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Just read an insightful article on how urban vertical farms are poised to revolutionize food systems! 🏙️ The piece highlights the potential for cities to become hubs of fresh, local produce, reducing transportation costs and improving food access. The future of farming is literally growing closer to us! #verticalfarming #urbanfarming #agtech #sustainablefood #futureoffood https://lnkd.in/e2RXK8SV Learn more about how cornucopia farms works to provide sustainable produce to people across Canada: https://lnkd.in/e2ycJtpp

At our company, we're redefining sustainable agriculture. 🌱 Compared to conventionally grown and imported lettuce, our methods drastically reduce CO2 emissions, eliminate the need for pesticides, and use significantly less water. Our secret? Scale and focus. From day one, we've taken an industrial approach with a clear focus on just a few crops, allowing us to achieve unmatched efficiency and effectiveness. The result? We produce superior, predictable yields year-round that can compete with, or even undercut, the price of regularly farmed produce. 🌍💧 - Andreas Wilhelmsson, CEO of Ljusgårda AB Full Interview Link: https://lnkd.in/gR88XqGv #Sustainability #VerticalFarming #AgricultureInnovation #CO2Reduction #WaterConservation #PesticideFree #EfficientFarming #FutureOfFarming #EcoFriendly #AgTech #SustainableAgriculture #HealthyLiving #Innovation #ContainerFarming #IndoorFarmingTechnology #SustainableFarming #GreenHouseFarming #IndoorFarming #VerticalGardening #Hydroponics #AgriculturalInnovation #FoodSecurity #ClimateChangeMitigation #FutureOfFarming #SmartFarming #FreshProduce #EcoFriendlyFarming #AgriculturalTechnology #LocalFoodProduction #UrbanVine

As urban populations continue to increase, the need for sustainable food production within city limits has become more pressing. Urban farming is not only a solution to this challenge but also brings a host of other benefits that extend beyond just providing fresh produce. #UrbanFarming #FarmtoTable

There is a union to be formed between vertical farming and Indigenous eco-justice. Vertical farming allows you a degree of control and efficiency that is not found in typical farming methods. With precise predictability and control over heat and humidity, crops are rarely ever lost to capricious conditions and their health can be more or less guaranteed. The space efficiency, water efficiency, and energy efficiency all mean that, in the long run, far less resources are needed to produce the same yields. With the ability to grow native species at smaller costs and independent of season, these crops can be grown with greater efficiency and guarantees. The unique advantages of vertical farming is why the Indigenous food company BoomaFood hopes to use indoor vertical farming to expand into native herbs and crops and increase their popularity and give jobs to more Indigenous workers, women, and young people. Dr. Paul Gauthier is also looking to use vertical farming for propagating and learning about Indigenous crops with the prospect of bringing more to the commercial market. His work with researchers and Aboriginal corporations is for the purpose of celebrating Indigenous species while centering First Nations businesses and helping them lead this potentially emerging market. Vertical farming presents a beautiful opportunity for intersectional benefits joining sustainability, biodiversity conservation, and Indigenous eco-justice. #VerticalFarming #IndigenousSpecies #Indigenous #EcoJustice #Sustainability

This is very insightful, our company has serviced both sides of the industry, VF and Smart Glass for many years, i totally agree with Ruud. Also agree there's an opportunity for both systems to work together, propagate in a VF, then grow strong crops under natural sunlight backed up with supplementery light. VF company's have always used growing in a field, as a comparison to growing in a VF to convince the big finance companies also governments, that its a no-brainer to invest Big money. The real comparisons should be between smart glass and VF. the results are surprisingly different 🥬

"[We are] fostering a new era of agriculture that respects our planet while delivering exceptional produce." In our pilot farms, we are debunking myths of productivity, achieving high yields and exceptional produce at the same time. How are we doing it? - with 100% natural regenerative farming practices Saurabh S. shares some of the key pointers in this article in Wikifarmer https://lnkd.in/dxKekV2s We envision a world where sustainable regenerative agriculture is not an alternate form of farming but the norm, worldwide. Join us if you want to be part of this future! #sustainableagriculture #regenrativeagriculture Sikander Siraj Ashima Siraj Krati Modi

Vertical Farming is essential for innovations but not yet for large-scale food production! The attached article is about the SKY HIGH program. In this program researchers, together with lighting specialists, breeding companies, growers, horticulture technology companies, architects and food suppliers, will make vertical farming (VF) cheaper and more energy-efficient. In addition, the aim is to use this type of VF to produce vegetables and herbs with a better taste, shelf life and nutritional value while using extremely little water and nutrients and no pesticides. An important program, because we fight for space in urban agglomerations and there is a growing need for safe, fresh and year-round sustainably produced food. But VF is not new. In the past 10 years, many initiatives have started promisingly and with a lot of capital, but most have failed miserably and burned billions of dollars. Often because the cost price of the fresh food grown from a VF was much higher than the sales price. But also that the systems in a VF were not fully engineered and caused many cultivation problems. And that was often because the investors and operators had no or insufficient cultivation and retail knowledge in their team. Excel does not work in a VF! Producing large-scale fresh food is VF is still too expensive in my opinion, because the investment is (much) higher compared to, for example, a high-tech greenhouse and the energy consumption is also. That also sounds logical: high-tech greenhouses have proven themselves in many places in the world, are largely fully engineered and use the sun as the main source of energy, which is free. VF is built on expensive land and the construction and systems are also much more complicated. Space is becoming a bigger problem in many places, but in terms of sustainability, < 800 logistical kilometers are manageable for many cities. Where is VF already useful today? VF is profitable and very interesting for innovation, for the first phase of propagation and for small-scale cultivation of high-quality herbs and lettuce crops. Companies like Logiqs, Certhon, Artechno and TTA have been proving this for some time now. Worldwide, there are now roughly < 1000 Ha of VF installed. That is the practice of today! As soon as the energy consumption of VF can be reduced or becomes affordable with sustainable energy, VF has a greater chance of large-scale deployment. And hopefully it's soon! #verticalfarming #greenhouse #certhon #signify #horticulture #logiqs #horticulture #floriculture #skyhigh

As urban populations continue to increase, the need for sustainable food production within city limits has become more pressing. Urban farming is not only a solution to this challenge but also brings a host of other benefits that extend beyond just providing fresh produce. #UrbanFarming #FarmtoTable

Regenerative agriculture isn't just a trend; it's the future of farming. There's so much potential for growth and innovation in this field, and it's inspiring to witness the dedication to stewarding the land for future generations. By investing in regenerative agriculture, we're advancing farmer profitability and livelihoods, improving the health of our planet and fostering resilient food systems. #Agriculture #FutureOfFarming #RegenerativeAgriculture

11 ways how urban farming makes cities more resilient and sustainable Urban farming, urban agriculture or urban ag as it is sometimes called, is about growing food in cities. It is about local people growing their own, often organic crops on rooftops and in neighborhood gardens, providing easy access to fresh, local food. And it is about high-tech food producers in former industrial structures. Urban farming is sustainable: it is local, mostly small scale and often organic. And it makes business sense. Producing close to the market cuts costs and allows for lower prices. On top of that, it greatly helps to improve food security in cities. Read further: https://lnkd.in/eqkmaV9k #urbanfarming #future #advantages