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
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
AVF Pavilion Round Table Discussions
GreenTech Amsterdam and the Association for Vertical Farming are partnering in organizing a dedicated Vertical Farming pavilion where all innovation, knowledge and technology in Vertical Farming comes together. The Vertical Farming pavilion will feature the AVF café with a superb programme of ’round table talks’ lead by international experts on
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