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I Just Took the World’s Longest Non-Stop Flight. Here’s What It Was Like

November 25, 2019

Singapore Air’s business class experience from NYC promises 19 hours of in-flight happiness. Does it deliver? BY JASON H. HARPER ON NOVEMBER 5, 2019 There’s not enough moisturizer in the universe. That’s my first thought when I consider taking the world’s longest non-stop flight. My skin is going to take a beating. Long-haul flights are not uncommon …

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Singapore Airlines Is Redefining Fresh Airline Food

November 25, 2019

by JESSICA PUCKETT October 17, 2019 Singapore Airlines’ flight from New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport to Singapore’s Changi Airport is already the world’s longest flight (at almost 19 hours). But this month, the route scooped up another (unexpected) superlative: the flight that serves the freshest airline food in the world. Last week, Singapore Airlines launched a new “farm-to-plane” menu on …

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Singapore Airlines, one of the most ritzy airlines in the world, is partnering with a high-tech urban farm to make sure it serves the best meal on every flight. Take a look inside the futuristic operation.

July 15, 2021

Singapore Airlines is about to launch a new “farm-to-plane” dining program, using vegetables grown at a local farm in Newark, New Jersey, in dishes on board its flights from the New York City area. AeroFarms, the company supplying the greens, is a high-tech “vertical farm,” which uses a controlled climate, LED lights, and a new …

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AeroFarms raises $100m as investors rush to indoor farms

September 17, 2019

Lindsay Fortado in New York and Emiko Terazono in London JULY 8, 2019 AeroFarms, the US indoor farming company, has raised $100m to further expand its warehouses of stacked growing trays and branch out into different produce. The 15-year-old New Jersey-based company is one of the pioneers of indoor farming, where vegetables are grown without pesticides, under …

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The Future of Innovation in NJ and Across the Nation

September 16, 2019

THINK TANK WITH STEVE ADUBATO 09/07/2019 | 26m 45s A panel of innovation experts talk about new and emerging technologies being used in New Jersey and across the nation that have the potential to not only treat, but cure disease. Guests Include: Kate Merton, PhD, JLABS @ New York-Boston-Philadelphia David S. Perlin, PhD, Hackensack Meridian …

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

July 15, 2021

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 …

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

September 12, 2019

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 …

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

March 29, 2019

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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