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Free vertical farming newsletter here Time magazine once described malls as “pleasure domes with parking.” Malls in general, and strip malls in particular, are ubiquitous in suburban America. Built in the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s, during...

You know what’s great? Our free vertical farming newsletter. Sign up here. The winners of an international competition to revive a decaying World’s Fair landmark have re-envisioned it as a garden lofted high above ground. Architects Sarah Wan, 29...

You know what’s great? Our free vertical farming newsletter. Sign up here. It’s no wonder vertical farmers get so much flack when faulty architectural designs are at the heart of the public’s perception of vertical farms. When architect...

Let me start out by saying that this is actually one of the best critiques of vertical farming that’s out there. And I’m not surprised, the author, Stan Cox, works at the Land Institute, one of the most important groups for agricultural t...

Sign up for our free private newsletter for the latest vertical farming analysis and news. The “Impact Farm” is a 2 story DIY vertical farm that packs into a shipping container. Designed by Human Habitat’s Ronnie Markussen and Mikke...

Insiders get vertical farming updates sent straight to them. Lead the field, sign up for emails and exclusive content here. It’s a bit of a New Year’s chore going back through materials you saved over the past year. But sometimes, you str...

Insiders get vertical farming updates sent straight to them. Lead the field, sign up for emails and exclusive content here. As Spread factory pops 21,000 heads of lettuce out of its farm each day, we’re still looking for an answer to how vertic...

Author Kyle Simpson is the founder of Local Loop Farms, a startup turning food waste into fresh food through integrated ecosystems inspired by nature. To get more great content from the Urban Vertical Project and partners like Kyle, sign up here! Kyl...

Author Kyle Simpson is the founder of Local Loop Farms, a startup turning food waste into fresh food through integrated ecosystems inspired by nature. To get more great content from the Urban Vertical Project and partners like Kyle, sign up here! Kyl...

Get connected to the vertical farming content you want. Sign up to our email newsletter now! “Hell yeah I’m a botanist! Fear my botany powers!” – Mark Watney The newest space film The Martian predicts a future where plant knowledge is no...

Get connected to the vertical farming content you want. Sign up to our email newsletter now! “Hell yeah I’m a botanist! Fear my botany powers!” – Mark Watney The newest space film The Martian predicts a future where plant knowledge is no...

Make a personal connection with the vertical farming content you want. Sign up to our email newsletter now! This is just a generally good vertical farming article from a little more than a year ago that ran in Physics Today that I wanted to share. Or...

Insiders get vertical farming updates sent straight to them. Lead the field, sign up for emails and exclusive content here. Talking to people just like you, it’s clear that the first step is always the hardest on the road to building a vertical far...

Insiders get vertical farming updates sent straight to them. Lead the field, sign up for emails and exclusive content here. I know some of you are aghast: clutching your heads and reeling because this is the second post in a row where I haven’t...

Exclusive vertical farming content delivered straight to you? Sign up here. What do vertical farms have to do with video games? Maybe not too much, but there is one new tantalizing little crossover that has me excited, and I don’t even play vi...

Don’t want to miss out on the most important vertical farming news? Sign up for our free newsletter now! As two more new farms are taking off, NPR sketches the arguments for and against artificial lighting. We checked that out a little more in dept...

I mentioned this in a tweet, but there is a cool new vertical farming project named Isabel that’s traveling to Burning Man. A group of Silicone Valley-type dudes are putting together a project to showcase the potential resiliency of vertical fa...

Don’t want to miss out on the most important vertical farming news? Sign up for our free newsletter now! Succulents are one of the easiest plants to create a small-scale green wall with. I’ve pulled together some of the best info on succulents an...

Exclusive vertical farming content delivered straight to you? Sign up here. Imagine a system of sensors working together to eliminate waste at all food production sites. Those same sensors could send signals to change the growing environment to cre...

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