Singapore Airlines reinventing airplane food with produce from a vertical farmhttps://www.newsweek.com/singapore-airlines-aerofarm-1376378Agritech innovationshttps://cleantechnica.com/2019/04/03/future-farms-agritech-innovations-to-feed-a-changing-planet/Fraunhofer Reports Combining Farming With Solar 186% More Efficient In Summer Of 2018https://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/en/press-media/press-releases/2019/agrophotovoltaics-hight-harvesting-yield-in-hot-summer-of-2018.htmlhttps://cleantechnica.com/2019/04/12/fraunhofer-reports-combining-farming-with-solar-186-more-efficient-in-summer-of-2018/Editorial Comment: The Japanese have been combining agriculture with solar electricity for a decade or two now.The Circular Garden - a temporary pavilion made from mushrooms for Milan Design Weekhttps://carloratti.com/project/the-circular-garden/https://inhabitat.com/cra-grows-a-sustainable-pavilion-out-of-mushrooms-in-just-6-weeks/University of Toronto Scarborough & Centennial College developing Canada’s first net zero vertical farmhttps://utsc.utoronto.ca/news-events/our-community/u-t-scarborough-centennial-college-partnering-develop-canadas-first-net-zero-verticalhttps://www.treehugger.com/resilience/university-toronto-planning-net-zero-vertical-farm.htmlEditorial Comment: Good to see more people thinking about net zero in relation to vertical farming but Treehugger is correct to criticize the idea for using arable land instead of, say, brownfieldsOnline urban agriculture class from UMass begins May 20, 2019https://www.morningagclips.com/urban-agriculture-is-the-focus-of-new-online-class/https://onlinesustfoodfarm.com5000 square foot garden and apiary as Staten Island apartment house amenitieshttps://www.urbystatenisland.comhttps://inhabitat.com/this-apartment-building-in-staten-island-has-a-5000-square-foot-urban-farm/"Following in the footsteps of Toronto, San Francisco, Denver, and Portland, Oregon, all new residential and commercial buildings in the city [NYC] must top roofs with either plants, solar panels, mini wind turbines—or a combination of all three.”https://www.dwell.com/article/new-york-city-requires-green-roofs-on-new-buildings-ede4deb8Editorial Comment: The same act's "Dirty Building Bill" aims to slash the carbon emissions of all buildings over 25,000 square feet by 80% by 2050 through energy-saving solutions and retrofits such as installing better insulation.NYC’s eco-park PIer 35https://www.shoparc.com/projects/pier-35/https://inhabitat.com/nycs-new-eco-park-and-urban-beach-is-designed-to-help-clean-the-waterfront/Algae “biocurtains” from Photo.Synth.Etica absorb carbon from urban airhttps://www.photosynthetica.co.uk/urban-algae-cladhttps://www.core77.com/posts/88205/Could-Algae-Based-Biocurtains-Make-Our-Cities-Healthier?utm_source=core77&utm_medium=from_titleEngineers create plants that glow: Illumination from nanobionic plants might one day replace some electrical lightinghttp://news.mit.edu/2017/engineers-create-nanobionic-plants-that-glow-1213Growing food in the Arctic - polar permaculturehttps://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-environment-48257139/meet-the-arctic-farmer-hoping-to-make-his-town-more-sustainablehttps://www.polarpermaculture.com/tours
Solar microgrid powers indoor farmhttps://cleantechnica.com/2019/01/22/solar-microgrid-to-power-indoor-farm-all-year-round/https://boweryfarming.comGreenhouse on Mt Everest growing food at 13,100 feethttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/mount-everest-greenhouse-13100-feet-one-worlds-highest-gardens-180971318/Indigo Ag: "Harnessing nature to help farmers sustainably feed the planet. Indigo improves grower profitability, environmental sustainability, and consumer health through the use of natural microbiology and digital technologies.”https://www.indigoag.comPlanter Box House in Kuala Lumpur - gardens on every floorhttp://www.formzero.net/wp/2018/12/07/planter-box-house/https://www.archdaily.com/910200/planter-box-house-formzerohttps://inhabitat.com/brilliant-home-made-out-of-cascading-concrete-planter-boxes-grows-more-than-40-types-of-edible-plants/Eco-balcony - aquaponics for a balcony in Hanoi and other designshttp://farmingarchitects.com/eco-bancony/ban-cong-xanh/2/https://inhabitat.com/aquaponic-gardens-bring-life-to-an-unused-balcony-in-an-architects-office/Houseplant patent EULA [End User License Agreement]: "Asexual reproduction using scions, buds or cutting is strictly prohibited"https://boingboing.net/2019/02/05/houseplant-patent-eula-asex.htmlEditorial Comment: Who owns your DNA?Can agritecture make cities self-sufficient?https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2019/feb/09/can-agritecture-make-cities-self-sufficient-in-pictures"OGarden Smart can grow up to 90 fruits and veggies at once, so you can enjoy an abundance of super fresh