This episode of The Farming Show continues the conversation with Zandile Khumalo of Neighbour Roots in Morningside, Sandton. In addition to being a hydroponic farmer, Zandile also holds a degree in analytical chemistry. In this episode, Zandile discusses in detail how she built her rooftop farm and how she managed to operate it like a business. Tune in to learn more about how Zandile made her rooftop farm a successful, lucrative enterprise.
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Top 5 -yesterday
- Kalera PLC to focus on US solemnly, eyeing growth potential in existing farms
- New vertical farm to grow 45 million pounds of mushroom root for plant-based meat
- AU: Old factory to become largest exotic mushroom farm
- Horizontal vs. vertical stacking of plants
- Artechno is not sitting still: "Working on wider deployment of vertical farms"
Top 5 -last week
- NL: Future Crops goes bankrupt
- "Our farm consumes 600 kW/h per m2 of cultivation area per year"
- "How betting the farm, and losing it, taught me an invaluable lessons in CEA"
- Growing pains on the way to a more resilient vertical farming industry
- Fresh produce chain hit by Lakeside Produce’s bankruptcy
Top 5 -last month
- "We could produce about 1,000 heads of lettuce every single week"
- CAN (AB): Solar-powered farms yield 12k heads of lettuces per month
- Saffron: a proper crop for enhancing profits?
- UAE: “Growing in soil is more expensive, but the plant is so much better”
- “Pioneers get killed, second-generation farmers get rich”
Rooftop farming with neighbour roots part 4: business in agriculture
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