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How India's Hydroponic Farmers Are Building Businesses
In the middle of an industrial building in the Andheri East neighbourhood of Mumbai is a farm. It is spread across 1,000 sq ft and grows 2,500 plants. It is no ordinary farm. The hum of an air conditioner greets visitors into the room, tube lights replace sunlight, and there’s no soil on the patch
Equity Crowdfunding Is Underway To Roll Out A Fully Self-Sustaining Ecosystem To Bring Food From Farm To Table.
Americans today get their food from a supply system that is nearly 100 years old and woefully out of date. That's because much of the food we eat travels hundreds or perhaps thousands of miles from where it was grown to where it is wanted
Netherlands: City of Utrecht Turns 316 Bus Stops Into ‘Bee Stops’
The Dutch city of Utrecht has had a great idea to help bees thrive: turning bus stops into little bee havens. These ‘bee stops’ are basically just standard bus stops with grass and wildflowers on top to encourage pollination
Hydroponic Farming: Why Soil-Free Agriculture Might Be The Way Forward
Research has but the market value of hydroponics at $8.08 bn in 2019, prompting entrepreneurs to believe that soil-free agriculture might be the way forward. We talk to some of them
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, California - Plenty Debuts Flavor-First Vertical Farm to Change the Way People Eat
Plenty is on a mission to change the way we eat by growing produce with craveable flavor while increasing availability to a world that long ago ran out of additional fruit and vegetable farmland, said Matt Barnard, CEO and co-founder of Plenty
City Council Clears Path For Vertical Farm In Wilmington
Wilmington City Council on July 11 unanimously passed an amendment to the City Code that will allow Second Chances farm, LLC to open a vertical farm in Northeast Wilmington.
Tech Businesses Seek To Shatter Stereotypes About Women In Farming
When Oluwayimika Angel Adelaja-Kuye started Nigeria’s first vertical farming company she already had years of experience advising governments under her belt - yet as a woman, she still struggled to be taken seriously
Take In A Farm Above The Borough With A Tour of Brooklyn Grange
If you’ve ever wanted to get a rooftop view of the borough while roaming amidst a bumper crop of herbs, vegetables and other growing goodies, you can get a behind-the-scenes look at Brooklyn Grange this summer
How One Urban Farm Is Breaking Down Barriers To Healthy Food
Today, Project Eats creates and maintains networks of urban farms in low-income neighborhoods around New York City without much access to fresh food. The guiding principle on these farms: small plots; high yield
US, Massachusetts: Urban Agriculture: Keeping Worcester Fresh
What comes to mind when you think of agriculture? Do you envision sprawling tracts of land in a rural area farmed by generations of farmers? Or do you envision neighbors in a city tending a small parcel of land to produce fresh fruits and vegetables for friends and families? Why not both?
How To Do Farm To Table In A Desert
Getting the freshest ingredients for restaurants in large cities can often be a challenge for chefs. This becomes doubly hard when your restaurant happens to be in the middle of a desert
The Rise of Urban Food Forests
Cities like Atlanta and Philadelphia are recognizing a park can be more than just a green space when visitors are allowed to pick fruits, vegetables and nuts
From ‘Micro-Factories’ To Urban Farming: These Innovative Firms Are Shaping The Future
The World Economic Forum today unveils its 2019 Technology Pioneers: tech firms from around the world, shaping their industry and their region in new and exciting way
BREAKING NEWS: AeroFarms Raises $100m As Investors Rush To Indoor Farms
Another multi-million dollar investment in vertical farming. The Financial Times reports that AeroFarms has raised $100m in their Series E fundraiser to further expand its warehouses of stacked growing trays and branch out into different produce
Controlled Environmental Farming Inc - Provides True Urban Farming In Tucson, AZ
The facility of approximately 40,000 square feet will house a closed loop aquaponic method of production that uses patented technology to provide for vertical cultivation
Grand Rapids, Michigan, Square Roots Starts Farmer Training Program in September
Square Roots is looking for 10 passionate and dedicated future farmers to join the team as it launches in September the first season of its Next-Gen Farmer Training Program at the Grand Rapids, Mich., farm campus at Gordon Food Service headquarters.
The Steep Climb Of Vertical Farms And Where Urban Ag Might Be Revolutionary
Will this technology revolutionize the way customers access fresh produce? Is this a big deal for sustainability?
With Huge New Vertical Farm, Plenty’s Produce Could Hit More Shelves
Just outside the LED-lit depths of the Bay Area’s newest and most futuristic indoor farm, a robot arm grabs a row of seedlings and sticks them into a hydroponic planter. An even larger robot arm then flips the planter vertically and sends it onward to become one thin sliver of a 20-foot-tall wall of arugula, baby kale and beet leaves
Feeding The Masses With Indoor Farming - Agriculture Finally Grows Up
Food insecurity happens when the people it affects do not have consistent access to nutritious foods. Then, the problems span from stunted growth in childhood to obesity because people cannot get enough nutrient-rich, healthy food to maintain an ideal body weight.
Square Roots Is Bringing NYC’s Freshest Herbs To Whole Foods
Three times a week, Square Roots delivers fresh herbs from our indoor farms in Bed-Stuy to grocers all over New York City. We’re now adding stops at Whole Foods Markets!