AVF News

Association for Vertical Farming Bolsters Leadership with New Executive Director and Director of Innovation for North America Chapter

Association for Vertical Farming Strengthens Leadership Team with Catherine Borelly as Executive Director and Timothy Robin Vincent as Director of Innovation for North America Chapter, Driving Advancements in Vertical Farming Industry We are delighted to announce that Catherine Borelly, CPA, will be serving as the Executive Director of the Board

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Ono Exponential Farming Expands to the Americas with Cultivatd

Ono Exponential Farming (ONO/EF), design-manufacturer of advanced AI driven, fully-autonomous robotic farming systems, has selected Cultivatd Indoor Farming Brokerage to lead their market expansion into The Americas geo region. “Cultivatd partners exclusively with the most innovative and robust companies in the vertical farming space – and ONO/EF certainly meets that

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UAE wins AVF vanguard award

The Association for Vertical Farming (AVF) announces the Inaugural 2021 AVF Vanguard Award for Government Leadership in Harnessing Innovation for Sustainable Food Production. The prestigious annual award recognizes the extraordinary leadership of a State and/or Local Government in spearheading the development and commercialization of vertical/indoor farming and/or related innovations, including

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Lab-Grown Fruits

Eliminating Light Requirements in Modern Agriculture Currently, one of the greatest barriers faced by vertical farmers is the huge electricity demand, to which the artificial lighting requirements are a major contributing factor.  Innovators are working hard to solve this problem and exploring possible solutions that implement scientific and technical knowledge

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AVF’s Advisory Board

We are honored to introduce our Advisory Board members for the year 2021, they are experts in their own fields and represent different sections of the indoor farming industry and academia. The Advisory Board will support and advise AVF Board of Directors in all strategic developments, oversee the implementation of

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Farming to Save the Environment

Traditional farming systems and vertical farming technology share a dependency on agribusiness and the goal of working towards rapid technological advancements to maximize the efficiency and the yield of the growing process. To provide food sustainably, we must consider all factors of sustainability collectively. This includes environmental, social and economic

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