Chatting With The Superwoman Of Dutch Horticulture, Meiny Prins
For the October 2016 AVF Changemaker of the Month, Andrew and Chris had the opportunity to sit down with Meiny Prins.
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THE FACILITIES WHERE SCIENTISTS BREED PLANTS TO SURVIVE THE FUTURE
Imagine a world without grapes. Someday greenhouses like the one above may be our last defense against such a fate. Beneath the glow of high-voltage lamps, dozens of crop samples grow at the Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York.
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10 New Trends In Hydroponics: What To Expect In 2017 And Beyond
What does the future of hydroponics look like?
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CONGRESSIONAL URBAN AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION ACT COULD HELP ELIMINATE URBAN FOOD DESERTS AND STRENGTHEN URBAN AG
To date, little has been done at the federal level to help bolster urban agriculture in cities across the US. But with agriculture currently on the agenda as the next Farm Bill reauthorization quickly approaches, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) introduced the Urban Agriculture Production Act &
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Move Over, Skyscrapers: This "Plantscraper" Can Feed 5,000 A Year
As populations grow and cities condense, availability of fresh produce becomes an increasingly dire issue. The concept of “plantscapers” could allow office buildings to feed thousands of people every year.
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LIVING NEAR PLANTS REVEALS MULTIPLE POSITIVE HEALTH EFFECTS
This holiday season you may want to skip the perfume and buy your loved ones a nice house plant instead. Perhaps one of those giant bejeweled poinsettia? Apparently, women who live in close proximity to plants may live longer.
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY: EMPOWERING FARMERS’ DECISION-MAKING
Can artificial intelligence save our food system? From precision farming to personalized nutrition, there are many potential technological applications in farming, food production, and food consumption. However, technological performances, user acceptance, and practical applications of the technolog
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THE FARM OF THE FUTURE MIGHT BE ENTIRELY RUN BY ROBOTS
This WIRED Video shows how Silicon Valley greenhouse start up, Iron Ox, is teaching its robots to perform some of the farm’s most labor intensive tasks, and autonomously identify issues with crops.
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SOLAR GREENHOUSES GENERATE ELECTRICITY AND GROW CROPS AT THE SAME TIME, UC SANTA CRUZ STUDY REVEALS
In a first of it’s kind study at UC Santa Cruz, tomatoes and cucumbers grown inside electricity-generating solar greenhouses were as healthy as those raised in conventional greenhouses, signaling that “smart” greenhouses hold great promise for dual-use farming and renewable electricity production.&a
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This solar-powered floating farm combines agriculture and dining under one roof
When you imagine a farm, this is probably the last thing you’d think of… and that’s precisely its appeal! Called Lotus, this floating architecture is at once a space for growing veggies, dining, and socializing within urban environments. The structure utilizes a vertical design to house its various
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Farm.One Announces New Farm in Tribeca, with Restaurant Atera
We're proud to announce the launch of our latest farm, underneath restaurant Atera in Tribeca. The farm grows rare herbs, edible flowers and microgreens for the best restaurants in New York, including a special relationship with 2-Michelin star rated Atera .
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SINGAPORE ANNOUNCES NEW INCENTIVES FOR ROOFTOP AND URBAN FARMS
There could be more urban farms, rooftop gardens and solar panels sprouting up across Singapore, as city planners redouble efforts to make the city more green.
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How to feed a hungry city
How does Toronto's garden grow? With fish farms, rooftop planters and vegetable patches all in a row. The city has become a leader in urban agriculture, but there's worry public awareness is lagging as new projects struggle to take root.
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Urban Life Aquatic: A Discovery In Paris Reveals A Huge Ecosystem Hidden In Plain Sight
For 12 days in June 2015, something rather unusual took place in Paris. Under clear skies, a team of scientists armed with toothbrushes, methodically passed through each of the city’s 20 districts searching for signs of life.
