power, heat, and water, and 50 percent self-sufficiency in food production”, according to the report’s author.
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GreenBelly: Turning City Walls Into Vertical Farms
Vertical Farms are most commonly found inside buildings, but this unique concept takes advantage of the unused space on buildings’ exteriors.
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Brianne Miller: From Marine Biologist to Successful Entrepreneur
Agritecture’s exclusive interview with the CEO & Founder of Nada Grocery in Vancouver, a completely package-free retail experience.
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Farming Connections: How Urban Farming Creates Community
Our modern food system has led to a disconnect with our food and with each other, but urban farming can help restore these lost connections.
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Paris: The City of Bees
With more than 1,000 hives atop landmark buildings as well as in community gardens across the city, Paris has seen a marked rise in urban beekeeping.
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Intelligent Growth Solutions Unveils Scotland's First Indoor Vertical Farm
The company claims that its technology will revolutionize the global horticulture market by addressing existing industry challenges around labor and energy.
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A Second Calling in Urban Farming
After working for 17 years in the aviation industry, Ann Vinya Thomas decided to set forth on a revolutionary path by becoming a small-scale urban farmer in India.
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A 500-Resident Community in North Carolina Plans Sprawling Urban Farm
The $3 million, 6.7-acre farm will include an aquaponics garden and serve as a food, education and engagement hub for the community and its neighbors.
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Cornell Interns Working on Urban Ag in NYC
After receiving a National Science Foundation grant, Cornell is working to study and bolster the local food system in NYC.
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The 6 Common Reasons Your Garden May Be Dying
Follow these simple steps for your greenery, and you should be on your way to maintaining a healthy garden in no time!
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Meet The Social Entrepreneur Behind Africa's "Uber For The Farm"
With an app that connects tractor owners to farmers in need, Hello Tractor is hoping to make farming more attractive and lucrative for the next generation of Africa’s farmers.
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Smart Cities Are Forgetting About Something: Food
Agritecture Founder Henry Gordon-Smith reflects on his experiences in the urban agriculture industry, and on strategies for Smart Cities to achieve sustainable food systems.
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France’s ‘Bio-Dome’-like tropical greenhouse will be the largest on the planet
“Tropicalia” is a single-domed tropical greenhouse being built near northern France’s Opal Coast. It will span over 215,000 square feet and be covered by a massive, air-filled plastic barrier to protect it from the outside world.
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What is Agritecture Xchange 2018 – And Why Should You Care?
Introducing New York's 1st event series connecting Agriculture to the Sustainable City movement.
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Space lettuce: It’s what’s for dinner
A local startup’s quantum dot technology could some day help feed astronauts on the moon and Mars.
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CNN Reports: Vertical Farms On the Rise In the UAE
As vertical farming investment increases in the GCC, media outlets like CNN are starting to pay closer attention.
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