Abandoned Tunnel In South Korea Converted Into Vertical Farm
This farm is growing leafy greens and strawberries deep beneath South Korean mountains.
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U.S. Representatives Introduce Urban Agriculture Healthy Food and Entrepreneur Act
U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) was joined by Reps. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) and Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) in introducing H.R.5266, the Urban Agriculture Healthy Food and Entrepreneur Act.
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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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New Floating Farm Facility In NYC Designed To Withstand Storm Surge
Aqua Ark’s most recent water-borne venture is constructing the largest farm in New York City. The developer is seeking applicants from potential farming operators around the world wishing to lease the facility.
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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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Cuba’s Urban Farming Shows Way To Avoid Hunger
Urban farming, Cuban-style, is being hailed as an example of how to feed ourselves when climate change threatens serious food shortages.
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Singapore Vertical Farming Start-Up Expands to Hong Kong
Singapore Agritech Startup Sustenir Now Serving Hong Kong With Locally Grown, Low Emissions Kale
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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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Autogrow and Agritecture Release First-Ever Global CEA Census Report
Autogrow and Agritecture Release First-Ever Global CEA Census Report.
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Agritecture Exclusive: D.C. Set to Become 3rd Major US City to Hire a Director of Urban Agriculture
An exclusive interview with Agritecture: D.C. Set to Become 3rd Major US City to Hire a Director of Urban Agriculture.
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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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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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5 Start-Ups Revolutionizing Urban Farming In India
Growing urbanization has pushed farms out of the towns to the peripheries. But a new breed of farmers is taking farming by storm by helping us harvest superfoods sans chemicals and pesticides in our kitchen. Meet some of the urban farmers from around the country who ensure that these tiny shoots or
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The Potential And Pitfalls Of Controlled Environment Agriculture
In this interview, Agritecture’s Jeffrey Landau alongside Gotham Greens, Cambridge University, Bowery Farming and Solar Foods examine the potential and the pitfalls of controlled environment agriculture.
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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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Meet The Container Farm Helping To Feed A Dubai Community
The Sustainable City neighborhood is now home to a vertical farm that is already sowing the seeds of success
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Agritecture Has Become A Global Phenomenon: An Interview With Henry Gordon-Smith
The Energy Bit recently interviewed Agritecture’s Managing Director, Henry Gordon-Smith. Henry Gordon-Smith is the Founder and Managing Director of Agritecture – a well-known figure in the modern Agricultural World.
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Design For 'Smart Forest City' Unveiled For Mexico
Stefano Boeri unveils Smart Forest City covered in 7.5 million plants for Mexico
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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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Gotham Greens Plans To Open New Greenhouse In Colorado
New York-based Gotham Greens coming to Colorado, will open 30,000-square-foot facility in 2020 that will serve retailers throughout state and region.
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Urban Greenhouses And The Future Of Food
This Article is part of 3 part blog series based on the book “Urban Greenhouse and the Future of Food” that illustrates the results of Student Challenge “Design the Ultimate Urban Greenhouse” and shares the visions of experts involved.
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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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