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Association for Vertical Farming
http://www.vertical-farming.net/Last activity: 16.04.2024
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The Association for Vertical Farming is an internationally active nonprofit organization of individuals, companies, research institutions and universities focusing on advancing Vertical Farming technologies, designs and businesses.
Vision: Leading the Vertical Farming movement to facilitate healthy food, green jobs, environmental protection and climate change resilience – globally
What the AVF offers:
News on Vertical Farming industry & initiatives
Vertical Farming resources & tools
Design competitions & workshops
Annual AVF Summit
Exchange of research, knowledge, technology
Identify synergies and potential partnerships to shape a new industry
Monthly newsletter
What the AVF initiates:
Policy recommendations
Business collaborations
Demonstration projects
Technology partnerships
Data transparency
Vision: Leading the Vertical Farming movement to facilitate healthy food, green jobs, environmental protection and climate change resilience – globally
What the AVF offers:
News on Vertical Farming industry & initiatives
Vertical Farming resources & tools
Design competitions & workshops
Annual AVF Summit
Exchange of research, knowledge, technology
Identify synergies and potential partnerships to shape a new industry
Monthly newsletter
What the AVF initiates:
Policy recommendations
Business collaborations
Demonstration projects
Technology partnerships
Data transparency
Overview
Location
Czechia, Prague
Founded date
2013
Mentions in press and media 11
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| Dec 14, 2021 | Vertical farming is headed for the ‘trough of disillusionment.’ Here’s why that’s a good thing. | It’s October 15th, 2021 and my phone starts blowing up: “Did you see this!?” asks one vertical farming executive in a text. “AeroFarms’ SPAC fell through!” another journalist slides into my DMs, referencing the plan for the New Jersey-based... |
| Jul 2, 2020 | Vertical farming in LatAm: AgroUrbana closes $1m seed funding | Access to vertical farming technologies is deepening and widening across the world, bringing down the costs and hassle of locally producing anything from Singaporean strawberries to Arctic tomatoes. In Latin America, however, indoor vertica... |
| Sep 29, 2017 | ‘Corporate industrial food sucks’: Highlights from NYC AgTech Week 2017 | How can we grow more food in cities? That was the seemingly simple question tackled by innovators, developers, investors and thought-leaders in New York last week. And the proposed answers were anything but simple. Over the course of NYC Ag... |
| Jun 13, 2017 | 10 Online Platforms Helping Future Indoor Farmers | **This post, originally entitled 5 Online Platforms Helping Future Indoor Farmers and published on March 2, 2017, has been updated to include five more resources. Editor’s Note: Chris Powers is an entrepreneur, writer, and urban agriculture... |
| Jun 9, 2017 | Ag Industry Brief: Agrilyst Indoor Farming Survey Open, Climate Ventures 2.0 Cohort, Coca Cola Investing $1.7bn in India Ag, more | Agrilyst Releases State of Indoor Farming Survey In an attempt to gain a better insight about the current state of indoor farming, Agrilyst, which has developed an indoor farming software management platform, has teamed up with Cornell Univ... |
| Sep 1, 2016 | Indoor Ag Industry to Go Its Own Way Amid Debate on Organic Labeling | Organic food sales are booming. In 2015, the organic market posted a new record of over $43 billion in sales in the US alone. This represents an 11% increase over 2014, far surpassing the 3% annual growth rate of the total food market, acco... |
| Jun 27, 2016 | 4 Things Every Investor Should Know About Vertical Farming: Lessons Learned From AVF Summit | Editor’s Note: Chris Powers is an entrepreneur, writer, and urban agriculture evangelist who is on a mission to grow and promote environmental technologies. Here he offers his four key takeaways from the Association for Vertical Farming’s S... |
| Jun 6, 2016 | Illumitex and AVF Award Malaysian Community Design First Place in 2016 Vertical Farming Competition | Editor’s Note: Lorena Galvan works at Thought for Food, a global movement that engages and empowers university students from around the world in the mission of feeding 9 billion people by 2050. The organization partnered with the Associatio... |
| May 30, 2016 | Association for Vertical Farming to Reveal Sustainability Certification Scheme at Summit | The vertical farming industry, which practices growing food inside buildings or greenhouses, is likely to triple in size by 2017, according to the Association for Vertical Farming. While more developed than in Europe, the US still lags Japa... |
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FAQ about Association for Vertical Farming
When was Association for Vertical Farming founded?
Association for Vertical Farming was founded in 2013.
What has the press written about Association for Vertical Farming?
Parsers VC has collected 11 articles mentioning Association for Vertical Farming, among them “Vertical farming is headed for the ‘trough of disillusionment.’ Here’s why that’s a good thing.” (Dec 14, 2021) and “Vertical farming in LatAm: AgroUrbana closes $1m seed funding” (Jul 2, 2020).
Is Association for Vertical Farming still active?
Yes, Association for Vertical Farming is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Apr 16, 2024.