An ambitious new project to redesign agricultural practices and food stability is currently underway in Cameroon. The project is managed by the CDVTA, Community Development Volunteers for Technical Assistance, in collaboration with the Association for Vertical Farming and aims to improve the lives of rural farmers in North West Cameroon
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Indoor Farming Is the Future
By 2050, there will be 10 billion people on the planet, the majority of whom in cities. Gertjan and Lianne Meeuws behind Eindhoven firm, Seven Steps To Heaven, believe indoor farming is the future. “Our traditional food system is incapable of feeding everyone responsibly.” All of Eindhoven can identify Gertjan
The road ahead for vertical farming
“In the next 10-15 years, vertical farming will rise as one of the dominant forms of agriculture.” In a recent webinar presented by the Association for Vertical Farming and Heliospectra, the opportunities and challenges facing the vertical farming industry in 2020 and beyond were highlighted, resulting in quotes like the
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Words by Professor Joel Cuello, Ph.D. Image modified from Martin Sanchez/Unsplash The speed with which the coronavirus outbreaks in Asia, Europe and North America metastasized into a full-blown global pandemic — catching many world governments by surprise and with little preparation — underscores just how our world today is highly
Kyoto’s SPREAD Co., Ltd. Brings Large-Scale Expertise to the AVF
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Report from C40 World Mayors Summit
While Governments Fail to Deliver, Cities Lead in the Mission to Address the Climate Crisis Words by Ramin Ebrahimnejad, AVF Head of Education and Science There were just a couple of days between the UN summit on climate change and the C40 World Mayors Summit but the disparity in the
Vertical Farming Reaches New Heights in Germany with Fraunhofer IME
Visit to the Fraunhofer IME in Aachen: On September 4th, the AVF was invited to visit its member IME and experience their groundbreaking, innovative vertical farming technologies live on the spot. Aachen, 04. September 2019: The AVF was invited to visit its member Fraunhofer IME in Aachen, Germany, one of
Future Farming 4.0 Puts Vertical Farming Front and Centre in Bavaria
On August 30th, the AVF organised a roundtable talk entitled Future Farming 4.0 which covered science, industry, and institutions at the Orangerie around the corner from the University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf (HSWT) in Freising near Munich. This is the first in a series of roundtables in support of developing
Better Food for More People: Notes from The World Food Summit 2019
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