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The Future of Farming Plants Roots in Newark

September 9, 2015 Watch the video at www.njtvonline.org. By Lindsay Rassmann This is what the future of agriculture looks like…and it’s in Newark. It doesn’t look like much now, but this is the future site of the world’s largest indoor vertical farm. The 69,000-square-foot aeroponic farm being built in the Ironbound section of Newark is expected …

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FoodTech 500 List

AeroFarms ranked #1 on the Official FoodTech 500 List. This list compiled the global entrepreneurial talent at the intersection between food, technology and sustainability.

How Vertical Farming Is Disrupting Urban Food Production

September 16, 201 By: Daniel Burrus Too often, we see the present and the future in terms of “either/or,” when, in actuality, the relation is more like “both/and.” People might think, when it comes to technological innovation, “either we keep the old, or we adopt the new.” In fact, it’s entirely possible to have both

2020 Global CleanTech 100 Award

The 2020 Global Cleantech 100 is the 11th edition of the respected annual guide to the leading companies and themes in sustainable innovation. It features the private, independent and for-profit companies best positioned to contribute to a more digitized, de-carbonized and resource-efficient industrial future.

AeroFarms Reaches Out To The Community With Roadside Farmstand

December 17, 2015 By: Tehsuan Glover AeroFarms announced earlier this week that they would be opening a roadside farmstand to give the local community a chance to try their locally grown leafy greens. Selling at the astoundingly low price of $6/lb., customers are encouraged to stop by and continue to get fresh greens even while

Why growing lettuce in New York City is a growing business

October 15, 2015 By: Judy Woodruff JUDY WOODRUFF: The very term urban farming sounds like a paradox, or a misnomer at the very least. But it is a real business and movement, albeit a small one, that you can find in industrial greenhouses in a number of cities around the country. Our economics correspondent, Paul

Sustainable Innovation Award

The Ethical Corporation’s Responsible Business Awards are widely recognized as being the world’s leading awards for CSR, sustainability, supply chain and business executives. The internationally-renowned Awards recognize genuine, truly innovative and meaningful approaches to making responsible business a reality.

In Newark a Vertical Indoor Farm Helps help’s Area’s Revival

April 7, 2015 By: C.J. Hughes NEWARK — Schools, sports arenas and apartment buildings have sprouted in recent years in this troubled city as part of efforts to revitalize it. Now, it’s kale’s turn to take root in a most unusual spot. A former Grammer, Dempsey and Hudson steel plant in the Ironbound section of

Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2019

AeroFarms has been named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2019. Of the thousands of companies evaluated, AeroFarms was named one of the Top 10 Innovative Companies in Data Science.

Geeky Farmers Storm New York as Gotham Enters the World Indoor Farming Epicenter Race

September 21, 2015 By: Brian Halweil Since when did the season of fall food events get taken over by nerds? In North Brooklyn there was Northside Media’s future-oriented, Questlove-approved Taste Talks. Bloomberg entered the fray with TechTable Summit featuring a room-packing chitchat between Danny Meyer and Steve Case on the theme of #hitechhitouch. The New

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