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AeroFarms Represents New Jersey in FastCo’s The United States of Innovation

We are honored to be the recognized innovator from New Jersey in Fast Company’s “United States of Innovation.” Read the AeroFarms section below and see innovations from the other states at FastCompany.com. [Illustration: Adam Avery] NEW JERSEY A rising food revolution Inside a converted steel warehouse in Newark, thousands of trays stacked 36 feet high house …

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IKEA and top chef David Chang round out financing for $40 million Series D round

“We have built a world-class organization that has expertise in all aspects of horticulture, biology, engineering, automation, machine vision, building systems, food safety, and nutrition to manage the growing process from seed to package for a truly differentiated product. We are as much a capabilities organization as we are farmers, vertically integrated to give us

Harvesting Insights – AeroFarms partnership with Dell Technologies

  Find out more about this project in Dell Technologies’ in-depth case study… “Dell Technologies is an ideal technology partner for AeroFarms. Dell offers a comprehensive infrastructure portfolio that spans our IT needs, from edge gateways and rugged tablets to machine learning systems and network gear. We are also benefiting from Dell’s expert advisory services,

The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Awards $1 Million Grant to AeroFarms for Research to Improve Quality of Leafy Microgreens

Posted on September 7, 2017 The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR), a nonprofit organization established through bipartisan congressional support in the 2014 Farm Bill, today announced a Seeding Solutions grant awarded to AeroFarms, a leading indoor vertical farming company with global headquarters in Newark, New Jersey. AeroFarms will match the Foundation’s grant for

NowThis – AeroFarms 360 Tour

AeroFarms in Newark, NJ grows over 2 million pounds of microgreens a year without sunlight, soil or pesticides, making it the world’s largest indoor vertical farm. See how they do it in 360° VR. #Gear360

The Future of Farming May Not Involve Dirt or Sun

  AeroFarms co-founders Marc Oshima (left) and David Rosenberg. CREDIT: Ellise Verheyen PUBLISHED ON: JUN 14, 2017. By Kevin J. Ryan Farming uses copious amounts of water–70 percent of all freshwater consumed is used for agriculture, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, only about half of which can be recycled after using. It also requires huge

Food Futures With Elettra Wiedemann: Vertical Farms

We are thrilled to be featured in the first episode of Food Republic’s newest series “Food Futures”. Watch it here.   By: Elettra Wiedemann May 18, 2017 People stay awake at night thinking about different things. I lay awake thinking about food. But not, like, delicious dishes. I stare at the ceiling fretting about how this

A Farm Grows in the City

May 14, 2017 By: Betsy McKay Billions of people around the world live far from where their food is grown. It’s a big disconnect in modern life. And it may be about to change. The world’s population is expected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, 33% more people than are on the planet today, according

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