Newsletter # 28 Vertical farming
Strawberries, Organic and the many unanswered questions on VF...........
Hello again. We have been busy the last couple of weeks on so many things. But here again the newsletter on the status and future of vertical farming.
This week:
What is happening in strawberry development in vertical farms?
Hydroponics and the discussion on organic.
10 years of VF; some unanswered questions.
Hope you enjoy it. You can find earlier newsletters here, you can follow us on Twitter and please ….. :
Meet Oishii, the Tesla of strawberries that could upend the $1.3 trillion produce market (by FastCompany)
What cofounders Hiroki Koga and Brendan Somerville figured out that every other vertical-farming startup missed.
Smackdown: Hydroponic vs. Soil-Based Organic Growing (by Growing Produce)
Sustainable-minded growers have been locked in an argument the past few years over whether or not hydroponic or aquaponics systems of growing could ever be considered organic.
Enough with the vertical farming fantasies: There are still too many unanswered questions about the trendy practice (by Salon)
Five-plus years after the publication of Dickson Despommier's book The Vertical Farm: Feeding Ourselves and The World in the 21st Century, his dream — originally conceived as the production of food in the interior of tall urban buildings — is gaining momentum, despite many unanswered questions about its feasibility.
See you next time.
The Real Plant team
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