8 Farms Using Aquaponics To Sustainably Grow Food
Aquaponics systems are sustainable and environment-friendly, as there are no toxic wastes and run-offs from chemicals.
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AgTech Innovations In The Fast Food Industry Can Disrupt Vertical Farming
U.S. fast food customers’ growing expectations for healthier, ethical and more environmentally sustainable options directly correspond with the values and produce that the Vertical Farming industry provides.
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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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After Facing Floods, Farmers In The U.S. Now Have No Water
America’s Farmers, Reeling From Floods, Face a New Problem: No Water. The breach of an irrigation canal left more than 100,000 acres of farmland in Nebraska and Wyoming without water at a critical point in the growing cycle.
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The Future Of Farming Is Vertical
Agribusinesses need to get smarter in order to utilize their same plots of land in ways that deliver greater, more reliable yields.
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Urban Agriculture At St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
In this exclusive interview, Agritecture spoke with Kevin Krueger, the Procurement and Sustainability Manager at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and we learned about the hospital’s urban agriculture initiatives.
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Dead Zone In The Gulf Of Mexico Shows Need For Aquaponics
The 2019 Gulf of Mexico “Dead Zone” is predicted to be the second-largest on record.
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Pink Farms Brings Vertical Farming to Brazil
Pink Farms secures early funding to bring vertical farming to Brazil
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Could Hydroponic Dandelions Be A Future Source For Rubber?
Some rubber dandelions grow rapidly in hydroponics with rubber-producing roots becoming large enough for rubber extraction in a fraction of the time required in fields.
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Funding For Vertical Farming StartUps Is Increasing
Increasing funding is pouring into vertical farming startups across the world
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Machine Learning Helps Robot Harvest Lettuce
Engineers from the University of Cambridge have developed a vegetable-picking robot that can autonomously identify and harvest iceberg lettuce, one of the more manually demanding crops for human pickers.
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How To Grow More Food Using The Space Around Your Home
Issues like food miles, water waste, and chemical fertilizers and pesticides continually plague the modern agricultural industry as farms attempt to meet the rising demand of more and more mouths to feed.
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Bolivia Is Investing In Small Farmers To Be Food Independent By 2020
Bolivia to be completely food independent in 2020 by investing in small farmers.
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Montel's Mobile Grow Systems Optimize Space Vertically and Horizontally
Jérôme Doucet, president of Montel , explains how tiered mobile shelving systems can increase growing space without a facility expansion.
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Vertical Harvest Awarded $500K Grant To Expand Into Housing Developments In Chicago
Vertical Harvest to study expansion of greenhouse concept into Chicago. With $500K grant it will look at potential for vertical greenhouses at housing developments.
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AeroFarms Raises $100M In Latest Round Of Funding
AeroFarms raises $100m from ‘Patient Capital’ to continue steady growth of vertical farming business.
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Brooklyn Students Grow Produce For Their Community
Students built a hydroponic school farm that now yields almost 100 pounds of organic food each month.
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These Greenhouses Are Using Seawater To Grow Crops
Two seawater greenhouses have been planned in Iran.
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Fazenda Urbana Launches Onsite Supermarket Mushroom Production
The MightyGreens Mushroom Factory by Fazenda Urbana produces mushrooms onsite for Zona Sul Supermarket in Rio de Janeiro
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Intelligent Growth Solutions Raises £5.4m
Intelligent Growth Solutions, a Scottish vertical farming tech provider, has raised £5.4 million in Series A funding.
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Self-Driving Robots Are Being Developed To Weed Crop Rows
Silicon Valley startup FarmWise announced a new partnership with Livonia, MI-based Roush, a legacy manufacturer and engineering services firm, to develop and test an autonomous machine that weeds row crops.
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Plenty Unveils Its Largest, Most Efficient Farm Yet
South San Francisco vertical farm company Plenty has unveiled its biggest, most efficient and most automated farm yet in its hometown.
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AgTech Competitors Join Forces To Push The Industry Forward
Competitors join forces to push the industry forward. In order for the industry to move forward, collaboration is necessary.
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How Urban Farms Could Solve Future Food Problems
Projects such as Melbourne Skyfarm and those by Hong Kong’s Rooftop Republic are turning busy urban areas into hubs of food production.
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Agritecture Acquires AgTech X To Advance Urban Agriculture Entrepreneurship Globally
AgTech X LLC, an early-stage incubator and educational platform for urban farming and agtech entrepreneurs, has been acquired by Agritecture, LLC.
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Climate Change Is Intensifying Food Shocks
From rain-soaked fields in the Corn Belt to drowned livestock, food shocks—abrupt disruptions to food production—are becoming more common as a result of extreme weather
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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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London Brewery Plants Vertical Strawberry Farm
A London brewery will grow its own crop of strawberries via an innovative on-site vertical farm to maximise how it uses its "premium" city location.
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