DESIGNED FOR THE FUTURE: STIMULATING DEBATE IN CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE
Can we really feed 40,000 people with a 'SkyFarm'? Or will everyone in London have a 'Personal Food Computer' by 2040? These are the sorts of provocative questions being posed ahead of the upcoming Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) conference.
Scale Microgrid Solutions and Schneider Electric Power Indoor Farming Company Fifth Season to Deliver Reliable and Sustainable Food
Microgrid features Scale Microgrid Solution's standardized modules, including a rooftop solar array, natural gas generator and a lithium-ion battery energy storage system.
Barilla Foundation: "An Urgent Rethink of the Global Food System Is Needed"
-Global food systems generate $12 trillion of hidden costs, from environmental damage to public health
-Revolutionizing current agri-food systems would bring economic returns of around $5.7 trillion, creating new business opportunities of up to $4.5 trillion each year by 2030 and creating environmental and health benefit
Terramera Raises US$45 Million to Reduce Synthetic Chemicals in Agriculture by 80%
Company adds veteran leader Carl Casale; set to transform agriculture and achieve 2030 goal of reducing global synthetic chemical loads in agriculture by 80%
High consumer expectations, low levels of appreciation make it tough to be a farmer, finds new research
Farmers should care most about "providing safe, healthy, abundant and affordable food," said a majority of survey takers. Yet those same respondents would prefer their food come from smaller/specialty, local or organic farms-which can't necessarily compete on cost.
Could Sustainable Agriculture be the Solution to Climate Change
While conventional plant cultivation practices cause climate change, deforestation, loss of biodiversity and ecosystem degradation, this is not the case with sustainable agriculture.
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