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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

Green Pie In The Sky? Vertical Farming Is On The Rise

August 5, 2015 Listen to the full story at www.NPR.com. By: Joel Rose From the outside, the AeroFarms headquarters looks like any other rundown building in downtown Newark, N.J. It used to be a store, and more recently a nightclub. Now it’s a test farm. “My favorite is the mustard green that’s called a Ruby Streak, which

The Global SDG Awards 2018

AeroFarms is honored to be a recipient of the inaugural Global SDG Awards. These Awards are designed to celebrate private-sector leadership in the advancement of United Nations 2030 Agenda, also known as Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

AeroFarms Raises $20 Million for High-Tech Urban Agriculture

December 10, 2015 By: Lara Kolodny AeroFarms Inc. has raised $20 million in a Series B round of venture funding to build more of its “aeroponic vertical farms.” The high-tech indoor farms use 95% less water than conventional, commercial field farms, according to founder and Chief Executive David Rosenberg. Wheatsheaf Group led the investment in

THRIVE Top 50 2019

AeroFarms has been named to the THRIVE Top 50 leading AgTech companies. This award honors companies exemplifying the best in agriculture-focused innovation. Recognizing companies across 6 different domains within agriculture- biotechnology, connected devices, cloud services/SaaS, robotics and automation, big data & analytics, and supply chain.

2018 World Technology Award

David Rosenberg, AeroFarms Co-Founder & CEO, was selected as a winner in Environment for the 2018 World Technology Awards. These Awards bring together the most innovative people and organizations in science and technology from around the world.

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