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Aquaponics and other indoor ag systems rely on access to water and energy, not soil or seas. Siting them near existing distribution hubs or industrial parks makes plenty of sense.
by Jim Giles
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Vertical farms, with their hyperlocality and ability to quickly grow new crops, can step in to fill retail shelves when traditional farms falter.
by Jesse Klein
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The story that indoor farming could potentially produce dramatic environmental gains is largely fictional today, but innovators are working to bring truth to the tale in a not-so-distant future.
by Jim Giles
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Vertical farms can help produce food close to urban areas, but plant factories require a staggering amount of energy.
by Sarah Golden
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But the broader agricultural world can learn much from how those operations use data.
by Karn Manhas
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From high-tech indoor farms in France and Singapore to mobile apps connecting urban growers and eaters in India and the United States, here are more than a dozen initiatives using tech, entrepreneurship, and social innovation to change urban agriculture.
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The island-state imports most of its food, but is threatened by crop yields and policy changes around the world.
by Darren Tan
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Cuba offers interesting lessons for how to develop urban agriculture, including government-allocated land and agroecological methods that deliver high yields and diverse crops in small spaces.
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Here are some of the promising ventures being backed by the likes of Tyson, Campbell Soups and Danone.
by Meg Wilcox
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Former basketball player Will Allen talks about his mission to transform local food systems.
by Brink News
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LED-powered vertical farms will generate $6 billion by 2023 — and change the way Americans eat for the first time since WWII.
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To harvest water from the air, NexLoop seeks to pilot its AquaWeb prototypes with urban farms and greenhouses.
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Cannabis companies are hiring agriculture experts to grow newly legal businesses, but pitfalls such as organic labeling and big energy bills loom large.
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Dreaming Out Loud's new farm hopes to provide jobs, business incubation and more in a city ward that has often been overlooked.
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A two-acre farm in Detroit’s North End neighborhood offers free food, green space, and hope to the community.
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Four agricultural strategies that could help save Europe's agriculture and generate 320 billion Euro.
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Growing crops inside artificially lit, energy-intensive, high-tech containers negates the benefits of local agriculture.
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No longer underground, vertical farms, rooftop gardens and aeroponics are moving beyond their roots to whet the appetites of corporate food giants.
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Sensors studied water conditions in the field. Cloud-based data helped optimize harvests. These companies broke new ground.
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From Monsanto to Smithfield Foods to Safeway, a look at how food industry incumbents are swallowing a wave of change.
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Growing fresh produce in cities nourishes the citizens, provides revenue and saves on transportation. How can we wedge these gardens in?
by Emma Hansen
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Once a hobby for office-weary city dwellers, urban farming has become an important source of food in the U.S. and globally.
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The storied Motor City drove itself into a ditch. Can a new mayor and a seemingly unstoppable can-do spirit become a model for how to retrofit a city as a hotbed of sustainability?
by Joel Makower