How does a family shop for food in the age of climate and pandemic crises? How does a city ensure that its most vulnerable have consistent access to nutritious, affordable food?
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The USDA is investing in struggling communities by creating jobs and investing in economic development of regional food systems.
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Meet Agritecture’s Food Systems Consultant, Christian Kanlian.
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A new UC Davis study sheds light on how trade, and centrality in the global wheat trade network, affects food security.
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Cities must leverage technological innovations – particularly indoor vertical farms, greenhouses and precision-farming tools – to feed their growing populations.
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One-third of all food produced in the world each year does not get consumed.
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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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There’s local, and then there’s local.
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Around the world, companies, scientists, and food producers are using vertical farming to not just supply upscale grocery stores with greens but experiment with breeds of produce , feed underserved populations , and grow food in non-arable regions .
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The world’s biggest commercial rooftop greenhouse sits atop a former Sears warehouse in a semi-industrial northwestern quarter of Montreal.
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The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) is awarding $2 million to establish a multi-organization collaboration, the Open Market Consortium (OMC), to develop and pilot an open-source, public-access blockchain system to connect small and mid-size farmers to institutional buye
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Even before COVID-19 reduced incomes and disrupted supply chains, chronic and acute hunger were on the rise due to various factors including conflict, socio-economic conditions, natural hazards, climate change and pests.
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AgritectureXchange speaker Sanjeev Krishnan talks about the realities of controlled environment agriculture with the covid-19 pandemic and climate crisis.
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The Seoul city government on Friday unveiled an ambitious plan to nurture 1 million farmers over the next four years in the densely populated capital of 10 million.
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Farm.One has partnered with Whole Foods Market to launch a vertical farm at one of their Manhattan West branches. The custom-designed on-site vertical farm supplies the in-store prepared food and beverages with freshly grown and harvested Blue Spice Basil.
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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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Hunts Point Produce Market, Bronx, N.Y., is adjusting to wildly fluctuating demand, but supply remains strong since the COVID-19 pandemic began to shut down much of society as people abide by stay-at-home orders.
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The rapidly evolving situation with COVID-19 is raising questions throughout the U.S. As concerns continue to grow about the virus, it is not only wreaking havoc on the stock market, it is causing a significant downturn in the general economy.
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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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