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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Posts about: indoor agriculture
How AI is Powering Transformation in Agricultural Energy Management
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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How This Urban Farm Is Supplying A Growing Demand For Microgreens In Manila
Urban Roots is an indoor, hydroponic farm growing microgreens in the heart of Metro Manila. They currently grow different kinds of microgreens, addressing the high demand and low supply of these products in the Philippines.
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3 Ways Microgrids Can Meet Energy Demands Of Indoor Farming
Together with Scale Microgrid Solutions, Schneider is extending its energy-as-a-service model to indoor agriculture companies.
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The Viability Of Vertically Farming Leafy Greens
Researchers to Study the Viability of Vertically Farming Leafy Greens
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A Trade Association To Advocate For Vertical Farming Industry
The vertical farming industry is about to get its first trade group, the American Association for Urban and Vertical Farming.
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Aerofarms Launches Microgreens In All Northeast Whole Foods Markets
AeroFarms Announces Retail Launch of Microgreens with Amazing Flavor to Disrupt Leafy Greens Category
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Pakistan's First Vertical Farm Sells Leafy Greens To Local Restaurants and Markets
Pakistan’s first vertical farm grows eco-friendly, fresh greens for sale to city’s finest restaurants and markets.
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A Hydroponics Startup Growing Basil Is Developing Their Own LED Technology
In this exclusive interview, Agritecture spoke with St. Louis Indoor Produce (SLIP), a hydroponics start-up growing basil in the heart of the city. We learned about a new lighting technology they are developing that allows farmers to capture their lights’ heat and vent it in or out as climate contro
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How The Baking Industry Can Benefit From Vertical Farming
Agritecture’s Managing Director, Henry Gordon-Smith, recently spoke about vertical farming at the International Baking Industry Exposition during his Fresh Take Talk. Here he discusses how retailers can provide value-added products through vertical farming to enhance customer experience through fres
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This Paris-Based Start-Up Is Combining Gastronomy and Sustainable Agriculture
An Agritecture exclusive interview with La Plucherie, a paris-based start-up giving chefs access to fresh, local rare herbs. Utilizing a small Indoor growing unit and a “Growtruck”, a showroom of the technical know-how.
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The Future of Food: Why Farming is Moving Indoors
Jeffrey Landau, director of business development at Agritecture Consulting estimates the global value of the vertical farming market will rise to about $6.4bn by 2023, from $403m in 2013, with almost half that attributed to growth in the US.
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Vertical Farming Company 'Bowery' Raises $90 Million In New Funding Round
Bowery plans to use this new funding across three main areas: building out operations, expanding products and partnerships, and growing their team.
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'GrowStrip' Brings New Level of Control and Automation to Indoor Growing
The GrowStrip aims to make indoor growing smart, simple, and shareable for farmers, enthusiasts, researchers, and students around the world.
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Intelligent Growth Solutions Unveils Scotland's First Indoor Vertical Farm
The company claims that its technology will revolutionize the global horticulture market by addressing existing industry challenges around labor and energy.
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CNN Reports: Vertical Farms On the Rise In the UAE
As vertical farming investment increases in the GCC, media outlets like CNN are starting to pay closer attention.
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30MHz and Hort Americas Partner to Bring Smart Sensing to North American Growers
Commercial horticultural suppliers ‘Hort Americas’ and smart sensing technology providers ‘30MHz’ announced that they’ve partnered to bring the power of real-time, crop-level monitoring to growers across Canada, the United States, the Caribbean and Mexico.
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Teaching the Next Generation of Urban Indoor Growers
Filling cities with urban farms won’t make a difference if there aren’t enough trained people to successfully operate them. The Yevul Academy’s new Urban Farming Program seeks to ensure this problem never arises by training the next generation of urban farmers.
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Japan’s Indoor Ag Sector is Becoming More Collaborative
Eri Hayashi, Director of International Relations & Consulting for the Japan Plant Factory Association , reflects on key differences between the urban agriculture industries of the US and Japan, and their respective advantages and disadvantages for each industry’s growth.
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Scientists have grown the first vegetables in Antarctica without soil or sunlight
A group of German scientists stationed in Antarctica have successfully grown vegetables in a specially designed sunless, soilless environment. Working out of a shipping container-sized lab in an otherwise barren snowscape, the team gathered about 8 pounds of produce from their first yie
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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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Dryponics® - How Farmers Cut lifts Indoor Vertical Farming to the next level
Indoor farming is a rapidly expanding industry with new farming technologies emerging constantly. One of the latest stand-out innovations is by German farming company Farmers Cut . Seeking to improve upon the already existing soilless growing technologies, Farmers Cut is growing plants using "
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think you know about hydroponics? check out dryponics
Germany based startup, Farmers Cut , brings the newest technology to the ‘ponics’ family, coined Dryponics, to the indoor farming industry. Thanks to the innovative team at Farmers Cut, Dryponic growing may soon spread from Germany to cities across the globe.
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The Promise of Indoor, Hurricane-Proof ‘Vertical’ Farms
They might be an efficient way to produce food in a world with more-extreme weather—but only if growers can figure out a successful business model. Just months after Hurricane Harvey, these growers in Houston are trying to do exactly that.
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BERLIN-BASED STARTUP “INFARM” RAISES $25 MILLION FOR VERTICAL FARMING SYSTEM
Infarm , a startup that has developed vertical farming tech for grocery stores, restaurants and local distribution centres to bring fresh and artisan produce much closer to the consumer, has raised $25 million in Series A funding. The round is led by London-based VC firm Balderton Capital , with
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Illumitex unveils new NEOPAR grow lights
LED grow lighting company, Illumitex , has just introduced their new horticulture lighting solution for indoor urban farmers: NeoPAR ™. Illumitex scientists and engineers worked closely together to create a light that is all at once highly efficient, ultra-thin, and able to deliver th
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WANT A PROFITABLE FARM? GET TO KNOW THIS DATA
Running a profitable farm is hard. Among many reasons, running a farm is difficult because variables are constantly changing. Soil moisture levels, nutrient and fertilizer needs, weather patterns, and the threat of pests are among a few of the variables that often fluctuate. This is why farming is r
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OVER 32 TRILLION DATA POINTS GIVE GROWERS SOLID ENVIRONMENTAL INTELLIGENCE
Autogrow , a leading global ag tech company, has announced their strategy to use trillions of available growing data points to help their growers’ crop production. Agritecture is also excited to announce that Autogrow will be a featured sponsor of AgLanta 2018 , the South's largest urban agricu
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