Can Vertical Farms Reap Their Harvest? It’s Anyone’s Bet.
Indoor-grown produce is available in more than 20 supermarket chains nationwide. But despite massive investment, questions remain about efficiency and costs.
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Ripple Farms Wins Ontario’s Social Enterprise of the Year Award
Ripple Farms Inc. , an aquaponic urban farm in Toronto, has just received the Startup Canada Social Enterprise of the Year Award for their innovative approach to spreading food access and education.
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World's Largest Vertical Farm to Be Built in Dubai
Crop One Holdings, the company behind US container farming group Freshbox Farms , has signed a $40 million joint venture with the catering arm of global airline Emirates to build what they say will be the world’s largest vertical farm near Al Maktoum International Airport at Dub
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Urban Farming In Singapore Continues to Expand, Now With Strawberries
Singapore, a global hot-bed for urban farming, now has strawberries too. As the industry continues to grow, the local government is striving to find ways to support new and existing farmers.
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Urban Farming Through the Ages
In the face of climate change and the pressures of a growing population, agriculture is returning to cities and playing a leading role in solutions for a sustainable future.
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Urban Farming Company Gotham Greens Closes $29 Million Round of Funding
The Brooklyn-based urban agriculture startup has closed a $29 million Series C financing round, bringing its total equity funding to $45 million, not including bank debt. The plan? Continue to spread across the U.S.
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Indoor Farming Industry Takes Root in Nevada
While the state still imports the majority of its produce, Southern Nevada’s indoor farming industry has taken off in recent years. Leafy green, herbs and cannabis production are all seeing high levels of growth.
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No More False Claims!
GreenTech 2018, Amsterdam’s major horticulture technology conference, just wrapped up last week. For all who couldn’t make it, here is a brief recap that highlights 7 important lessons for the future of vertical farming.
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Japan’s Indoor Ag Sector is Becoming More Collaborative
Eri Hayashi, Director of International Relations & Consulting for the Japan Plant Factory Association , reflects on key differences between the urban agriculture industries of the US and Japan, and their respective advantages and disadvantages for each industry’s growth.
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Can High-Tech Indoor Agriculture Transform Local Food?
New York City is a global leader for indoor agriculture, with farms such as Farm.One, Smallhold and Gotham Greens punctuating the concrete jungle with their innovative farming systems. But as the industry continues to grow, one central point remains unclear: Are New York’s indoor farms destined to o
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Europe’s Largest Indoor Farm is Officially Under Construction
The intensive plant nursery, located in North Lincolnshire, England, will be the largest indoor farm in Europe, producing up to 420 tonnes of leafy greens per year on growing racks that reach just over 3 storeys in height.
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Students Grow Over 25,000 Pounds of Produce a Year in NYC Vertical Farm
What used to be the third floor chemistry lab at DeWitt Clinton High School in The Bronx has been transformed into an indoor vertical farm to feed the school and surrounding community. The farm was formally unveiled this past Saturday at a TFFJ and Sun Club press conference.
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How does his garden grow? Sustainably, in the desert
Saudi farmer Omar Al-Jundi has built the region’s first vertical farm in Dubai with plans for Jeddah in 2020. The team of Badia Farms, which he founded in Al Quoz in December last year, consists of 12 people, all of whom have experience in farming.
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Qatar Could Export Vegetables in the Future
Glenn Behrman has spent years developing a hydroponic “Growtainer” concept to bring customizable controlled-environment agriculture anywhere in the world. Now, he sees a tremendous opportunity for Qatar to increase fresh vegetable production using the technology.
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10 AgriFood Tech Startups from 10 Countries Selected to Join FoodTrack by Maersk
The month-long startup program is focused on combating food loss across the food chain and will provide startups with exclusive access to Maersk leaders across departments as well as the company’s network of suppliers and partners to help validate their technologies.
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Urban Agriculture: Can it Feed Our Cities?