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Autogrow #CropsOnMars Hackathon Sees Duckweed Solution Take 1st Place
7 November 2017, San Francisco: Hackathon team ‘Just Food’ and their innovative solution for utilizing the aquatic plant duckweed, took the win Sunday night at the inaugural 2017 Autogrow #CropsOnMars Hackathon.
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SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES ARE ON THE HORIZON
Two weekends ago, I was honored to attend the 2017 American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Conference in Los Angeles. I was delightfully surprised at how many education sessions were focused on the intersection of landscape architecture, sustainability, and resiliency. The sheer
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VINCENT CALLEBAUT PROPOSES 3D-PRINTING ‘FARMING BRIDGES’ TO REGENERATE WAR-TORN MOSUL
Vincent Callebaut has presented his winning project for the Rifat Chadirji prize, a competition that called for ideas to rebuild Iraq’s liberated areas in Mosul. Titled ‘five farming bridges’, the concept puts forward the construction of affordable and adaptable bridges &a
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Ikea’s Space10 develops the Algae Dome, a prototype for food-producing architecture
Space10, Ikea’s “future-living” lab in Copenhagen that brought us Growroom, the spherical urban garden , has developed a bioreactor called the Algae Dome in an effort to explore the potential that algae will have on the future of food and sustainability.
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The Hilltop Urban Farm in South Pittsburgh has plans to be the largest urban farm in the nation
PITTSBURGH — A farm in the city? Yes, and just like other farms, the first step in converting land to fields is removing the “rocks.” This fall volunteers are doing just that, preparing part of a 107-acre plot to be Hilltop Urban Farm, by removing rocks and debris from the land and cutting down tree
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Nature-inspired water collection system wins $100,000 Ray of Hope Prize®
An international team based in New York City has developed a prototype product that mimics the way living systems capture, store, and distribute water, and has been awarded the 2017 $100,000 Ray C. Anderson Foundation Ray of Hope Prize in the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge .
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17th Annual Greenhouse Crop Production & Engineering Design Short Course
Get your questions answered and increase your hydroponic growing know-how at CEAC’s Greenhouse Crop Production & Engineering Design Short Course – A four day conference, put on by the University of Arizona Controlled Environment Agriculture Center, including three full days of l
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Regreening the planet could cut as much carbon as halting oil use
A new study finds that natural solutions such as tree planting, protecting peatlands and better land management could account for 37% of all CO2 emissions cuts needed by 2030.
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How Brooklyn Is Working Toward a Comprehensive Urban Agriculture Plan
A new piece of legislation in the City Council aims to transform the ad hoc nature of rooftop farms, schoolyard plots and community gardens into a comprehensive urban agriculture plan for the city.
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Psychedelic digital greenhouse springs up in Tokyo
A digital greenhouse has popped up in Tokyo – complete with psychedelic lights and a ‘vegetable orchestra’
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The City of Atlanta’s Annual Aglanta Conference Announces New Theme & 2018 Dates
Agritecture is absolutely ecstatic to announce that the Aglanta Conference is officially returning to the Georgia Railroad Freight Depot for a second year. Slated for March 26 - 28, Aglanta 2018 is sure to repeat the success of the inaugural year and solidify itself among the most compelling a
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Viability of indoor urban agriculture is focus of research grant
Growing crops in controlled environments – in greenhouses, plant factories and in vertical farms – provides alternatives to conventional farming by producing food year-round near metropolitan areas, reducing transportation costs and water use, and improving land-use efficiency. Such local systems al
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College students built this $250,000 home that has a hydroponic farm and indoor greenhouse
A new solar-powered home created by a team of graduate students from the University of Maryland, features a wall that uses an agricultural technique called hydroponic farming. That means that produce grows in nutrient-rich water rather than traditional soil.
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Solar Vertical City is a self-contained, green-infused tower planted into the ocean floor
Resigned to the fact that rising sea levels are inevitable at this point, architects are starting to create feasible, water-based living solutions. Italian architect Luca Curci has just unveiled a design that envisions a soaring zero-energy tower infused with g
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