Urban Agriculture

Aquaponics and other indoor ag systems rely on access to water and energy, not soil or seas. Siting them near existing distribution hubs or industrial parks makes plenty of sense. Read More

Vertical farms, with their hyperlocality and ability to quickly grow new crops, can step in to fill retail shelves when traditional farms falter. Read More

The story that indoor farming could potentially produce dramatic environmental gains is largely fictional today, but innovators are working to bring truth to the tale in a not-so-distant future. Read More

What’s implausible in 2020 may be plausible by mid-century. Read More

Vertical farms can help produce food close to urban areas, but plant factories require a staggering amount of energy. Read More

But the broader agricultural world can learn much from how those operations use data. Read More

From high-tech indoor farms in France and Singapore to mobile apps connecting urban growers and eaters in India and the United States, here are more than a dozen initiatives using tech, entrepreneurship, and social innovation to change urban agriculture. Read More

The island-state imports most of its food, but is threatened by crop yields and policy changes around the world. Read More

Cuba offers interesting lessons for how to develop urban agriculture, including government-allocated land and agroecological methods that deliver high yields and diverse crops in small spaces. Read More

Here are some of the promising ventures being backed by the likes of Tyson, Campbell Soups and Danone. Read More