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The Middle East, covering almost 7.3 million km2 and with an estimated population of more than 500 million, is one of the world’s key regions. Yet it is also fraught with challenges. On top of the armed conflicts in some areas which are impacting the World Bank’s growth forecasts, there is also a rise in temperatures triggered by climate change which, in the last decade alone, has ...
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From the legendary Hanging Gardens of Babylon, built in the 6th century BCE during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (circa 605-562 BCE), to contemporary vertical farming, humanity has always sought creative solutions to cultivate greenery in limited spaces. The Hanging Gardens, a symbol of visionary engineering and an early intuition of harmony between humans ...
Greeneration, a modern vertical farm in Dubai, announces the addition of new locally grown premium customisable edible flowers, leaves, microgreens and rare products to its supplies, providing the HoReCa industry with access to high-quality and flavourful ingredients straight from the farm. ...
These products are designed to work in soil, hydroponic, aquaponic, aeroponic, DWC, vertical farming and CEA growing environments offering flexibility to ...
After an already first successful joint project for the National University of Singapore, both technology companies will now work together for indoor vertical farming projects. Urban Crop Solutions has since 2014, been active in the engineering, procurement, and construction of indoor vertical farming solutions for a broad ...
Urban Crop Solutions has been named the fourth Most Innovative company in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa by Fast Company. The only indoor farming company to be named in this category, it stood out for the launch of PharmSpeeTM – a platform enabling the use of plants, instead of animal cells or synthetic materials, for the production of ingredients for the ...
When setting up their first test facility they wanted their vertical farm to be as efficient as possible, but all available systems came with a high price tag. ...
IGS’ vertical farming systems offer a greater crop yield while recycling up to 95% of the water used, and have been designed to be used alongside and complement traditional farming methods. ...
Sustainable food producer OneFarm has announced its plans to deliver a 6,400m2 vertical farm in Newmarket, Suffolk, capable of growing up to 415 tonnes of food per annum to feed local people. ...
Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS) has secured a partnership with Potager Farm, a subsidiary of grocery-anchored real estate firm Greenman Group, to build the first retail park-based vertical farm in Germany. ...
IGS has secured a partnership with Eden Towers, the hyper-efficient vertical farming business, to power a commercial scale vertical farm in Western Australia to grow leafy greens, specialty crops and begin the development of indigenous crops to support the local indigenous community and enter new markets. ...
The winning SpaceBakery project is an interdisciplinary cooperative research project between seven partners, of whom, Urban Crop Solutions is the lead vertical farming technology and research partner. The objective of the consortium is to develop the next generation of bread products to support future space missions and aid the long-term survival of settlers on ...
The Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX) took place in St. Petersburg from 14th to 18th June 2021. The conference brought together several players in the international science and space exploration community. Urban Crop Solutions and partners were selected to present two projects of the 250 that were presented during the conference. The SpaceBakery project was awarded the first-place prize. ...
Black to the future (BTF) is a research project to develop an advanced mix of biological charcoal (biochar) and compost with the goal to reduce soil depletion, increase carbon capture, and improve yield quality. The biochar and compost are obtained from agricultural residues in a circular network where farmers are both feedstock producers and product end users. The co-maturation of this compost ...
Award winning Belgian vertical farming and contract research company, Urban Crop Solutions has retained Contain, Inc., to explore strategic options to elevate its status as a leading European technology player in the fast emerging global indoor farming space. ...
“By now, after all the investments, the biology works, the technology works, but the financials need to work as well for vertical farming to become truly sustainable,” said Tom Debusschere, CEO. ...
In collaboration with Urban Crop Solutions, IKEA is growing a variety of greens inside the container farm. The container farm is a product of UCS, enabling to grow a wide variety of greens in a CEA space. The pilot takes place at IKEA’s Malmö store in Sweden. Read more ...
He moreover possesses technical knowledge of a diverse range of solutions. Onto the question of why vertical farming, Filip responds “because it’s forward thinking and innovative – and a challenge. ...
GROWPIPES has developed a highly space-efficient, economically sustainable, and userfriendly vertical hydroponic system with a focus on building farms requiring minimal water use for efficient cultivation. ...
He joins UCS from the more traditional side of agriculture – having been raised on a dairy farm, which later transitioned into a large-scale Greenhouse operation. ...