Buying lettuce and herbs from the grocery store can be incredibly frustrating. You want to eat healthy and consume greens on the daily, but too often, items like cilantro, basil, arugula, and romaine are wilted within a day or two. Sometimes, they’re already lifeless at the grocery store! How quickly leafy greens go bad is not only a problem for customers and grocery stores (they … Continue reading Check Out This Grocery Store Mini Farm for Fresh Greens

The United Arab Emirates has an arid, desert climate, and therefore, this region imports about 85 percent of its fresh produce. To increase food security and sovereignty in this region, Crop One, a vertical farm company, and Emirates Flight Catering partnered to open the world’s largest vertical farm for growing fresh leafy greens. Officially opened today, the 330,000 square-foot facility (called ECO 1) is capable … Continue reading The World’s Largest Vertical Farm Opens in Dubai

Composting has been a top solution for waste management for biodegradable materials that do not need to be sent to the landfill. However, the issue with this solution is that simply not enough people do it. Most of us are familiar with the natural composting process, where it typically takes a few months for food scraps and other natural products to fully decompose. Now, thanks … Continue reading The Composter of the Future Processes Food Waste in Only 5 Hours

Basil thrives in sunny, warm climates, and therefore, it can be difficult to grow in Northern Europe. Future Crops, a Dutch-Israeli vertical farm company, has managed to produce a vertically-grown basil variety with high yields and longer shelf life to meet the high demands for the herb in Europe. The proprietary basil seeds were developed through natural breeding (without genetic modifications or editing) at the … Continue reading Future Crops Cultivates High Yield Basil With Extended Shelf Life