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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Posts about: agritecture (5)
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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Agritecture Releases First-Ever Digital Platform For Planning Urban Farms
Agritecture has released its beta version of Agritecture Designer - the world’s first digital platform for planning urban farms.
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AI And The Future Of Food Production: Takeaways From Agritecture's Digital Conference
Key takeaways from week 2 of Agritecture’s Travel-Free Digital Conference Series
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What We Learned In Week 1 Of Agritecture's Digital Conference Series
Key takeaways from week 1 of Agritecture’s Travel-Free Digital Conference Series
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Data-Driven Controlled Environment Agriculture: Planning & Design
An exclusive interview with Alberto Lopez, Agritecture’s Systems Engineer.
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From Amazon to AgTech: How This Executive Turned Her Side Hustle Into A Career
How does a veteran digital media executive turn her passion for urban farming, impact investing, travel, and experiential learning into a career?
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IKEA Designs New Store With Green Façades And No Car Parking
IKEA plans new city store in vienna, complete with green façades and no car parking
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How Hydroponics Can Help Feed the World While Saving Water
On a traditional farm, it takes more than 15 times that amount of water to grow a head of lettuce. If hydroponics systems were adopted just across the lettuce industry, they could save billions of gallons of water each year in the United States alone.
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Vertical Farm In Liverpool Is Growing Food Underground
Needing no soil or sun, an underground farm in Liverpool challenges traditional methods
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Largest Vegetable Greenhouse In The U.S. Constructed in New York
Havecon Horticultural Projects is nearing completion on the construction of Mastronardi Produce Ltd.’s new Green Empire Farms (GEF), a high-tech greenhouse located in Oneida, NY.
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How Agritecture Built A Sustainable Content Engine
Agritecture, a consultancy and content provider in the urban farming space, has developed a nuanced content strategy that has helped fuel its growth from a blog to a multi-faceted company.
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Growing a Global Movement at NYC AgTech Week 2019
Recapping NYC AgTech Week 2019! What we learned and how NYC AgTech Week is creating a global movement.
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Exclusive: Agritecture Interview With Manhattan's Largest Outdoor Urban Farm
In this exclusive Agritecture interview, we speak with Jonathan Sumner the farmer at Riverpark Farm. He tells us about the unique relationship between the farm and the restaurant and how they ensure the freshest ingredients are provided.
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Forging Links Between Urban Agriculture and the Climate Agenda
As we grapple with the complex challenges associated with climate change, there is an important opportunity for urban agriculture to play a role in providing the solutions we collectively need.
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EXCLUSIVE: Agritecture and AgTech Insight Announce A Strategic Alliance
AgTech Insight LLC, Salinas, CA and Agritecture LLC, Brooklyn, NY are excited to announce the formation of a strategic alliance between the two firms.
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How To Grow More Food Using The Space Around Your Home
Issues like food miles, water waste, and chemical fertilizers and pesticides continually plague the modern agricultural industry as farms attempt to meet the rising demand of more and more mouths to feed.
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Islands of Agricultural Innovation : Singapore
A journey through the indoor farming landscape of Singapore, where 90% of food is imported.
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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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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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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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Powered by Plants: Concept Co-Generation Plant Includes Greenhouses and Vertical Gardens
Trans Gas Energy (TGE) asked Michael Singer to work with Stephan Solzhenitsyn of TRC Environmental Corp. on the early stage planning of a new cogeneration gas fired power facility in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The plant was engineered to use natural gas to generate 1,100MW of electricity and up to 2 mill
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From roof to table: How 'data nerds' are transforming Quebec's produce markets
A decade ago, Mohamed Hage and Lauren Rathmell set out to change the way Montrealers get their fresh produce. Their company, Lufa Farms , has so far opened 3 rooftop greenhouses, currently employing 200 people and offering fresh, locally grown produce directly to thousands of customers in Montr
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A Pavilion of Moss and Scaffolding May Be Coming to Times Square
Times Square’s concrete jungle may soon welcome a thriving pavilion of moss. As part of Design Pavilion 2018, a nine-day event that takes place in celebration of the city’s official design week NYCxDESIGN , designer Sam Biroscak has conceptualized Mossgrove, an eco-concious project that hi
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Want to start your own urban farm? This 2-day class will save you time and money down the road
If you're thinking about starting an urban farming business, you're not alone! More and more people are becoming interested in commercial urban farming. But no matter how you envision your farm, it's essential to understand the common mistakes made in the industry, and the simple solutions that will
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Plant-Loving Millennials at Home and at Work
“Millennials were responsible for 31 percent of houseplant sales in 2016,” according to Ian Baldwin , a business adviser for the gardening industry. The 2016 National Gardening survey found that of the six million Americans who took up gardening that year, five million were ages 18 to 34
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