From rooftop gardens and indoor vertical farms to community plots and edible landscapes, urban agriculture is on the rise. As more of the world’s population resides in cities, city farming is touted as a sustainable solution. But does the equation really work?
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Water of plenty: Meet the trio practising soilless farming in Delhi
Triton Foodworks is working to change the face of farming in India through hydroponic urban-based systems. After a few years of consulting for others, the company is launching their own five-acre hydroponic farm to supply consumers, restaurants and hotels with fresh local produce.
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The Future of Urban Agriculture in the Dominican Republic
In the Dominican Republic, Colmados are neighborhood and cultural fixtures that are under threat from the rise of large supermarket chains. By redesigning the Colmado network and placing new emphasis on urban agriculture, D.R. native and architect Carlos Guzman thinks the system can be transformed t
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PHILLIPS AND AGRITECTURE PARTNER FOR A BETTER FUTURE
Phillips Programs for Children and Families teamed up with Agritecture Consulting to set up a program that would lead students to job opportunities in the rapidly emerging Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) sector. The result was a unique in-school hydroponic system along with a 300-page curri
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Karen Washington: It’s Not a Food Desert, It’s Food Apartheid
Urban farming’s “de facto godmother”, Karen Washington, has been a leader in the battle for food justice for three decades. In this interview, Karen discusses the deeply rooted issues that currently plague urban food systems, and she explains why reframing ‘food deserts’ as ‘food apartheid’ is so im
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China Wraps Up 1-Year Mock Moon Mission to "Lunar Palace"
Volunteers work inside China's Lunar Palace 1 on Jan. 26, 2018. They were participating in a yearlong experiment designed to see how the bioregenerative life support system, in which animals, plants and microorganisms co-exist, works in a lunar environment, as well as the physical and mental conditi
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VERTICAL FARMING SHOULD BE ABOUT MUCH MORE THAN JUST YIELD
At Hexagro, we tend to see the food production system of tomorrow with a very different lens than just productivity rates and the maximization of yield. Hexagro is about looking at the opportunities for vertical farming to maximize human wellness.
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The World's Leading Horticulture Technology Fair Just Got Even Brighter With Valoya
Every two years, over 10,000 horticulture professionals gather in Amsterdam for GreenTech. This is without a doubt the most exciting event for all things horticulture + technology. It's all happening June 11-14 and you do not want to miss it! We are particularly excited this year a
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Is this Space Greenhouse the solution to feeding Astronauts on their Journey to Mars?
Mars is a far more difficult challenge to survive. The red planet is an average of 158 million miles away from Earth, with a small window — just once every 26 months— to launch a relatively quick multi-month mission. Any hiccup in an infrequent supply chain of fresh air, food, and water, su
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Dutton Architects Reimagine LA Highways as Lush and Productive Greenways
Los Angeles freeways promised speed and connectivity but delivered congestion and separation. They are at their tipping point- dysfunctional and on the verge of obsolescence. Like many great cities that have reclaimed the ruins of their infrastructure it is time for Los Angeles to
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DESIGNING AGRITECTURE INTO CITIES: RESULTS FROM THE VANCOUVER AGRITECTURE WORKSHOP
In just two days, an interdisciplinary team of urban agriculture enthusiasts took a site in Vancouver and turned it into an “agritectural” oasis.
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Osram acquires Fluence, one of the world’s leading suppliers of smart grow lighting
OSRAM , a global high-tech lighting company based in Munich, is acquiring U.S. horticulture lighting company Fluence Bioengineering , based in Austin, TX. In our exclusive interview with OSRAM Innovation Manager Timo Bongartz, Timo explains this recent move and how it will help both companies be
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3D ocean farm seeks to reshape aquaculture
The future of underwater farming is here! 3D Ocean Farms . Check out this project with @wetherabble. Highly nutritious seaweeds and shellfish with diverse uses and positive impacts that take carbon out of the environment and fight ocean acidification. Invest today!
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