EUROPE’S ‘BEST-KEPT SECRET’: ITS BOOMING BIO-ECONOMY
Europe’s bio-economy is worth €2.2 trillion and employs 18.6 million people across the bloc, but a third of citizens are unaware it exists.
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12 STEPS TO BECOME AN URBAN OR VERTICAL FARMER
The 12 Step Farmers have just released their 2017 season of the 12 Step Guide to becoming an urban farmer. Each step features in depth interviews and farm tours with successful pioneers from across the globe in the urban and vertical farming movement.
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NEW AFFORDABLE BRONX DEVELOPMENT WILL FEATURE A ROOFTOP AQUAPONICS GREENHOUSE
The new Bedford Green House development will feature a number of unique and innovative elements including a rooftop aquaponics greenhouse, a living green façade, a community playground, and custom artwork from the Bronx community.
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LOOKING FOR A SERIOUS CRASH COURSE IN HYDROPONIC GROWING?
“ Growing Without Dayli ght ”, a 10-module E-learning course led by instructors at Has University in the Netherlands, is for people currently involved or looking to get into plant production all over the world and who wish to learn more about growing in a controlled environment. The course is fle
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Are you a grower or a technology company? You will have to make up your mind someday!
2017 marked another year where several of vertical farming's big names raised millions of dollars for their future development. Aerofarms closed on its 40 million USD series D, Bowery Farming secured 27.5 million USD for its series A, and of course Plenty locked in a whopping 200 million USD as well
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PARIS HAS A NEW UNDERGROUND – A MASSIVE FARM FOR MUSHROOMS AND VEGGIES
La Caverne is a unique urban farm that grows mushrooms, herbs and greens beneath the streets of Paris. Located in La Chapelle neighborhood in north-central Paris, La Caverne is owned and operated by Cycloponics, a Paris-based indoor farming start-up that has focused on growing sustainable
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BROOKLYN IS INVESTING MILLIONS INTO STATE-OF-THE-ART URBAN AGRICULTURE EDUCATION
Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams provided his plan for over $7 million in his capital budget investment for Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) to add seven new schools to his “ Growing Brooklyn’s Future ” initiative, which has brought cutting-edge technology to cultivate urban farming education in cl
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HERBS FROM THE UNDERGROUND
In the basement of a loft-style building in TriBeCa that houses a vet, a dog swimming pool, an eye-and-ear infirmary, and a two-Michelin-starred restaurant, there is a working farm: Farm.One .
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THE SFERA PROJECT, A 13 HECTARE HYDROPONIC GREENHOUSE BEING BUILT IN TUSCANY, HAS RAISED 19 MILLION EUROS
Sfera , an active startup in the agritech sector, is creating a hydroponic greenhouse in Tuscany for the production of vegetables under the banner of environmental sustainability.
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Why we need to fix our homes to fix agriculture.
I founded Just Grow to start somewhere; to raise awareness about the global threat that is conventional agriculture. Our first product is part form, part function, and is powered by aquaponics. It is named Malawi, to pay homage to one of the oldest and largest freshwater lakes in the Great Rift
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YOUNG ENGINEER WINS U.N. AWARD FOR SPACE-SAVING AGRITECH
A young British engineer has developed a system that cuts the land and water required in traditional horticulture by 90 per cent.
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AMAZON HAS A PATENT FOR A “GARDEN SERVICE” THAT WOULD HELP YOU GROW FOOD
Amazon has a new frontier it’s looking to tackle: your garden. The tech company recently received a patent for a new service that would let users upload photos of their vegetable gardens and get recommendations ranging from recipes to gardening tools.
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This futuristic complex will feature indoor 'mega-trees' and 1,000 luxury apartments
An apartment, retail, and office complex with an abundance of greenery is going up in Cairo, Egypt. Designed by Vincent Callebaut Architectures, the complex will feature nine cylindrical structures covered in plants, which the designers call “mega-trees.”
