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Europe's Largest, Turkey's First Plant Factory Enters Production In Antalya
An Antalya-based firm has established Europe's largest and Turkey's first plant factory with an estimated investment of 2.5 million euros ($2.77 million), as part of its 5-million-euro research and development (R&D) activities
Let's Have The Conversation That Needs To Be Had
Why is there a growing perception that something is fundamentally wrong with our food system?
New York City Startup Called Re-Nuble Turns Food Waste Into Fertilizer
A New York City startup is using potato peels, apple cores, and rotten tomatoes to help farmers grow fresh fruits and vegetables
The Booming Indoor Gardening Movement
LG’s indoor farm appliance is an example of how a built-in, columned indoor garden using lighting, temperature and water control can change the way consumers obtain their kitchen ingredients
Light4food And Moleaer Announce Indoor Farming & Research Partnership
Light4Food expertise is in indoor growing, and consequently, they have experience in medicinal plants. “Moleaer’s nanobubble technology is the most efficient method to dissolve oxygen in the water
IKEA Wants All Restaurants To Be Self-Sufficient in Herbs and Lettuce
Many IKEA customers like to grow their own fruit and vegetables. "What if we could do the same?" they wondered at the Swedish retail chain
US (VA): Controlled Environment Agriculture Innovation Center Launched in Danville
The Innovation Center will leverage technology and research to accelerate advancements, economic development, and regional participation in the developing industry of indoor farming
Vertical Farming Transforms The Farm-to-Fork Supply Chain
Indoor vertical farming has been around for quite some time, but leading companies in this industry are starting to garner a great deal of attention from the business press even as investors have poured money into the industry
Freight Farms And Sodexo Are Bringing Vertical Farming to U.S. Schools
In North America alone, Sodexo serves over 13,000 client sites, many of them school cafeterias and university dining halls
21 Reasons To Start Container Farming In 2020
With container farming, you are not limited to the crops that grow naturally in a location or crops that are seasonal
US: Audio - Indoor Vertical Farm In Cincinnati Will Be Fully Automated
This year is expected to be a big one for autonomous farming where robots plant, nurture and harvest leafy greens indoors. One such farm is under construction in Ohio
How Urban Farms Are Supposed To Feed Millions of People
Urban farming is supposed to provide people with local food in the metropolitan areas. How ecological the farms really are and promising urban farms worldwide
US: Minnesota - Nobles Cooperative Electric Producing, Living Green
Nobles Cooperative Electric is going green and producing green with innovative technology that will help stock local food pantry shelves with fresh produce year-round
How The UAE Grows its Own Food In a Sustainable Way
As the UAE strives to achieve and maintain the highest level of national food security, a transformation is taking place in the country’s agricultural sector
Can Urban Agriculture And Vertical Farming Help feed A Hungry World?
Futuristic food-growing techniques like vertical farming and indoor urban agriculture can help feed the world - but this fast-growing sector needs to scale up to meet the challenge
Why Local Farmers Can’t Adopt Vertical Farming System
An agriculture expert, Mr. Ismail Ibrahim, has harped on benefits of vertical farming system and its potential to create more land space for crop cultivation
Vertical Farming
There is a new kind of futuristic farming on the rise. In response to growing fears regarding dependency on fossil fuels, healthy agricultural practices, land and water, Vertical Farming has arrived
US: Montgomery, AL - Local Restaurant Farms Out of Shipping Container For Fresher Produce
They say necessity is the mother of all invention. For a Montgomery restaurant group, a shipping container turned out to be the solution to their problem
Vertical Farms of The Future Require Genetically Edited Plants, Says Scientist
There is an innovation gap in urban agriculture, suggests Aberystwyth University Professor Huw Jones, whereby we have ‘huge innovation’ in vertical farming, yet still use ‘old seeds’ and ‘old plant architecture’
US: Virginia - Babylon Hydroponic Micro-Farm Grows in Centra Lynchburg General Hospital Cafeteria
Centra Lynchburg General Hospital installed a micro-farm unit from vendor Babylon in its cafeteria last November and has already harvested about a hundred pounds of lettuce, primarily for use on its salad bar