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 […]
Javier Ramiro, Co-Chief Scientific Officer at Ekonoke controls the plantation of hops. Photo credit: Reuters / Juan Medina. By Anders Lorenzen Hydroponics, the vertical-farming technology which uses water and not soil to grow plants, and which is primarily used for growing plants indoors, could come to the rescue of one of the most popular drinks in the world; beer. Recent […]
Our guest is Alexander Olesen, CEO and founder of Babylon Micro-Farms. The Richmond, Va.-based company has developed a hydroponics-based approach to growing produce in enclosed compact systems — about the size of a large vending machine — that can be managed remotely. The system produces as much produce in 15 square feet of space as 2,000 square feet of traditional […]