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Grupo VESAN: A New Future for Food Production in the Caribbean
Ominous weather patterns in Puerto Rico brought droughts in 2015, followed by heavy rains and flooding in 2016. Such is the fluctuating nature of weather in Puerto Rico, where Francisco Santana has traditionally worked as an engineer. Accompanying food shortages exacerbated the situation in a country that already imports 90%
Interview with Indoor Farming Industry Leader Seven Steps To Heaven
Meet Gertjan and Lianne Meeuws, Founders of Seven Steps To Heaven In the world of indoor farming, you would be hard pressed to find someone with more expertise than Gertjan and Lianne Meeuws, founders of the innovative start-up Seven Steps To Heaven. With decades of experience collecting horticultural data, consulting
This Innovative Product Line is Setting Light Engine Apart from the LED Crowd
Meet the AVF’s First Hong Kong-based Members: Light Engine Light Engine is a globally-recognised pioneer and leader in advanced LED technologies. With R&D at its heart, Light Engine has cultivated a reputation for bringing the best quality and latest innovation in LED lighting to the global market. Thankfully, they brought
AVF @ Horti China 2018
The AVF is excited to partner and participate in Horti China 2018 Taking place in Shanghai, Horti China is the country’s premier international horticulture exhibition. Hortitech is a central focus of the event and we expect to see an array of innovative exhibits on plant factories, climatization and energy systems,
AVF and PonicJobs Official Collaboration Announcement
A new partnership to help connect the Controlled Environment Agriculture Industry We are proud to present our latest collaboration with well known recruitment resource PonicJobs. This partnership will help bring together the benefits of AVF with PonicJobs and enable individuals to launch their career in the vertical farming and ponic
Inagro’s Applied Research Approach to Solving Problems in Agriculture
For Inagro, “the scope of research must meet the needs of the farmers” Inagro’s applied research facility in Roeselare, West Flanders, can be imagined like a tree: it consists of many branches, spanning technical crop departments, knowledge centers, laboratories and a Society & Environment department. I spoke with employees from
Inagro’s Inspiring Rooftop Greenhouse Initiative
The AVF announces Inagro as one of our newest members. Based in Roeselare (West Flanders, Belgium), Inagro is an applied-research facility in the heart of one of Europe’s most innovative horticultural regions. Its mission is to be a knowledge partner of agricultural and horticultural businesses in the areas of innovation
City as Facilitator: The Challenge of Urban Agriculture Planning
Urban agriculture’s place in future cityscapes Imagine yourself as a city planner, given unlimited resources and money to build a city with fully-integrated food production and distribution systems. That is (mostly) a fantasy. Now invert the situation: imagine planning for a city that already exists, that has already overstretched its resources
Onward and Upward with Farmers Cut
The origin story behind one of vertical farming’s innovators The vertical farming movement is pushed forward by visionary thinkers and enterprising personalities. But they do not necessarily have to be farmers or scientists; one of vertical farming’s greatest characteristics is its inclusivity. By opening the world’s biggest industry to people