Vertical farming, the emerging indoor approach to growing greens and other vegetables, has begun to transform agriculture. This food revolution is starting from the center of cities, where unused industrial space is now being converted to grow produce for local consumers. Marc Oshima, co-founder and chief marketing officer at AeroFarms, brings a career’s worth of marketing experience at Toys R […]
Earth911 Podcast: Maen Mahfoud’s Replate Connects Food Waste to Food Need
Maen Mahfoud, founder and CEO of Replate, uses technology to connect sources of surplus food to nonprofits that can get it into the hands of people in need. Humans waste an immense amount of food because it has been difficult to move surplus produce, meat, and packaged food to places where it can be used before it spoils. The U.S. […]