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
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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
Is Indoor Agriculture Reaching Its Tipping Point?
Indoor agriculture’s tipping point In his 2000 book, The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, Malcolm Gladwell defines the tipping point as, “the moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point.” Listening to John Reich, Scientific Program Director at the Foundation for Food and Agriculture
Global G.A.P Summit 2018
Taking place every two years, the conference is the perfect setting to discuss the latest developments in food safety and sustainability as well as Good Agriculture and Aquaculture Practices and the future of the industry. Creating new markets for responsibly grown food is vital to building a sustainable future in agriculture, that
Farmers Cut: The Leader in Dryponic Growing
November 2, 2017 Author: Jason Moon Broadcast Manager at the Association for Vertical Farming OCTOBER 2017, Farmers Cut, a German based indoor farming startup, recently joined as a member of the Association for Vertical Farming. AVF’s newest member also brings the newest technology to the ‘ponics’ family, coined Dryponics,