Agritecture Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2022

A worker replants lettuce in a vertical farm. Two workers inspect plants in a vertical farm. Plasma Activated Water has a multitude of benefits and applications within the CEA space which can maximize efficiency and hygiene for hydroponic farms. Two people look at the crops in a vertical farm.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

Armed with little more than ingenuity and entrepreneurial drive, microgreen growers are transforming the unused corners of their dwellings into profitable farming operations. After finishing college seven years ago, the “video gam- playing, beer-drinking kid” dusted off a section of his parents’ Long Island cellar to launch his micro farm.

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Agritecture Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

Grace Lim and colleague at their proof-of-concept farm, GroGrace. courtesy of Urban Farming Partners. However, in the face of these limitations, Singapore has and will embrace more urban and vertical farming. Founder Mathew Howe succinctly describes it as "bringing the farming to you." courtesy of Grobrix.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It’s a far cry from the idyllic, pastoral imagery often associated with farm life, but it is a picture becoming ever closer to reality. These in-depth discussions centred on the role of technology in agroecological farming systems and the main factors and trade-offs at play when making decisions about new tech.

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Agritecture Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Credit: Vertical Farming Planet. For millions of Africans, decades of reliance on traditional farming techniques and poor policymaking have created vulnerabilities that are only worsened by the impacts of climate change and natural disasters. One of Africa's most prominent and perhaps persistent challenges is food security.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 3, 2023

more food secure and our farming practices more environmentally friendly , we expect to see both an increase in and a deepening of these conversations. Regenerative Agriculture and Nature-Based Solutions Coffee crops grow alongside other plants in what is known as an Agroforestry approach to farming. Image sourced from Urban Ag News.

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World Agri-Tech

JANUARY 3, 2024

Kiersten Stead, DCVC BIO Kiersten Stead, Managing Partner, DCVC BIO: “The supervillain is misleading, unhelpful, marketing of food as “natural”, “non-GMO”, “clean”, or suggesting “processed foods are bad” , higher GHG emitting farming methods-“organic” “biodynamic”. Heroes are People who do the work on farms.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

He founded his vertical farm startup in 2016, where the enclosed New Jersey farm is weather-resistant, simulating Japanese climate conditions, says Koga. Oishii recycles its water and doesn’t use pesticides. Oishii’s farm mimics daylight and nighttime, so its bees act like their wild counterparts would.

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