Origin Hydroponics’ 2018 Guide As part of our commitment to education in the urban agriculture sector, we are always scouring the web for resources on innovative growing methods- how can we better communicate the power and potential of ‘ponics to a wider, potentially younger audience? In answer to this call,
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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
AVF Hong Kong Summit 2018
The transformative power of Vertical Farming will be on display at Asia’s leading agricultural trade show On September 5-7, Hong Kong will play host to Asia Fruit Logistica, one of the world’s largest fruit and vegetable trade conferences. With thousands of key stakeholders in the world’s agricultural supply chain meeting
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
Reimagining Almeria’s Plastic Sea of Greenhouses
An industry in the spotlight It is easy to condemn the plastic sea of greenhouses in Almería, Spain as an environmental nightmare. The pressures are clear to see: a region that has around 30,000 hectares of land under cultivation (the majority of which is under plastic), is also the most
Notes From The Skyberries Conference
Skyberries: The three-day conference could be best characterized by broad-scope talks, specific topics and different views on how we could upgrade our global food systems. Highly influential speakers talked in this forum and the Q&A sessions turned into elaborative discussions about ideas. The second day of the conference ended with