food. Automatic watering makes using OGarden Smart virtually effortless, and the automatic low energy consumption LEDs simulate the perfect amount of sunlight, offering optimal year round growth."https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ogarden/ogarden-smart/descriptionSuperfarm “strives to recreate an ecosystem in an urban environment. Seaweed culture, beekeeping, insect farming, aquaponics and also various greenhouse cultivations and outdoor cultures, allow each living being to serve the growth of the others” powered entirely by renewableshttps://www.studionab.fr/superfarmhttps://inhabitat.com/superfarm-design-envisions-an-urban-vertical-farm-that-is-energy-self-sufficient/Brot - light that grows sprouts toohttps://www.thisisbrot.comLarge food-producing green roof for Tainan, Taiwanhttps://worldarchitecture.org/architecture-news/epngm/mvrdv-to-create-wavy-green-landscapedroof-for-a-vegetable-market-in-tainan.htmlhttps://inhabitat.com/mvrdv-designed-market-in-taiwan-will-grow-food-on-a-massive-green-roof/“…urban farming experts Square Roots and food distribution giant Gordon Food Service announced that the location of their partnership’s first urban farm campus will be in Wyoming, Michigan”https://cleantechnica.com/2019/03/26/square-roots-gordon-food-service-announce-first-urban-farm-campus-location/
Oasia Hotel Downtown, Singapore - a building growing green a year and a half after being finishedhttp://www.woha.net//#Oasia-Hotel-DowntownRestoration of Temperate House, UKs largest Victorian greenhousehttp://www.donaldinsallassociates.co.uk/projects/project/temperate-house-royal-botanic-gardenshttps://www.archdaily.com/901076/temperate-house-donald-insall-associateshttps://inhabitat.com/worlds-largest-victorian-glasshouse-receives-a-glorious-restoration/Greenbelly, a vertical grow wall infill design for urban food productionhttp://www.greenbelly.orghttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1903306293/greenbelly-vertical-urban-gardenhttps://www.facebook.com/GreenBelly.org/https://twitter.com/TheGreenBelly/https://www.treehugger.com/modular-design/greenbelly-avl-studio-camille-lassale.htmlBarangaroo House - 3 story restaurant and bar building edged with ornamental and edible plants https://www.archdaily.com/899710/barangaroo-house-collins-and-turnerhttps://www.collinsandturner.com/architecture/barangaroo-house/https://www.barangaroohouse.com.au80 Acres Farms building first fully automated indoor farm in Hamilton, OHhttps://www.forbes.com/sites/lanabandoim/2018/09/25/first-fully-automated-indoor-farm-being-built-in-ohio/#3ecf6f866404https://www.eafarms.com"Farmscape is the largest urban farming venture in the country. We design, install and manage urban farms, ranging from residential backyards to multi-acre agrihoods.”https://farmscapegardens.comSolar Foods - a Finnish start-up venture which will make food from electricity, water, hydrogen, and trace elements to feed microbes which have "a protein content of up to 60 percent and an amino acid composition similar to soybeans or algae"https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/solar-foods-readies-hydrogen-to-protein-pilot#gs.FA7TtcgCopenhagen rooftop farm to close because it has no parking?https://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-agriculture/copenhagens-famous-rooftop-farm-may-have-close-because-it-has-no-parking.htmlUrban forestry resources from Rocky Mountain Institute's Carbon-Free City Handbookhttps://rmi.org/insight/the-carbon-free-city-handbook-biological-resources/Algae Clad - “urban curtain” which "captures CO2 from the atmosphere and stores it in real-time: approximately one kilo of CO2 per day, equivalent to that of 20 large trees,” a photobioreactor in a digitally designed and custom made bioplastic container which uses daylight to feed the living micro-algal cultures and releases luminescence at nighthttps://www.photosynthetica.co.uk/urban-algae-cladhttps://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/algaeclad-photosynthetica-ecologicstudio.htmlRivendale Farms - Automated smaller acreage agriculture for a "boutique, cutting-edge farm, enabled by technology, that produces great food” with a billion dollar backerhttps://rivendalefarms.comhttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/13/technology/farm-technology-milkers-robots.htmlEditorial Comment: There are quite a few billionaires interested and investing in agriculture: Jeremy Grantham, Warren Buffett, whose son, Howard G. Buffett, earned his living as a farmer, Bill Gates and Melinda Gates through their foundation, Kat Taylor, wife of Tom Steyer, and many others.Osram’s Phytofy LED lighting system - tunable LEDs for horticultural research (and development)https://www.osram.com/pia/horticulture-products.jsphttps://inhabitat.com/this-high-tech-led-lighting-could-grow-veggies-in-space/
