Key stats: 815 million: the number of people on the planet who suffer from hunger, 1 in 3 from malnourishment 70%: the amount global food production must increase to meet population growth demands by 2050 2/3: the fraction of [...]
[Square Roots]The urban farming startup created by Kimbal Musk — Elon’s brother — lets you scan your produce to see where it came from. Take a look inside. jessica Tyler and Aria Bendix Dec. 19, 2018, 10:00 AM Square Roots farmers sell [...]
[Freight Farms, Tiger Corner Farms]Container Farms: A New Type of Agriculture A forklift truck picks up a container at the Freight Farms production facility. (Freight Farms) Innovators within the produce industry are breaking the boundaries of food production — [...]
NEW YORK – In sunny California, Elon Musk is upending America's auto and space industries. And here, in a cold, gritty section of Brooklyn, his brother Kimbal has embarked on a project that's just as significant in its own way: Trying to [...]
The world’s first underground farm opens for tours in London If you’re heading to London and fancy taking in a tour with a difference, you can now visit the world’s first underground farm. The fully-working Growing Underground farm is located [...]
On rooftops and in tunnels, city farms lead food revolution Salad plants are already being grown in old bomb shelters but floating dairy farms and 16-storey food towers could be next James Tapper Sun 10 Feb 2019 07.00 GMT Last modified [...]
A new, smarter way to farm Introducing the CropBox Urban farming It's a completely turn key agricultural system without worries about the weather, pests, heating prices or water. By growing the equivalent of an acre of field grown crops or [...]
