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 world’s wild fish stocks are decreasing, and the production of farmed fish has doubled in the last 15 years. By moving these farms onto land, commercial-scale aquaponics operations could revolutionize food production, using less space, water, and energy than ever before.
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An interview with Liz Carollo. Learn how Greenmarket, a staple of New York’s local food scene for over 40 years and the largest network of outdoor farmers markets in the US, has adapted in the epicenter of COVID-19 to remain operational.
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Indoor, urban vertical farms are seeing a surge in demand that could signal a lasting change in how we get our fruits and vegetables.
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Hospitals have started to take a proactive stance to healthcare—focusing on also maintaining health, rather than just curing illnesses. Today, hospital campuses have their own organic farms, hydroponic systems, and rooftop gardens, shortening the food supply chain and ensuring the availability of fr
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Key takeaways from week 3 of Agritecture’s Travel-Free Digital Conference Series
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Inspired by computer games, the project puts in place organic food production, locally produced and stored energy, comprehensive recycling, and climate positive buildings.
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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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Designer is a one-of-a-kind urban agriculture business planning platform, with three distinct features that, combined, create the lowest-cost, data-driven way to plan your new urban farming venture.
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Singapore announced new measures to accelerate local food production as the coronavirus pandemic disrupts global supply chains
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An Interview with Wouter Verkerke on how to transform the current systems towards circularity and redesign systems.
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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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Agritecture has released its beta version of Agritecture Designer - the world’s first digital platform for planning urban farms.
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Empower local farms and non-essential workers by connecting everyday people with paid and volunteer farm opportunities so that they can literally and figuratively put food on the table.
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Key takeaways from week 2 of Agritecture’s Travel-Free Digital Conference Series
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PlantForm Corporation is working with Canadian and international partners on two initiatives that will use the company's plant-based biopharmaceutical platform to address the global COVID-19 crisis
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Urban agriculture promotes a wide range of agricultural uses throughout the boroughs and to inform the public at large on specific ways in which they may work towards a more equitable and sustainable city.
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Key takeaways from week 1 of Agritecture’s Travel-Free Digital Conference Series
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Wafra is leading Pure Harvest’s $20.6 million Series A financing round with an initial $10 million capital injection, the first step in a multi-phase regional expansion to deliver sustainably-grown safe, delicious & affordable fresh produce throughout the GCC
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Texas A&M University’s Urban Farm United (TUFU) is using vertical farming to produce high-value/specialty crops to help feed students.
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Foodshed.io lands deal with Schnucks to bring the farmers’ market to the produce department
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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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Americans were once urged to plant in every patch of available soil — and produced about 40 percent of the nation’s fresh vegetables.
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Together with Scale Microgrid Solutions, Schneider is extending its energy-as-a-service model to indoor agriculture companies.
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Four engineers come together to establish CityFarm Malaysia, a vertical farming consultancy serving plant factories around Malaysia.
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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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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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