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Futureworld: The IoT-Driven ‘Vertical Farm’ 

Imagine a farm without herbicides, insecticides or pesticides; a farm that cuts water consumption by 95 percent; that uses no fertilizer and thus generates no polluting run-off; that has a dozen crop cycles per year instead of the usual three, making it hundreds of times more productive than conventional farms; a farm that can continually experiment with and refine the taste and texture of its crops; a farm without sun or soil.

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Japan’s Spread to Expand Vertical Farming Concept to Middle East

An arid, desert environment, lack of water resources and other geographical factors pose challenges for growing produce in the Middle East, which has led to a reliance on imported goods. This is becoming increasingly expensive as a growing population and changing and healthier eating habits, are driving an increased demand for vegetables and produce such as lettuce.

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Green Sense Farms to Expand Its Vertical Farming Operations In The U.S. and China

“To be successful in vertical farming, you really have to understand the produce business, have a good understanding of fundamental business operations and be able to integrate many different technologies into a working system. You have to understand plant physiology, packing, and post-harvest processes.

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UGA Professor: Today’s Students Will Live to See Food Shortages

University of Georgia students will see food shortages in their lifetimes, UGA professor David Berle predicts.  It’s impossible to tell how a future of food scarcity might play out, or how deep that scarcity could be, Berle said in a recent talk in the auditorium of UGA’s Odum School of Ecology.

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Saudi Arabia Is Building a Futuristic Mega-City That Will Cost $500 Billion

The country’s Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman, announced the $500-billion plan, which will create a futuristic city in the northwestern region of the country.  Dubbed NEOM, the mega city will cover 26,500 square kilometers in total, spanning territory within Egypt and Jordan as well.

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IKEA & Top Chef David Chang Round Out Financing for $40 Million Series D Round for AeroFarms

AeroFarms just built its ninth farm to date in Newark, New Jersey that is the world’s largest indoor vertical farm based on annual output. Having raised in total over $100 million in corporate and project financing, AeroFarms will used the latest round of funds for continued investment in leading R&D and technology and additional farm expansion around the world.

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Vertical Farming: Key to Meeting Princeton University Sustainability Plan

“The goal of the project [PFVP] is to help students familiarize themselves with vertical farming here [at the University] and eventually create start-ups that employ the technique outside of the University,” explained Gauthier, adding that another goal of the project is to eventually provide produce to the dining halls as a step towards the University becoming completely self-sustaining.

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Trending: Spiders, Butterfly Wings Inspire New Solutions for Urban Agriculture, Renewables

An international team based in New York City has developed a prototype product that mimics the way living systems capture, store and distribute water, which could be deployed to help meet growing demand for sustainable, local food production.

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