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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 …

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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

Vertical Farming Takes Agriculture to New Heights

August 4, 2016 In order to feed the world’s growing population, we need to constantly rethink agriculture. That’s where vertical farming comes in. Vertical farming — essentially, multistory greenhouses — uses 90% less land than traditional farming, while harvesting 80% more per unit of area. In this episode of #RippleEffect, we look at AeroFarms, a

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