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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World's First Floating Dairy Farm Could Help Cities Adapt To Climate Change
Concept allows food to be grown near cities despite flooding, sea level rise, land shortages.
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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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Babylon Micro Farms: A New Approach To Urban Food Production
Babylon Micro-Farms, a startup, sells 32” x 66” x 96” tall machines that use controlled environment hydroponics to grow leafy greens, herbs and edible flowers.
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UAE Prepares To Build A Greenhouse On Mars
The Mars Science City project falls within the UAE’s objectives to lead the global scientific race to take people to Mars, and is part of the Mars 2117 Strategy.
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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 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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The Second Generation Of Vertical Farming
The second generation of vertical farming is approaching. Here’s why it’s important.
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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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How 3D Printing, Vertical Farming, and Materials Science Are Overhauling Food
3D printing has already had a profound impact on the manufacturing sector. We are finally seeing the emergence of 3D printers that can print food itself.
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Scottish Start-Up Plans To Build 40 Vertical Farms Across UK
Hydroponic farming specialist Shockingly Fresh is seeking investment as it unveils plans to build scores of indoor vertical farms, hailed as a more efficient, eco-friendly alternative to traditional methods.
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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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Inside The Indoor AgTech Landscape
AgFunder News interviewed Chris Taylor and Michael Rose to find out more about how they created the agtech landscape and things for readers to look out for.
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Fifth Season Raises $35M To Build Its First Commercial-Scale Indoor Vertical Farm
Fifth Season (originally founded as RoBotany) has come out of stealth mode with $35 million in funding and plans to build its first commercial-scale indoor vertical farm to be located outside Pittsburgh, in a historically steel-focused town.
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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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New Discovery Could Make HVAC Heat Exchangers 5x More Efficient
Researchers from Tsinghua University and Brown University have discovered a simple way to give a major boost to turbulent heat exchange.
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The Benefits Of Solarizing Greenhouses With Photovoltaic Films
Three French horticultural partners are trying to use the sun to its foremost by installing ASCA photovoltaic films at a commercial greenhouse.
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10 Technologies That Combat Climate Change While Feeding The World's Population
A new study from the World Bank and UN finds we’ll need ways to boost yields faster than ever before to prevent agricultural emissions from soaring.
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Hungary Plans €1 Billion Greenhouse City Powered By Renewable Energy
Hungary has revealed plans to build a new carbon-neutral greenhouse-filled farming city that will be powered by renewable energy sources.
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The Economics of Produce: Harnessing Technology to Lower Production Costs
As the global population grows, the world’s farmers are searching for new ways to feed everyone. Despite recent technological innovations in the farming industry, including vertical farms and the use of agri-robots, food insecurity remains a major issue in the 21st century.
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LettUs Grow Is Using Aeroponics To Build Farms Of The Future
LettUs Grow was founded to tackle the global problems of food waste and supply chain inefficiency after the team learned that around 50% of bagged salad bought in the UK ends up being thrown in the bin.
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Grow Computer Platform Is The First Digital Operating System For Indoor Agriculture
In a recent interview with GrowComputer, we learn more about some of the different products they are working on.
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This Indoor Garden Uses Biomimicry to Create a High-yield Solution
An interview with Hexagrow Urban Farming, the company behind an indoor growing system called the Living Farming Tree.
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Soilless Agriculture: An In-depth Overview
This article mainly focuses on the typical hydroponic cultivation methods you can use, their advantages, and a little about aquaponics and organic methods.
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Vertical Farming Employs Technology To Keep Costs Down
Vertical farming is a key tool to meet the world's food needs at a time when the population is rising and the climate is changing.
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How To Use Seawater To Grow Food In The Desert
This spot in the Jordanian desert, just a kilometre from the Israeli border and 15km inland of the Red Sea, may be one of the most surprising places on Earth to start a farm. It’s also one that, in some ways, makes perfect sense.
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