BeGreen Raises $3M To Open More Urban Farms In Brazil
BeGreen raised funds to open more urban farms in Brazil in order to combat the growing concern of food waste.
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Lufa Farms Opens World's Largest Commercial Rooftop Greenhouse
World's biggest rooftop greenhouse, Lufa Farms, opens in Montreal.
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Urban Agriculture thrives In Nairobi During COVID-19 Crisis
Two lessons from the urban agriculture experience in Nairobi stand out: the importance of a localized food system and short food supply chains.
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Impact Of Global Food Supply Chains During A Global Pandemic
The majority of the world's population lives in countries that are dependent on, at least partially, imported food.
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How NYC Urban Farms Are Pivoting To Stay In Business During COVID-19
New York City faces the impacts and rapid spread of COVID-19, closed restaurants, disrupted food supply chains, and overwhelmed grocery stores.
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Foodshed.io To Bring Farmers Markets To The Produce Aisle
Foodshed.io lands deal with Schnucks to bring the farmers’ market to the produce department
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The Real Values Of Urban Agriculture
Some innovative urban ag technologies such as hydroponic systems, solar greenhouses, and vertical farms aim to solve issues by increasing food production while using less natural resources to do so. What sort of technological and social changes occur when you urbanize farming?
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Coronavirus And The Food We Eat
Given the unique and similar history of the coronavirus, it becomes clear our food choices and local market purchases may hold critical importance especially as the world population increases to record levels.
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How Madar Farms Is Helping The UAE Face Food Security
A combination of innovative thinking and new technology make up how Madar Farms is changing agriculture in UAE. Madar Farms is using vertical farming and hydroponics to provide food using less water and never-ending growing cycles.
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How The Dutch Use Architecture to Feed The World
The Netherlands is the world’s second-biggest exporter of agricultural products. The secret to the Netherlands’ success lies in the use of architectural innovation to reimagine what an agricultural landscape can look like.
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From Bartending to Hydroponic Farming: A Story Of Entrepreneurship
Local bartender opens hydroponic farming company in Patchogue, NY
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USDA Study Shows Controlled-Environment Agriculture Could Reduce Food Waste
Moving production to controlled environments, such as greenhouses or vertical farming concepts, has the potential to reduce food waste by minimizing environmental exposure that can create cosmetic imperfections.
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Hydroponic Container Farms Are Bringing Healthy, Safe Food To Schools
Freight Farms and Sodexo have partnered to bring hydroponic vertical farming technology to schools and universities across the U.S.
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Vertical Farming Takes Off In Japan Amidst Aging Population and Urbanization
With the average age of a farmer in Japan at 67 and few candidates to replace those dying out, the country has been forced to become a pioneer in so-called vertical farming
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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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Refugees In Kenya Are Turning To Urban Farming For Food Security
In northern Kenya, refugees are turning to urban farming to improve food security, nutrition, and self-sufficiency
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Vertical Farming Is On The Rise In London
The growing techniques are centuries-old, the agricultural technology is cutting (v)edge and the aesthetics look as if they are from the far-off future.
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High Levels Of Lead In Soil Poses Threat To NYC Urban Gardens
A startling new study has found dangerous levels of the heavy metal sitting in the soil among the kale, carrots and arugula sprouting in backyards and community gardens across the city.
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Ponix Farms Is Bringing Local Produce to Food Deserts In Atlanta
Ponix is a “food utility company” that creatively uses hydroponics technology to grow produce in solar-powered container farms, not unlike shipping containers.
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A Key Impact Urban Farms Have On Our Food System: Engaging Communities
Urban Farms Are Supposed To Solve Our Food Woes. The Reality Is Not So Simple. It’s claimed they can tackle food deserts, reconnect neighbors and slash our food’s climate impact, but it’s hard to live up to so much hype.
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A New York Story: Discover the Hydroponic Pizza
Jeffrey Tucker, owner of Stone Bridge Farm in Schuylerville, NY and Stone Bridge Pizza & Salad in Manhattan, worked with Henry Gordon-Smith, Managing Director of Agritecture to build hydroponic greenhouses on a 425-acre farm, in upstate NY.
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Bowery Opens Its Largest Indoor Farm In Baltimore
This Google Ventures-backed indoor farming startup just opened its biggest farm yet. The Baltimore farm is 3.5 times as large as Bowery’s formerly largest farm—and is the latest attempt to make indoor farming work as a way to disrupt the agricultural system.
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Vertical Farming Company Plenty Plans To Open 2nd Location In Compton
After launching the South San Francisco farm this summer, the company will announce Friday that it has inked a deal to open a second vertical farm, this time in Compton.
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Restaurants In India Are Serving Fresh And Chemical-Free Food
A look at how hotels and restaurants in Delhi are embracing the idea of serving fresh and chemical-free food
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Senator Has a Plan to Boost Urban Agriculture in the Philippines
SEN. Francis Pangilinan has urged the public to grow food in idle or abandoned government-owned lots and buildings to reduce urban poverty and ensure food security.
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Square Roots Opens Indoor Farm At Gordon Food Service's Headquarters
Gordon Food Service and Square Roots celebrated the opening of their strategic partnership’s first co-located farm on the campus of Gordon Food Service’s headquarters in Wyoming, Michigan.
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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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Wageningen University Organizes Second Urban Greenhouse Challenge Contest
In Urban Greenhouse Challenge, multidisciplinary student teams are challenged to bring professional food production into urban neighborhoods integrating social, economic, environmental and technical aspects in one coherent concept.
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