AeroFarms

Learn More About Our Work with Dell to Scale IoT Farming Technologies

From left to right, AeroFarms Co-founders Dr. Ed Harwood (CSO), David Rosenberg (CEO) and Marc Oshima (CMO) Source: delltechnologies.com The modern farm. Transformed. Feeding an ever-growing global population while conserving valuable natural resources will be one of society’s greatest challenges in the coming years and decades. AeroFarms innovates with commercial-scale indoor farming that disrupts traditional growing …

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Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies

AeroFarms has been named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2018. Of the thousands of companies evaluated, AeroFarms was named one of the Top 10 Innovative Companies in Food. AeroFarms is a vertical farming company that operates inside a converted steel warehouse in Newark, New Jersey. Its thousands of trays of seeds grow

IKEA and top chef David Chang round out financing for $40 million Series D round

“We have built a world-class organization that has expertise in all aspects of horticulture, biology, engineering, automation, machine vision, building systems, food safety, and nutrition to manage the growing process from seed to package for a truly differentiated product. We are as much a capabilities organization as we are farmers, vertically integrated to give us

The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research Awards $1 Million Grant to AeroFarms for Research to Improve Quality of Leafy Greens

Posted on September 7, 2017 The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR), a nonprofit organization established through bipartisan congressional support in the 2014 Farm Bill, today announced a Seeding Solutions grant awarded to AeroFarms, a leading indoor vertical farming company with global headquarters in Newark, New Jersey. AeroFarms will match the Foundation’s grant for

NowThis – AeroFarms 360 Tour

AeroFarms in Newark, NJ grows over 2 million pounds of greens a year without sunlight, soil or pesticides, making it the world’s largest indoor vertical farm. See how they do it in 360° VR. #Gear360

The Future of Farming May Not Involve Dirt or Sun

  AeroFarms co-founders Marc Oshima (left) and David Rosenberg. CREDIT: Ellise Verheyen PUBLISHED ON: JUN 14, 2017. By Kevin J. Ryan Farming uses copious amounts of water–70 percent of all freshwater consumed is used for agriculture, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, only about half of which can be recycled after using. It also requires huge

Vertical Farming Takes Agriculture to New Heights

August 4, 2016 In order to feed the world’s growing population, we need to constantly rethink agriculture. That’s where vertical farming comes in. Vertical farming — essentially, multistory greenhouses — uses 90% less land than traditional farming, while harvesting 80% more per unit of area. In this episode of #RippleEffect, we look at AeroFarms, a

Newark-based company feeds local appetite for fresh produce

By Vince Baglivo Newark’s Ironbound section is a highly regarded dining and food destination. It is also home to AeroFarms, the world’s largest indoor vertical farm, currently under construction on Rome Street. While the facility is being completed in time for a grand opening scheduled for later this year, AeroFarms, the company behind this new way

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