AgriTech New Zealand appoints two new Executive Council members

AgriTech New Zealand is pleased to announce the appointment of Kylie Horomia and Maria Jose Alvarez to the Executive Council, further supporting the organization's goals. “As a member-funded organization, we are conscious of having an Executive that brings a wide range of skills, experience, and…

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"Sweden needs to roll out 60-80 GigaFarms, of around a ha each, in order to become self-sufficient"

As known by many, several farms are located in vacant locations such as cellars. However, in the Southern part of Stockholm, Urban Oasis had its farm in a rather unique place. The vertical growers, established in 2017, built their first farm in a former wine storage cellar underneath the parking lot. As…

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New concept introduced: a floating vertical farm

Let us introduce you the floating vertical farm. This concept is a final year project by Joseph Chin (CVE4) in collaboration with Flexbase, a floating solutions specialist.  The farm's key features are: Located at freshwater reservoirs 3-story hydroponics farm with a modular design 33m long x 15m wide Each module…

Study on recycling hydroponic waste water

The development of new urban agriculture technologies, such as vertical and smart farms, has accelerated rapidly in recent years. These technologies are based on hydroponic cultivation in which plants are grown using nutrient-rich solutions rather than soil. Approximately 20-30% of the nutrient solutions…

Study on improving plant health through nutrient remineralization in aquaponic systems

The exploitation of readily bioavailable fish excreta as a source of plant nutrients lies at the cornerstone of aquaponics farming. Research on nutrient cycling in aquaponic…

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Local vegetable productions in urban regions can surpass import

Fresh vegetables available on Northern European markets usually originate from a high number of sources. Environmental impacts for these goods typically arise from the resources used in production and the long-distance transport in air-conditioned trucks. As such, environmental impacts are mainly…

"Our LEDS offer a proven spectrum for propagation and vertical cultivation of all greens”

Fluence today released its RAZR Modular System, the company’s newest LED solution for vertical farmers featuring efficacies of 2.6 µmol/J under Fluence’s PhysioSpec™ BROAD R3 white spectrum. “Vertical farmers are fueling some of the greatest innovations in modern crop production,” said David Cohen, CEO…

Strawberries like fine wine: concentrating taste in fewer berries

The Omakase Berry, a Japanese variety grown by the New Jersey-based company called Oishii, bills itself as an entirely different strawberry experience. The website even offers advice when it comes to eating them: Allow berries to sit at room temperature for 10 to 15 minutes; let the berries' aromatics…

"Obtaining OK Soil certification is a big step for our plugs"

After obtaining the OK Compost Certificate in 2017, Maan Biobased Products has taken another step. The Growcoon has been awarded the OK Biodegradable Soil certification. "The biodegradable grow and seed plug Growcoon can now officially demonstrate that it is biodegradable in the soil without harming the…

OASIS Grower Solutions

New hydroponic growing media launched

Oasis Grower Solutions understands the importance of propagation. Not only helping plants grow but generating big ideas as well. The most recent of which is the new substrate engineered for precision hydroponic farming called Horticubes AeroMax.  Before creating a new media to support the production of leafy…

What is MEP engineering in indoor agriculture?

MEP engineers provide a wide range of engineering services necessary for any construction project. MEP engineers are especially critical when designing an energy-efficient Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) grow facility. Cultivators and facility designers should involve an experienced engineering firm as soon as possible in the planning process.…

Food & Bio Cluster Denmark

What is needed to fulfill the potential in Europe? Danish and French perspectives

This webinar by Food & Bio Cluster Denmark will give an overview of the developments in vertical farming in France and Denmark and includes a company case and give the attendees the opportunity to network with European vertical farming stakeholders:  A welcome and quick overview of vertical farming in France by…

Helping soilless growers become fully circular

Re-Nuble has announced a new strategic partnership with water innovator Ketos today, providing soilless farms across the United States with an on-site food waste recovery…

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Certhon wraps up 7th raspberry trial successfully

“Raspberry isn’t the first crop that comes to mind when figuring out which crops to grow indoors,” Andrea Huegler, R&D Engineer and Agronomist at Certhon said. “However, we accepted the challenge and decided to go for it as there are a lot of benefits to growing it in a controlled environment.” After…

New floor coating to increase PAR reflectance

Laticrete, a manufacturer of construction solutions for the building industry, has launched the Spartacote® High-Yield System with Lux Additive, a resinous coating system developed specifically to increase photosynthetic active radiation (PAR) reflectance of floor and walls by up to 56%. This is aimed to…

Singapore: Mega-farm and research center to open by Dec 2021

“We’re really happy to have launched in Munich and consumers really like our harvest-on-demand concept,” says Franz Drack, Chief Marketing Officer at &ever. "We just need to see how to increase the accessibility of our solutions. I’d love to see 200 vertical farms in Europe with this technology in the…

BYAS

Transforming the enemy into a friend: benefiting from bacteria in vertical farming

Many vertical farms struggle with ensuring optimal food safety conditions. Bacteria in the growth media are regarded with great suspicion according to Dr. Leonard Lerer, Founder, and CEO of Back of the Yard Algae Sciences (BYAS). He explains that “…most say that good vertical farming is bacteria-free,…

Organifarms

Making strawberry production more profitable by implementing automation

“High costs are the biggest problem in vertical farms,” says Hannah Brown, CCO & Co-Founder of Organifarms. “We’ve been looking at energy use to partially solve the issue, but we didn’t see a got fit for us to lower anything in that area. Then we started tackling another big expenditure, labor. We’re…

Spread Co., Ltd.

"An important step towards a sustainable society"

Spread succeeded in developing the technology for mass production of pesticide-free, high-quality strawberries in vertical farms using artificial lighting. The technologies include proprietary environmental control, stable indoor pollination, and pesticide-free, clean cultivation.  Spread's CEO, Shinji Inada…

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China: This woman's unmanned 'plant factory' replaces human labor in agriculture

Gu Xiaoxiao takes a bucket of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium to a greenhouse, pours the fertilizer mixture into a pool in the ground, and mixes it up. The diluted fertilizer is then pumped through numerous tubes to soilless beds, the cradles of life to the vegetables grown in them. Just five years…

How can salad be produced climate neutral?

The indoor growing strategy has environmentalists split. On the one hand, anything that helps shift diets away from carbon-intensive animal products and toward plants is generally considered to be necessary to mitigate warming, including by the experts that make up the United Nations Intergovernmental…

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Chile: New modular farms with two separate growing areas

With the goal to overcome agricultural challenges in Chile, the four partners and founders of UrbanaGrow decided to introduce a new solution of its kind. UrbanaGrow, a startup based in Santiago, Chile, developed a new modular farm model, with the option of two separate growing areas. The separation…