Oliver Cox July 23, 2018 In order to prove they have a winning formula of sustainability + quality, NJ-based AgTech pioneer AeroFarms is partnering for high-end market access and niche branding. At Davos on the Delta earlier this year, iSelect’s annual AgTech conference held in Memphis, speaker after speaker emphasized how technology is facilitating a synthesis …
JUNE 12, 2018 B the Change is a program that honors the B-Corporations who “have a passion for using business as a force for good in the world.” Each year, they announce their Best for the World Honorees, and we’re shining our spotlight on the B-Corp Growers – farms, gardens, and more – making a difference in …
Celebrating the Growers of the 2018 Best for the World Honorees Read More
Heather Clancy Thursday, May 10, 2018 – 2:25am An AeroFarms growing facility in Newark, New Jersey. Urban agriculture pioneer AeroFarms eschews pesticides and herbicides. It gets away with using considerably less water than traditional growers of the leafy greens in which it specializes — it squeezes out almost 95 percent of what’s traditionally used. …
Why Data is an Essential Nutrient for AeroFarms Crops Read More
AeroFarms has been named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2018. Of the thousands of companies evaluated, AeroFarms was named one of the Top 10 Innovative Companies in Food. AeroFarms is a vertical farming company that operates inside a converted steel warehouse in Newark, New Jersey. Its thousands of trays of seeds grow …
MARCH 27, 2017 By: Michelle Miller In our series, Real Food, we take a look at the growing trend of vertical farming. Companies like Aerofarms are rethinking how we grow vegetables by going up to provided fresh and affordable produce. Michelle Miller reports. See the original post at www.CBSNews.com.
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 …
May 13, 2017 By David O’Reilly Camden is not what people think of when they read “Garden State” on New Jersey license plates. But that could change this year, when a 78,000-square-foot, warehouse-style building starts to rise in a weed-strewn field in the 1500 block of Broadway. By 2018, if all goes according to …
‘World’s largest indoor farm’ to rise in an unlikely spot in South Jersey Read More
January 2, 2017 By: Ian Frazier No. 212 Rome Street, in Newark, New Jersey, used to be the address of Grammer, Dempsey & Hudson, a steel-supply company. It was like a lumberyard for steel, which it bought in bulk from distant mills and distributed in smaller amounts, mostly to customers within a hundred-mile radius of …
The Vertical Farm: Growing crops in the city, without soil or natural light Read More
April 11, 2017 By: Alyssa Bereznak The future of agriculture is happening in cities. After years of experimentation, Silicon Valley may finally be making urban farming viable. But will residents be able to afford the crop? The town of Kearny, New Jersey, is a small industrial desert, populated by warehouses, factories, and twisting freeways filled with …
AeroFarms published a new story on Medium.com. Read a teaser here or see the full story at www.Medium.com. Seventy percent of global water resources go toward agriculture. Seventy percent of fresh water contamination comes from agriculture. Sit with that a moment. Conventional irrigation in Salinas Valley, CA This incredible statistic is what drove David Rosenberg, Chief Executive Officer …
Solving water: the first step is admitting we have a problem Read More
David Rosenberg is the Co-founder and CEO of AeroFarms with a tenure in transforming tech innovation with circular economy solutions in mind. David is the founder of Hycrete, a nano-technology company that he led between 2002-2009, and previously an Adjunct Professor at the NYU Stern School of Business where he taught Entrepreneurial Finance. From co-chairing New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s Agriculture Transition Committee to being recognized as on of Produce News’ Top 35 Innovators Ever Who Have Shaped the Produce Industry, David continues to transform food technology as we know it.