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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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AVF launches Ginseng Sprout Trials in the AVF Lab

Ginseng Sprout Trials After the success of the Saffron trials, the AVF are excited to announce that they are on a new path of discovery and are running a trial growing ginseng sprouts in the AVF Lab.  In this series of blogs, over the following weeks you can follow the

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AVF Announces a significant MOU between National Information Technology Development Agency and Greens&Berries Farm Limited

PRESS RELEASE By Association for Vertical Farming e.V., Munich, Germany The Association for Vertical Farming (AVF) is pleased to announce a significant Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between National Information Technology Development Agency, a public service institution under the Federal Ministry of Communications Innovation and Digital Economy of the Federal Republic

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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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Announcing the International VF Tech & Training Center (iVTTC) in UAE/Dubai

Introducing Association for Vertical Farming e.V. Project in UAE/Dubai. Establishment of an AVF-Led International Hub for Vertical Farming Tech and Training Center in UAE/Dubai Introduction The United Arab Emirates (UAE) largely depends on food imports since open-field agricultural production is not feasible due to climatic conditions. Finding solutions for higher

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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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