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- US (NJ): AeroFarms headquarter sold to new property owner
- Bringing multi-level, silo-style indoor farming to Spain
- Why choose bespoke LED grow lighting?
- Plant–environment microscopy tracks interactions of Bacillus subtilis with plant roots across the entire rhizosphere
- Hands-on education and career readiness: a container farm as a classroom
Top 5 -last week
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VertiKit:
Everything a grower needs, including guidance
“Vertikit aims to offer a solution to the issue of access to technology, which can be challenging in the CEA sector," says Dr. William Stiles, director of Vertikit, a one-stop-shop for growing technologies. "There are numerous companies that offer bespoke or turnkey solutions, but it is possible to buy…
Podcast:
Microdrones that mimic bees and measure plants
In this podcast, Wendy Yared interviewed Siddharth Jadhav, founder and CEO of Polybee. Polybee is an autonomous microdrone company out of Singapore that is mimicking the work of bees and also taking very precise plant measurements in an effort to help farmers increase their yields. They talk about the…
Challenges in functional foods and ingredients, and how AI could change the game
In this video of the AI Institute for Next Generation Food Systems, Dr. Kimmo Makinen discusses the Challenges in functional foods and ingredients, and how AI could change the…
Inholland University:
NL: Trial vertical farming database launched
“Information regarding vertical farming can rarely be found in one place as most is spread over different platforms, making it difficult for researchers to find all the information they could need,” says Amora Amir, lecturer at Inholland University of Applied Science. Now, the Inholland University of…
Christopher Weis Thomasen, CEO and co-founder of Seasony:
What is the cost problem really?
According to former vertical farmer Christopher Weis Thomasen, CEO and co-founder of Seasony, vertical farming is perfectly positioned to fulfill the world's growing food demand. However, there is a cost problem, he told attendees of the Vertical Farming Conference. “But what is that cost problem really?” The cost of laborThe…
