Tagged as: innovation

Advanced CEA Farming Practices and Agri-Management Course – April 10th-13th, 2025

AVF in collaboration with GRAIN International (Singapore) presents the Advanced CEA Farming Course (certified by AVF). Venue: AgX/Aerofarms Abu Dhabi, Dubai April 10th-13th, 2025 International Lecturers from US, Singapore, Germany and UAE The Advanced CEA Farming Practices and Agri-Management Course, is a 4-day intensive program designed to equip professionals with

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AVF Academy Foundation Course UAE 3rd-5th February – Reflections

The first ever AVF Academy course was successfully completed between February 3rd-5th, 2025  @AgX, Aerofarms Facility, Abu Dhabi, UAE. The AVF Academy UAE programme is running in cooperation with Khalifa University. It provided knowledge that helps newcomers (investors, companies before the decision to enter the vertical farming business and or

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Welcome to AVF – Q&A with greenhub

GreenResearcher allows plant scientists and breeders to be in complete control over their growth recipes. You set the conditions for your trials and achieve reproducible results with advanced CEA technology.  – Who is greenhub?  Greenhub is an innovative company, still a start-up, founded almost one and a half years ago.

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Insights from the AVF/World Horti Center Dutch Roundtable in Amsterdam

Introduction In recent years, vertical farming (VF) has become more prominent within the food system, offering the potential for locally grown, year-round produce in urban areas. This innovative approach is quietly revolutionizing how we think and approach food production. Following successful events in Madrid in February and Vienna in March,

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AVF Ginseng Sprout Trials – Part 2 Management of First Stage of Cultivation

Management of First Stage of Cultivation Introduction 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 a series of blogs you can follow the

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Q&A with SpaceFarms

AVF recently spoke with Tusya Garibashvili, the creative young entrepreneur behind SpaceFarms, who has taken the concept of farming to a new level in Georgia. We talked about  how her idea of shaking up the traditional farming practices in Georgia, has grown into a movement that aims to make agriculture

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RHENAC GreenTec AG Develops Intelligent Plant Lighting System for the Hypogeum in Bernabéu Stadium

RHENAC GreenTec AG Develops Intelligent Plant Lighting System for the Hypogeum in Bernabéu Stadium Plant Growth Lighting from Hennef for Real Madrid’s Turf Real Madrid has commissioned RHENAC GreenTec AG to install its developed and produced turf lighting technology in the legendary Bernabéu Stadium, which has been undergoing a complete

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Q&A with Bluelab

AVF recently spoke with James Goodwin, Regional Manager EMEA of Bluelab who talked about how they plan to educate and empower the controlled agriculture growers of the future. “At Bluelab, we believe in elevating the standard of growing into an art form. Our vision is of a healthier world, free

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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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