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[INTERVIEW] For Indoor Farming, Why Are Cargo Containers More Optimal Than Warehouses?
Indoor farming projects have been touted for their environmental benefits, but a lack of scalability and profitability have caused smart farm startups to fail all over the world. However, Seoul-based automatic indoor farming startup n.thing is betting on a modular approach for success. The company found that shipping containers are appealing as scalable indoor vertical farming units, especially in countries that are short of fertile land.
The key to its flagship Planty Cube farming facility is a cluster of multiple 12-meter cargo containers, Kim Hye-yeon, CEO and co-founder of n.thing, said in an interview with The Investor.
Bowery Adds Associates to Marketing and Sales Operations
Bowery, the modern farming company, has made two key executive hires to oversee the company’s marketing and sales operations. Katie Seawell (formerly of Starbucks) and Carmela Cugini (formerly of Walmart) have joined Bowery as the company’s Chief Marketing Officer and EVP of Sales, respectively
Atlanta Suburb Working With Organizations, Government To Build Up Urban Agriculture
Atlanta nonprofit Food Well Alliance is a collaborative network of local food leaders heading up a new program it believes will be a game-changer for urban agriculture in cities across metro Atlanta
Australia: This Car Park Turned Urban Farm Has Grown 300 kg of Produce For People In Need
Forget the assumption that cities have a lack of space available to grow fresh produce. This experimental urban farm proves that it's possible to grow masses of vegetables in a space as small as a car park
How D.C.'s Oldest Hardware Store Ended Up Housing Two Cutting-Edge Urban Farms
You can now buy a bucket of paint and a carton of beet greens at D.C.'s oldest hardware store. W. S. Jenks & Son, which opened in 1866, is home to not one but two urban farms. Urban agriculture is gaining so much traction locally that the government is working to establish a specialized department to oversee key land use programs under the Department of Energy and the Environment
This Brilliant Hydroponic System Puts A Whole Garden On Your Countertop
Growing your own food is one of life’s great pleasures—plus it’s good for you and for the environment. But in increasingly tight, urban homes, we don’t all have room for gardens
What Is Vertical Farming?
Vertical Farming or vertical agriculture facilitates viable agricultural production inside buildings, in the metropolitan areas of our cities. Vertical Farming is therefore a form of urban agriculture.
Resetting The Table: An Aquaponic Farm Rooted In Community
The sun is beating down on Oko Farms, and goldfish the size of sandals swim lazy circles through a tank of water shaded by a tarp-covered tent. Sunflowers sway in the wind, a light breeze rustles through planter beds, and bees hum as they move between clusters of bright little flowers
Central Illinois Fresh Hydroponic Greens Bring New Life To Geier Florist Shop
Something is flourishing inside the old Geier Florist building. Sam Hendricks and Brandon Neuzil are partners in a new business growing microgreens in an urban agriculture environment. Their business is called Central Illinois Fresh
US: Family of Entrepreneurs Looks To Pioneer Vertical Farming In Utah
A Utah family of Korean immigrants is hoping to tap into the vertical farming market, an endeavor where values in the United States are projected to reach $3 billion by 2024 according to recent market research
Eindhoven: ‘We Are Ahead In The Field of Urban Greening’.
Eindhoven is one of the three demonstration cities participating in the European climate research project that will be experimenting for five years with projects which make the city climate-adaptive using nature-based solution
Looking For Urban Farming 'Silver Bullet' In China
After a successful first edition, the Urban Greenhouse Challenge is back.
AUDIO: Why A New Rooftop Farm In Paris Is A Glimpse Into The Future
The city of light may become the city of fruits and vegetables soon. French company Agripolis is slated to open a 150,000-square-foot rooftop farm in 2020, hosting 2,000 pounds of crop each day
UK ‘Closing In’ On Large-Scale Vertical Lettuce Production
As investment increases and the cost of production comes down, vertical farming has the potential to replace imports in leafy salads
VIDEO: Can Vertical Farming Solve Asia’s Food Crisis?
The government is looking to curb this dependence on outside food sources under a programme titled ‘30 by 30,’ which aims to allow Singapore to grow 30% of its produce by the year 2030
Bowery Farming Hires Execs From Starbucks And Walmart
In a move to broaden consumer awareness and increase retail distribution, Bowery Farming has made two key executive hires for the company’s marketing and sales operations.
Paris Is Opening The World's Largest Urban Rooftop Farm
Just outside of the French capital, an urban farm is being built that will supply a tonne of food a day
Hydroponic Farming Having A Huge Impact On Agri Sector
Hydroponics farming has created a huge impact on Qatar’s agriculture sector as local fresh produce is becoming sustainable all-year round, prominent Qatari agriculturist and Agrico managing director Nasser Ahmed al-Khalaf has said
INDIA: Growing Crops Without Soil: Here’s How Hydroponics Works
At HMA Greens Hydro Farm there are over 14 varieties of greens being grown at any given point using hydroponics. Launched in early 2018 by 30-year-old Akil Murthi, the farm started with three varieties of lettuce before scaling up to its present stage
Denver Urban Farming Trend Grows From A Sloan’s Lake Condo Tower To A Larimer Square Parking Garage
“If you grew this in California and transported it here, it wouldn’t taste nearly this strong,” Altius co-founder and CEO Sally Herbert said, holding up a particularly spicy variety of mustard leaf