The Potential of Virtual Reality in AgriFood and Consumer Behavior
Explore how Virtual Reality (VR) is revolutionizing the agrifood sector, enhancing product development, and reshaping consumer preferences.
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Explore how Virtual Reality (VR) is revolutionizing the agrifood sector, enhancing product development, and reshaping consumer preferences.
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AI revolutionizes energy management in agriculture, optimizing costs and sustainability. Explore how Edgecom Energy's solutions transform greenhouses, vertical farms and
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enewable energy has the potential to significantly improve indoor agriculture by providing climate-smart power sources to farmers. Currently, around 80% of global energy is generated by burning fossil fuels, so renewable energy sources are a welcome change for the preservation of our environment.
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The upfront cost of installing a solar energy system can still be a barrier for many farmers. That's where solar incentives come into play.
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Editor’s Note: As farmers explore the realm of renewable energy, agrivoltaics is gaining traction. Co-locating solar panels and crops can protect the crops from extreme weather, but it also produces energy for the farm or other purposes.
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Looking back, 2022 was a big year for urban agriculture and controlled environment agriculture (CEA). Through our top 10 most-viewed blog posts from 2022, we can trace current trends in the industry.
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Anyone familiar with the CEA industry is aware of the critical importance of energy in running an indoor vertical farm. Without consistent and reliable power, these farms can endure lower yields or even suffer a loss of crops, which translates to a loss of revenue.
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NEOM Food aims to lead the transformation of Saudi and global food systems by mobilizing extensive resources, and by providing its partners with a progressive legal framework and the flexible, comprehensive support that they need to do ground-breaking R&D, create novel solutions and launch t
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Various organizations are making significant strides in addressing energy efficiency. In this article we highlight 5 organizations trying to solve CEA's energy challenges in unique ways.
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Unlike traditional outdoor growing, indoor farms are dependent on LED lighting. Using fossil-fuel-powered electricity can undermine the potential environmental benefits.
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Even when prices are stable, energy can be a large proportion of business expenditure. Could this crisis change CEA’s main trade-off, improve productivity and reduce resource consumption for higher energy bills?
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To potentially lower lighting costs, a team at the University of Georgia asked a simple question: if the crop receives more light than the required daily light integral (DLI) one day, can we lower the DLI target for the following day?
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By now, it’s been well established that indoor farming is a booming sector with huge potential for impact, but one dirty secret: its massive energy needs.
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Will the pale orange glow of traditional high-pressure sodium (HPS) lighting become a thing of the past? Vertically Urban thinks so.
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To meet climate-related challenges, a team from the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia has designed this module that produces food and energy.
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This solar greenhouse design is helping us harness renewable energy to meet CEA’s energy requirements.
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Isolated from the elements of the outdoors, indoor-grown plants need everything from artificial lighting to climate control. These functions draw energy – and lots of it.
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This agrivoltaic farm generates enough to power 300 private homes, and grows tomatoes, turnips, carrots, squash, beets, lettuce, kale, chard, and peppers.
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We made eating greens more convenient. Can we make it truly democratic?
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The indoor farming industry is moving at a rapid pace. Here’s a quick scan to see what's been going on in North America's world of Controlled Environment Agriculture.
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How can food consumers and producers play a role in reducing their energy consumption?
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Energy lacks optimization throughout the food supply chain. This investigative article dives into food and energy waste occurring throughout this cycle, from production to consumption.
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Ceres Greenhouse Solutions has been on a path of discovery and invention to produce healthy produce whilst still being energy-efficient.
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This company’s new model could enable greenhouses to better utilize waste heat to help grow food year-round.
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Energy-intensive farming requires energy-intensive planning. Here are some things to keep in mind before starting your own farm.
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Transforming an abandoned quarry in Switzerland into the world’s largest vertical farm, whilst pioneering circularity by reusing cities’ waste.
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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation Releases New Tool to Measure Businesses’ Circularity
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The principles of the circular economy are closely related to the methodology used in Agritecture’s controlled environment agriculture design.
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