In agricultural applications, LED lights are used in ways that seem to border on alchemy, changing how plants grow, when they flower, how they taste and even their levels of vitamins and antioxidants.
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In formal investigations, we collect data on what bacteria were found where—but we don’t talk about what workplace conditions led to poor sanitation in the first place.
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The 2018 Farm Bill includes wins for greenhouse growers.
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With 38 rows of crops and an “urban orchard” of 140 fruit trees, this is San Francisco’s largest urban farm.
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Valoya’s LEDs will provide additional lighting to the dome’s 2,000 trees and over 100,000 plants.
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Through the process of “phytoremediation” plants remove volatile organic compounds (VOCs) like formaldehyde, benzene, ammonia, and allergens from the air.
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Not exactly an urban farm, Hrbs is a service model that brings living plants right to the consumer where they continue to grow until harvest.
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The system will use biological treatment processes, nanomaterials and machine learning to extract contaminants from the wastewater while leaving valuable nitrogen, phosphorus and other nutrients.
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An ambitious young activist is using the local food movement to help break the cycle of incarceration.
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Bowery plans to use this new funding across three main areas: building out operations, expanding products and partnerships, and growing their team.
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Everyone knows one person who is a little bit plant-obsessed! Here is Farmer Nick’s ultimate holiday gift guide for that plant-crazed person in your life.
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Food is often left out of the Smart City discussion, yet it remains a critical urban system that stands to benefits from a data-driven and connected approach.
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IKEA has teamed up with British designer Tom Dixon to launch an urban farming project that encourages city-dwellers to grow food locally.
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Agrihoods are popping up all over the U.S., and highlight the importance of creating a strong farm plan at the onset.
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Seven-Eleven Japan will turn to an indoor farm to grow vegetables for salads and sandwiches sold at its convenience stores, aiming to reduce weather-related supply risks.
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In the hills between Kyoto, Osaka and Nara prefectures, surrounded by technology companies and startups, Spread Co. is preparing to open the world’s largest automated leaf-vegetable factory.
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The collapse in bee populations can be reversed if countries adopt a new farmer-friendly strategy, the architect of a new masterplan for pollinators will tell the UN biodiversity conference this week.
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Best known for their aeroponically grown strawberries, Agricool plans to use this money to greatly increase their growing capacity in Paris, Dubai and beyond.
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African cites should consider the value of vertical farming. Conventional agriculture has driven many energetic, creative and tech-savvy young people away from the rural areas.
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The new Deepwater Farms facility in southeast Calgary produces fresh, local food daily using technology that some believe could be the future of agriculture.
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From aeroponic strawberries to hydroponic leafy greens, vertical farming has made recent headlines all across the MENA Region.
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Worldwide, CO2 emissions are reaching a breaking point, and in Ireland, local leaders are devising strategies to halt the trend. Dublin recently tested a smaller intervention: an “urban curtain” that sucks in polluted air and feeds it to algae.
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From robots to hydroponics to soil, the future of food has endless possibilities.
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AR may be the latest craze for the visual entertainment industry, but it is also has a very promising future for plant cultivation.
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With the romaine being pulled out of the shops and the product receiving some very bad publicity due to the recent E.coli contamination, greenhouse growers throughout the US and Canada are opening up to show the public what solution they can bring to food safety.
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With Brexit on the horizon, can the UK’s blossoming urban farming industry help to alleviate critical food concerns?
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Urban agriculture presents a simple solution to food waste: Grow food more sustainably, closer to where it’s being consumed.
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The future of food production lies in our ability to exploit every means at our disposal, from bots to bees.
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