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AGRITECTURE’S HENRY GORDON-SMITH ADDRESSES THE STATE OF THE VERTICAL FARMING INDUSTRY ON NEW ZEALAND TV
This past week, Agritecture Founder and Managing Director, Henry Gordon-Smith, traveled to New Zealand to share his expertise and learn from innovators at the MPI Food and Fibre Innovation Conference. You can watch his full interview with RadioLIVE here .
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Chatting With The Superwoman Of Dutch Horticulture, Meiny Prins
For the October 2016 AVF Changemaker of the Month, Andrew and Chris had the opportunity to sit down with Meiny Prins.
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THE FACILITIES WHERE SCIENTISTS BREED PLANTS TO SURVIVE THE FUTURE
Imagine a world without grapes. Someday greenhouses like the one above may be our last defense against such a fate. Beneath the glow of high-voltage lamps, dozens of crop samples grow at the Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, New York.
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10 New Trends In Hydroponics: What To Expect In 2017 And Beyond
What does the future of hydroponics look like?
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CONGRESSIONAL URBAN AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION ACT COULD HELP ELIMINATE URBAN FOOD DESERTS AND STRENGTHEN URBAN AG
To date, little has been done at the federal level to help bolster urban agriculture in cities across the US. But with agriculture currently on the agenda as the next Farm Bill reauthorization quickly approaches, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) introduced the Urban Agriculture Production Act &
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Move Over, Skyscrapers: This "Plantscraper" Can Feed 5,000 A Year
As populations grow and cities condense, availability of fresh produce becomes an increasingly dire issue. The concept of “plantscapers” could allow office buildings to feed thousands of people every year.
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LIVING NEAR PLANTS REVEALS MULTIPLE POSITIVE HEALTH EFFECTS
This holiday season you may want to skip the perfume and buy your loved ones a nice house plant instead. Perhaps one of those giant bejeweled poinsettia? Apparently, women who live in close proximity to plants may live longer.
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY: EMPOWERING FARMERS’ DECISION-MAKING
Can artificial intelligence save our food system? From precision farming to personalized nutrition, there are many potential technological applications in farming, food production, and food consumption. However, technological performances, user acceptance, and practical applications of the technolog
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THE FARM OF THE FUTURE MIGHT BE ENTIRELY RUN BY ROBOTS
This WIRED Video shows how Silicon Valley greenhouse start up, Iron Ox, is teaching its robots to perform some of the farm’s most labor intensive tasks, and autonomously identify issues with crops.
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SOLAR GREENHOUSES GENERATE ELECTRICITY AND GROW CROPS AT THE SAME TIME, UC SANTA CRUZ STUDY REVEALS
In a first of it’s kind study at UC Santa Cruz, tomatoes and cucumbers grown inside electricity-generating solar greenhouses were as healthy as those raised in conventional greenhouses, signaling that “smart” greenhouses hold great promise for dual-use farming and renewable electricity production.&a
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This solar-powered floating farm combines agriculture and dining under one roof
When you imagine a farm, this is probably the last thing you’d think of… and that’s precisely its appeal! Called Lotus, this floating architecture is at once a space for growing veggies, dining, and socializing within urban environments. The structure utilizes a vertical design to house its various
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Farm.One Announces New Farm in Tribeca, with Restaurant Atera
We're proud to announce the launch of our latest farm, underneath restaurant Atera in Tribeca. The farm grows rare herbs, edible flowers and microgreens for the best restaurants in New York, including a special relationship with 2-Michelin star rated Atera .
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SINGAPORE ANNOUNCES NEW INCENTIVES FOR ROOFTOP AND URBAN FARMS
There could be more urban farms, rooftop gardens and solar panels sprouting up across Singapore, as city planners redouble efforts to make the city more green.
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How to feed a hungry city
How does Toronto's garden grow? With fish farms, rooftop planters and vegetable patches all in a row. The city has become a leader in urban agriculture, but there's worry public awareness is lagging as new projects struggle to take root.
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Urban Life Aquatic: A Discovery In Paris Reveals A Huge Ecosystem Hidden In Plain Sight
For 12 days in June 2015, something rather unusual took place in Paris. Under clear skies, a team of scientists armed with toothbrushes, methodically passed through each of the city’s 20 districts searching for signs of life.
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