VF Industry

IUNU and Crop Convergence Partner to Drive Greenhouse Innovation with Enhanced Crop Modeling and Recommendations

IUNU and Crop Convergence Partner to Drive Greenhouse Innovation with Enhanced Crop Modeling and Recommendations Seattle, WA – June 17, 2024 – IUNU, a leader in AI-driven greenhouse automation solutions, and Crop Convergence, providers of explainable ML/AI decision tools for agriculture, are excited to announce their collaboration to drive industry-wide

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Welcome to AVF – Q&A with Greenfarmer

This week AVF spoke with Trond Hundstuen, Technical Manager of Greenfarmer. “I want to be called a technical solution solver and try to combine different technologies to find the best solution for our clients.” Who is Greenfarmer? We are a Norwegian company with operations in Norway, Sweden and Finland. We

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OrbiLoop®/OrbiPlant® – Hybrid lighting system and cultivation of large, protein-rich food crops

OrbiLoop®/OrbiPlant® – Hybrid lighting system and cultivation of large, protein-rich food crops  This is the second of two blog posts with our AVF member Fraunhofer IME – you can read the first blog post «Addressing Vertical Farming Pain Points» and an introduction to the novel and innovative vertical farming platform

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New high-power horticulture LED from ams OSRAM achieves industry-leading energy efficiency

The OSCONIQ® P3737 high-power LED achieves industry-leading wall plug efficiency of 83.2% in Hyper Red, enabling unique output levels and cost savings Vegetable, flower, and other growers benefit from a stable photon flux thanks to the Q90 lifetime of 102,000 hours From June 11 to 13 ams OSRAM will present

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Fraunhofer IME – Addressing Vertical Farming Pain Points

AVF recently caught up with Andreas Reimann, the senior patent and licensing manager of our AVF member Fraunhofer IME, to hear about the latest vertical farming news from the Institute’s New Agricultural Systems department. Who is Fraunhofer IME? The Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME in Aachen,

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AVF Insights from the EPIC Technology Meeting on Photonics for AgriFood Industry

EPIC Technology Meeting on Photonics for AgriFood Industry – Enlightening the Future at DigiFoods The EPIC Technology Meeting on Photonics for AgriFood Industry took place in Oslo, Norway on the 23rd-25th April 2024. Association of Vertical Farming (AVF) Chairwoman Christine Zimmermann-Lössl was invited and gave a Keynote speech on Vertical

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Strategies for Social Impact through Urban Agriculture: Insights from the Madrid Roundtable

Introduction AVF is an ecological system for Vertical Farming and is organising a series of ongoing Roundtable events looking at how the threads of the vertical farming ecosystems can weave together. In February, ISIFarmer and AVF hosted the first roundtable experience looking at “Strategies for Social Impact through Urban Agriculture

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Welcome to AVF – Q&A with ambitas

This week AVF spoke with Martin Balaz CEO & Founder of ambitas. “Our goal is to build technologically advanced, self-sufficient vertical farms that allow people to fully benefit from high quality, healthy, locally grown food in a very sustainable way.” Who is ambitas? We specialize in engineering revolutionary vertical farms, which

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Revolutionizing Agriculture: Veles Farming Leads the Way in Vertical Farming Saffron Cultivation

Introduction Nestled in the heart of Europe, Slovakia’s Veles Farming is at the forefront of an agricultural revolution. Driven by a commitment to sustainability, technological innovation, and market exploration, this pioneering company is committed to redefining saffron cultivation through vertical farming. The farm facility currently manages 115,000 saffron bulbs. It

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AGronomic IQ has released its latest white paper, ‘The ROI of Hot Gas Reheat in Vertical Farming.’

AGronomic IQ has released its latest white paper, ‘The ROI of Hot Gas Reheat in Vertical Farming.’ In this informative read, Agronomic IQ addresses the financial impact of HVAC equipment on ROI. For all vertical farmers, finding ways to improve ROI is crucial. The white paper examines how incorporating hot

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