Swedish Company Builds Food-Laden ‘Plantscaper’ to Feed the Cities of The Future

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Swedish Company Builds Food-Laden ‘Plantscaper’ to Feed the Cities of The Future

Many researchers, politicians, and members of the public are worried that we’ll see dire shortages in the wake of such spectacular population increases. Perhaps most worryingly of which are the looming threats of food and water scarcity, likely to be compounded by climate change and greater migration towards urban centers.

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This Week in Tech: IKEA and Other Heavy Hitters Invest $40 Million in Vertical Farming

Swedish furniture company IKEA, top chef David Chang of Momofuku Group, Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, and more big names and companies have invested a combined $40 million into AeroFarms, a vertical farm producer based in Newark, N.J.

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Growing Urban Seedlings

Earlier this year, the team transformed the disused basement into an incubator for micro greens and aquaponics, which is an integrated aquacultural system creating a symbiotic relationship between fish and plants.

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The Dangers of Urban Gardens

The problem is almost everything else: in the midst of the horticultural fever people have forgotten that urban agriculture has challenges that seriously compromise the food security of its crops. If we do not take this problem seriously, we will find ourselves promoting tasty, ecological toxins.

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NYC Restaurant Opts for Hyper-Local, Clean Produce by Building a Hydroponic Farm on Location!

Rob Laing, CEO of Farm.One has a solution: hydroponics, a system of growing plants without many of the traditional inputs. Using just a finely tuned solution of water, Farm.One can grow crops without soil or even sunlight.

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Farm of Future Grows Crops Quickly, Efficiently

The warehouse that houses Living Greens Farm doesn't look like a place that contains the future of farming.

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For Hydroponic Educator, Innovation Is A Way of Life

Not many teachers can come back to school telling students that their summer vacation included a visit to The White House to pick up a Presidential Award.

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Sustaining Communities Through Urban Agriculture

“The university defines urban agriculture as the growing, processing and distribution of food crops and animal products by and for the local community within an urban environment.

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Made-in-Toronto Devices Aim to Make Indoor Gardening Simple

Aamar Khwaja is the founder of Modgarden , a modular indoor farming system, and his mission is to enable people to produce enough food to yield a salad a day.

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Winter Doesn't Faze 87,000-Square-Foot Aquaponics Farm in St. Paul

Pentair and Urban Organics are partners in this 87,000-square-foot indoor fish and produce farm in the old Schmidt brewery that provides greens and seafood for grocery stores, co-ops, and restaurants.

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Indoor Farming Feeding Hundreds Each Day in Connecticut

Trifecta Ecosystems Incorporated has just fully filled out its new downtown Meriden aquaponics facility with thousands of plants growing in about 12 inches of water vertically and on a flat surface.

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A Jeff Bezos-Backed Vertical Farm is Coming to the Seattle Area

Indoor farming startup Plenty is building its first full-scale farm in the Seattle area. Plenty snagged $200 million in Series B funding in July from investors including SoftBank's Vision Fund, Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOGL) Chairman Eric Schmidt and Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) founder and CEO Jeff Bezos' Bezos Expeditions.

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Amazon's Jeff Bezos Invests in Vertical Produce Farming Company Plenty

, according to a report from getting into the fresh produce businessA new investment by Jeff Bezos has the man behind the Amazon Whole Foods buyout Business Insider

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3D Printed Connectors Make This Startup's Sustainable Indoor Garden Grow

The Milan-based startup works to develop scalable, sustainable and sharing economy-based solutions, so customers can improve their production and supply of fresh, healthy, home-grown food.

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Three Startups That Wowed Jack Ma And Won Alibaba's Backing

After hearing 600 pitches spanning fintech and robotics to healthy aging, three startups will share US$3 million in backing from an entrepreneurs fund set up by billionaire Jack Ma.

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With Vertical Farms, Food Banks Are Growing Their Own Produce to Fight Hunger

Vertical farms allow food banks to grow their own produce with high-tech systems in an effort to fight food insecurity year-round.

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What’s On The Menu at Food Dudes? Kale Grown in Their Backyard

Inside an inconspicuous white container tucked in the corner of a parking lot behind an east-end catering company, infrared lights and a vertical hydroponics system will soon produce up to 68 kilograms of kale a week.

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The Chinese Houses With Rooftop FARMS

More than 22 cutting-edge properties have been erected in the afflicted area, which allow residents to grow their own food and rear animals for continuous, greener living in an environment where there is little space for house building.

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San Francisco Startup Plenty Takes Vertical Farming to New Heights

The company uses ultra-efficient grow methods to produce 350 times as much produce per acre as conventional farming, and using just 1% of the amount of water. According to Vox, this is more than twice as much production as the next leading production level in the vertical farming industry.

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This $40 Million Robotic 'Plantscraper' Will Feed over 5,000 People Per Year

By 2050, the world's population is expected to swell to 9.6 billion , with around 66% living in urban areas. This projection is leaving many cities wondering how they will feed all those people.