The Association for Vertical Farming is pleased to welcome its new member, Organifarms. Organifarms is tackling the challenge of achieving sustainable agricultural practices in the face of climate change and a growing population by creating automation technology for vertical farming systems. Their highly innovative robot stations can be easily integrated
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DITTEL Engineering’s Shellbe a New Standard for Modular Vertical Farms?
DITTEL Engineering joins AVF in search of partners to bring their modular clean room system Shellbe to the world of vertical farming. DITTEL Engineering is a multinational company based in Schlehdorf, Germany and Ancona, Italy. DITTEL is an award-winning service provider for companies worldwide who research and produce in clean
Paul Gauthier is Proving the Potential of Vertical Farming for an Urban Future
AVF announces Paul Gauthier, Associate Research Scholar, Department of Geosciences and the Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University, as Keynote Speaker at Urban Future Global Conference Paul Gauthier is a globally-recognised thought leader in the world of vertical farming. In 2017, he launched the Princeton Vertical Farming Project (PVFP), a hub
THORILEX, Ltd. Want to Bring Aquaponic Innovations to the World
From fishermen to commercial scale aquaponic suppliers and beyond THORILEX is a testament to the evolution of food production. With a background in fishing and fish farming, the team came together in 2010 to bring aquaponic farming to the Czech Republic and then the world. Starting out as a consultancy
Introducing Professor Joel Cuello as Interim Vice Chair of AVF
Joel L. Cuello is a Professor of Biosystems Engineering and Director of the Global Initiative for Strategic Agriculture in Dry Lands (GISAD) at The University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A. A globally recognized expert in the engineering of sustainable biological and agricultural systems, his technical expertise in both engineering
Introducing Peter Lane as Interim Vice Chair of AVF
Words by Peter Lane I don’t think there is a farmer’s son on the planet that hasn’t thought: there must be an easier way to make a living. I was no different- that is why, approximately 55 years ago, at the age of 10, I designed my first farm-engineering solution. And ever
Life Cycle Analysis in Vertical Farming
Students of Wageningen University (NL) develop framework and tool for Life Cycle Analysis in Vertical Farming Live webstream on Thursday, July 5, 13:30 – 14:30 CET Sustainability is at the heart of vertical farming. It is therefore crucial that we are able to validate our sustainability claims to third
International Plant Factory Symposium
The 2018 Shanghai International Indoor Plant Factory Symposium (June 12-14 2018) aims to bring together the world’s leading experts in indoor farming. The show features both attendees and exhibitors from global commercial cultivation enterprises, private research facilities, and universities in an exchange of ideas, innovations, and technologies. Shanghai Academy of