Topic
urban farming
From the archive
Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Precision & digital, GlobalVertical farming: advantages, challenges and urban crop cultivationExplains how vertical farms grow crops in stacked layers under controlled conditions, which crops suit them, and the trade-off between land and water savings and high energy and set-up costs.
- Soil, water & climate, GlobalIs permaculture possible in an urban environment?Explains how permaculture principles can be scaled down for cities, the benefits and challenges, and examples from Baltimore and San Francisco.
- Precision & digital, GlobalThe future of hydroponics and aquaponicsHydroponics and aquaponics recycle water to grow food without soil, and LED lighting, vertical farming, automation and AI are improving them, though start-up costs remain high.
- Precision & digital, Global7 amazing reasons why vertical farming is the future of agricultureMakes the case for vertical farming, citing year-round indoor growing, higher output per acre, shorter supply chains and less need for pesticides.