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The Future of Farming? No Sun, No Soil, But Lots of Data

Humans have farmed for thousands of years, but do we have any idea what we’re doing? Maybe not, said David Rosenberg, co-founder and CEO of AeroFarms, the U.S.-based vertical farming start-up, speaking at the Fortune Global Sustainability Forum in Yunnan, China on Thursday morning. “I’ve learned how ignorant we are about how to make plants

This company grows crops inside, stacked on top of one another

Is it agriculture or a tech venture? AeroFarms is blurring the lines between the two with its vertical farm. Crops are grown inside, under lights, one on top of the other. The advantages are numerous: higher productivity in a much smaller area; shorter growing times; lower water use; fresh produce grown much closer to where it’s

AeroFarms Commitment to #UnreasonableImpact

At AeroFarms, everything we do aligns with our core mission – to grow the best plants possible for the betterment of humanity.  Yet we grow much more than food alone — we grow the hard-working, dedicated, visionary people that are on this mission with us, and nourish communities with fresh opportunities to thrive in a

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The Global SDG Awards Announces Winners of Its 2018 Sustainability Leadership Competition

BY THE GLOBAL SDG AWARDS The Global SDG Awards is pleased to announce the winners of its inaugural competition. The Awards are designed to celebrate private-sector leadership in the advancement of United Nations 2030 Agenda, also known as Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The winners from this year’s competition are breaking barriers, challenging convention, investing for

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This Airline Is Working With the World’s Largest ‘Vertical Farm’ for Fresher In-Flight Meals

BY ALEX FITZPATRICK  MARCH 21, 2019 In-flight meals that are actually enjoyable are few and far between. In part, that’s because ingredients often need to be shipped hundreds or thousands of miles from farms to airports, meaning sometimes they’re not exactly fresh. Singapore Airlines is aiming to change that with a “farm-to-plane” partnership announced Thursday with AeroFarms,

13h15 La Cuisine du Futur

Par France 2 – France Télévisions Mis à jour le 23/02/2019 | 16:22 – publié le 21/02/2019 | 10:10 Alors que la production alimentaire occupe aujourd’hui 40% des terres cultivables et accapare 70% de l’eau potable, comment nourrir la population mondiale en 2050, quand la Terre comptera entre 9 et 10 milliards d’habitants ? L’équation semble insoluble. Et pourtant… Comment nourrir la population mondiale en 2050,

AeroFarms Named to Fast Company’s 2019 Most Innovative Companies

We are thrilled to share that we have been named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in the World in the Data Science category! We are honored to have been selected for the second year in a row and proud to be recognized among a group of trailblazing companies working to change the world for the

AeroFarms is on a mission to grow the best plants possible for the betterment of humanity

In the recent annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), I had the honor of hearing firsthand one of the biggest voices in Davos this year — 15-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg struck everyone to the core when she poignantly stated during her speech that “our house is on fire.” Understandably, the major focus at Davos this

5 Startups That Prove Tech Can Solve The World’s Biggest Problems

Jun 17, 2018, 07:24pm Maiko Schaffrath 1. Viome: Eliminating Disease Through Personalized Diets Naveen Jain, founder of Moon Express and Viome, speaks at a panel on ‘Space won’t be the final frontier,’ at main stage in MEO Arena during 2016 Web Summit on November 9, 2016 in Lisbon, Portugal.  (Photo by Horacio Villalobos – Corbis/Getty Images)

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