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The Airline That Offers the Freshest, Farm-Grown Produce at 30,000 Feet

Your Singapore Airlines flight just elevated in-flight fare with sustainably grown farm-to-table cuisine. BY SINGAPORE AIRLINES OCTOBER 1, 2019 In a facility in Newark, New Jersey, in highly customizable, oxygenated chambers, beneath the encouraging glow of LED lights are rows of greens. Lots and lots of leafy, spicy, boldly flavored greens. This is AeroFarms, which …

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Is This the Start of the Farm-to-Airplane-Seatback-Table Movement?

Singapore Airlines is now offering locally sourced, vertically grown vegetables to long-flight business class passengers. By: Amy Reiter It has been years since the farm-to-table movement first took off, but now it is taking flight in an entirely new — and very literal — way. Singapore Airlines has partnered with AeroFarms, an agtech company in Newark,

I Just Took the World’s Longest Non-Stop Flight. Here’s What It Was Like

Singapore Air’s business class experience from NYC promises 19 hours of in-flight happiness. Does it deliver? BY JASON H. HARPER ON NOVEMBER 5, 2019 There’s not enough moisturizer in the universe. That’s my first thought when I consider taking the world’s longest non-stop flight. My skin is going to take a beating. Long-haul flights are not uncommon

Singapore Airlines Is Redefining Fresh Airline Food

by JESSICA PUCKETT October 17, 2019 Singapore Airlines’ flight from New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport to Singapore’s Changi Airport is already the world’s longest flight (at almost 19 hours). But this month, the route scooped up another (unexpected) superlative: the flight that serves the freshest airline food in the world. Last week, Singapore Airlines launched a new “farm-to-plane” menu on

AeroFarms Named One of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2019

Today, TIME revealed its annual list of the 100 Best Inventions that are making the world better, smarter and even a bit more fun, among which is AeroFarms, one of six winners in the Food & Drink category and the only farming company included on this year’s list. AeroFarms is on a mission to grow

Singapore Airlines, one of the most ritzy airlines in the world, is partnering with a high-tech urban farm to make sure it serves the best meal on every flight. Take a look inside the futuristic operation.

Singapore Airlines is about to launch a new “farm-to-plane” dining program, using vegetables grown at a local farm in Newark, New Jersey, in dishes on board its flights from the New York City area. AeroFarms, the company supplying the greens, is a high-tech “vertical farm,” which uses a controlled climate, LED lights, and a new

Urban Agriculture Grant to AeroFarms

  Celebration and Announcement We look forward to seeing you at 3:00 at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Whitten Building. Please arrive a few minutes early to go through security. In addition to our short speaking program, attendees will have the opportunity to experience a demonstration of AeroFarms technology and products, including samples. Please use

AeroFarms raises $100m as investors rush to indoor farms

Lindsay Fortado in New York and Emiko Terazono in London JULY 8, 2019 AeroFarms, the US indoor farming company, has raised $100m to further expand its warehouses of stacked growing trays and branch out into different produce. The 15-year-old New Jersey-based company is one of the pioneers of indoor farming, where vegetables are grown without pesticides, under

The Future of Innovation in NJ and Across the Nation

THINK TANK WITH STEVE ADUBATO 09/07/2019 | 26m 45s A panel of innovation experts talk about new and emerging technologies being used in New Jersey and across the nation that have the potential to not only treat, but cure disease. Guests Include: Kate Merton, PhD, JLABS @ New York-Boston-Philadelphia David S. Perlin, PhD, Hackensack Meridian

The Future of Farming? No Sun, No Soil, But Lots of Data

Humans have farmed for thousands of years, but do we have any idea what we’re doing? Maybe not, said David Rosenberg, co-founder and CEO of AeroFarms, the U.S.-based vertical farming start-up, speaking at the Fortune Global Sustainability Forum in Yunnan, China on Thursday morning. “I’ve learned how ignorant we are about how to make plants

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