CHANGING THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT ECOCITIES
The way we understand ecocities needs radical change in order to ensure a sustainable future, akin to our ancestors realizing the earth was round.
Read More →
Blog
A Vertical Farm Made from Recycled Materials for Indonesia’s migrant farmers
The first prize winner of the International Tropical Architecture Design Competition was an 11-storey marvel featuring hydroponics, water harvesting technology and built using recycled building materials, waste plastic and glass bottles.
Read More →
CHINA PLANS TO BUILD NEARLY 300 NEW ECO-CITIES
China is not exactly known for its eco-conscious ethos. In fact, it's one of the world's biggest polluters, with limited environmental regulation stopping the flow of toxins into the environment. Even the regulations that do exist are often ignored by large companies – some 70 percent of businesse
Read More →
Finland: School uses LED grow lights to teach biology
The latest novelty from this Northern European country is the introduction of the phenomenon based approach to primary education in place of the traditional, subject based approach. A school in the municipality of Espoo is leading the way in this kind of progressive education and re-inventing the wa
Read More →
Bringing It All Together: Blue Planet Consulting Rebrands as Agritecture Consulting
I’m elated to announce that Agritecture and Blue Planet Consulting will formerly merge into one company, Agritecture LLC. Since 2011, when I first founded Agritecture.com, I’ve had big dreams for how agriculture could be integrated into the built environment. Now, with this merger, our team will
Read More →
THE SEARCH FOR THE WORLD’S MOST ENCHANTING GREENHOUSES
Magnus Edmondson and India Hobson’s greenhouse quest began in Oxford, England, at the Botanic Garden, on a Sunday morning. “We were the only people there, and it was so incredibly quiet,” they write . The only sounds were “gasps of wonderment” and the “occasional sigh.” From there, Edmon
Read More →
FOR LESS THAN HALF THE COST OF AN IPHONE, YOU CAN BUILD AN UNDERGROUND GREENHOUSE
The word ‘walipini’ means ‘a place of warmth’ in the Aymara Indian language. It is also known as an underground greenhouse.The idea behind the walipini was first introduced over 20 years ago in the mountainous regions of South America.
Read More →
US: COME TOGETHER TO FIX THE GREENHOUSE INDUSTRY EDUCATION SYSTEM
To spark the debate on the immense shortage of trained growers and skilled labor force, a new Think Tank has been created by several parties within the greenhouse industry. In this open letter, initiator Julie Vijverberg explains why it is important to join her in the conversation how to reconstruct
Read More →
SEPTEMBER SPOTLIGHT: LIGHT POLYMERS’ GROWBLADE™ FLAT PANEL LIGHTS FOR VERTICAL FARMING
Light Polymers is the newest horticultural LED grow light maker on the market, but at Agritecture we’ve been tracking their innovation since we first met nearly one year ago at a LARTA Institute event in Los Angeles. After closing a multi-million dollar strategic funding deal
Read More →
60,000 SQ.FT. VERTICAL GREENHOUSE TO BOLSTER LANCASTER’S LESS FORTUNATE
Inspired by Vertical Harvest in Jackson Hole, a group of Pennsylvania entrepreneurs has announced an ambitious plan to realize a similar community-supporting vertical glasshouse downtown Lancaster. By partnering with their industry peers in Wyoming, the group soon hopes to break ground for the const
Read More →
SEVEN OF LA’S FINEST URBAN FARMERS
Los Angeles is an ideal city for urban agriculture. Here you’ll find lots of people, space, and sunshine. With four million people, LA is the second most concentrated city in the country. Spread across 469 square miles LA is a vast city with ample vacant lots and untouched areas for potential use. A
Read More →
BAMBOO REVOLUTION: DANIEL WAGNER AND NATUREPONICS
In the shadow of Mt. Timpanogos, Orem-based NaturePonics creator/founder Daniel Wagner reveals his plan to change the world: “We would like to have a similar effect on the food industry that Tesla Motors has had on the car industry,” he says, comparing his natural approach to vertical gardening to t
Read More →
WHY AGTECH GROWS IN BROOKLYN
The Brooklyn landscape is going green — and not just on rooftop farms. Of late, the borough has seen an explosion of innovation about how to grow fresh, healthy food in the heart of the city.
Read More →
CANADA-BASED COMPANY TO BUILD $105 MILLION GREENHOUSE IN MIDDLE GEORGIA; CREATE 200 PLUS JOBS
A Canada-based company plans to invest $105 million in building a 75-acre high-tech greenhouse complex in Peach County and grow tomatoes and cucumbers year-round.
Read More →
NANOCHEMISTRY INNOVATOR DEBUTS GROWBLADE™ FLAT-PANEL GROWLIGHTS AT NYC AGTECH WEEK
The company behind one of the newest LED’s on the market - Light Polymers - is Agritecture’s featured sponsor for the third annual NYC AgTech Week . To view their Crystallin lights up close, come by our office at 40 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn anytime during the week (Sep 16 - Sep 21), and be sure to p
Read More →
Microsoft's Ingredient Revolution Is Feeding Its Employees Using High-Tech Vertical Farming
Microsoft’s Ingredient Revolution forges partnerships with local farmers and feeds their employees with a high-term vertical farm.
Read More →