Why the Future of Farming is in Cities – The Big Money in Vertical Farming

• By thegreenbunk
• December 7, 2019August 5, 2021
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You’ll be seeing more and more high tech farms popping up in cities.

As the population grows, and we run out of farming land, along with climate change, the future of farming is to bring them into our cities. Creating high tech vertical farms that use aeroponics or hydroponics.

From an underground farm in London, to a Japanese office building with a rice paddy field. Across the world people and companies are investing in creating new ways and technology to provide a more sustainable future.

Big name investors include Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Leonardo DiCaprio, and even the former McDonalds CEO Don Thompson. All pushing the technology of farming and agriculture forward.

Companies highlighted in this video include: AeroFarms, Growing Underground, Square Roots (who have Kimbal Musk, brother of Elon Musk, as a co-founder), the Open Agriculture Initiative, Persona Group, Farm One, Bowery, Plenty, Impossible Foods, and Beyond Meat.

CREDITS
– Select AeroFarm Footage: (CC) by Futurism Originals (https://youtu.be/BrTuuepEYsQ)
– Selected Farm One Photographs: Farm One and Sarah Blesener
– Persona Group office images: By design firm Kon Designs

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