This is a presentation on the University of Oregon Office of Sustainability's Grow Pod, a new initiative to bring indoor agriculture to campus. This presentation provides an overview of the indoor agriculture industry, with a focus on shipping container agriculture.
A prosperous and nutritionally secure drylands through demand-driven innovation ICRISAT
A prosperous and nutritionally secure drylands through demand-driven innovation
Presentation by ICRISAT Director General Dr. David Bergvinson at the CGIAR meeting in USA on 2 November 2015.
BIG IDEAS for partnerships in sustainable developmentICRISAT
ICRISAT has identified the biggest hurdles and opportunities critical for the
development of agriculture and agribusiness in the drylands.
The drylands cover 40% of the world’s land, where one-third of the people depend on agriculture and over 600 million of these people are among the poorest in the world. Climate change is also making the drylands a tougher environment to develop and survive.
The Brussels Development Briefing n. 59 on “Agroecology for Sustainable Food Systems” organised by CTA, the European Commission/EuropeAid, the ACP Secretariat, CONCORD and IPES-FOOD was held on Wednesday 15 January 2020 (9h00-13h00) at the ACP Secretariat, Avenue Georges Henri 451, 1200 Brussels.
The briefing brought various perspectives and experiences on agroecological systems to support agricultural transformation. Experts presented trends and prospects for agroecological approaches and what it implies for the future of the food systems. Successes and innovative models in agroecology in different parts of the world and the lessons learned for upscaling them were also discussed.
A prosperous and nutritionally secure drylands through demand-driven innovation ICRISAT
A prosperous and nutritionally secure drylands through demand-driven innovation
Presentation by ICRISAT Director General Dr. David Bergvinson at the CGIAR meeting in USA on 2 November 2015.
BIG IDEAS for partnerships in sustainable developmentICRISAT
ICRISAT has identified the biggest hurdles and opportunities critical for the
development of agriculture and agribusiness in the drylands.
The drylands cover 40% of the world’s land, where one-third of the people depend on agriculture and over 600 million of these people are among the poorest in the world. Climate change is also making the drylands a tougher environment to develop and survive.
The Brussels Development Briefing n. 59 on “Agroecology for Sustainable Food Systems” organised by CTA, the European Commission/EuropeAid, the ACP Secretariat, CONCORD and IPES-FOOD was held on Wednesday 15 January 2020 (9h00-13h00) at the ACP Secretariat, Avenue Georges Henri 451, 1200 Brussels.
The briefing brought various perspectives and experiences on agroecological systems to support agricultural transformation. Experts presented trends and prospects for agroecological approaches and what it implies for the future of the food systems. Successes and innovative models in agroecology in different parts of the world and the lessons learned for upscaling them were also discussed.
Valuing Our Food: Minimizing Waste and Optimizing Resources - The Scope of th...Steven M. Finn
This presentation addresses the scope and significance of the problem of global food waste - noting that a serious disconnect exists which allows nearly one billion people to go hungry while the world wastes one to two billion tons of food annually. Our values regarding food are well out of balance, and a global food system which creates such vast amounts of waste is in many ways dysfunctional. Industrialized nations display a “culture of abundance” which leads to massive amounts of food waste while the social, economic, and environmental costs of that waste get little mainstream attention. The current state of waste, pollution, and hunger is unsustainable. This presentation notes the importance of valuing our food and optimizing resource usage to prepare the world to handle nine billion people by 2050. While the nine billion by 2050 problem is a daunting challenge, it should also be viewed as a critical opportunity to unite the world with shared purpose to eradicate hunger, minimize environmental impact, and enhance global security through a collaborative global network driven by expertise and urgency. To facilitate this transition, the overall opportunity can be viewed – and addressed – as a series of linked opportunities. This is a journey the world must embrace – we have little choice but to rapidly adopt sustainability principles across the globe which involve minimizing food waste and optimizing resource use if we are to successfully support nine billion people by 2050.
This material was part of a presentation to the IRAS Conference (Institute of Religion in an Age of Science) at Silver Bay, NY on July 31, 2013.
Community Seed Banks ~ fao
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For more information, Please see websites below:
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Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
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Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
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Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
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Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
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Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
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City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
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Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
’Mainstreaming agrobiodiversity conservation and use in Sri Lankan agro-ecosy...Janathakshan Gte Ltd
Presentation by Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment
Technical Session 02: Climate Change Adaptation
Experience Sharing Forum on Climate Smart Initiatives of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Next – A blue Green Era – Conference and Exhibition 2017
16 – 17 October 2017, BMICH, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Environmental sustainability of family farming can be obtained by helping family farms to conserve and ensure the sustainable use of natural resources on their farms, namely water, land and biodiversity.
62414, 643 AMLocal Foods From Fad To Force And What It Mea.docxalinainglis
6/24/14, 6:43 AMLocal Foods: From Fad To Force And What It Means For The Food Industry | Michael Zacka
Page 1 of 2http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-zacka/local-foods-from-fad-to-f_b_5502757.html?page_version=legacy&view=print&comm_ref=false
Local Foods: From Fad To Force And What It Means For The
Food Industry
Across the country, farmers markets with local purveyors plying dirt-dusted produce and artisanal cheeses are a routine and
revered part of life during the spring-to-fall growing season. Their regulars advocate eating food produced closer to home, as it
tends to be fresher, healthier, tastier and easier on the environment than the shipped equivalents. And buying this way also
makes consumers feel good about supporting producers they know, who in turn invest in the local economy.
Not surprisingly, the number of farmers markets rose from 1,755 in 1994 to 8,144 last year, or more than 350 percent,
according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). And the trend has gone viral, as consumers are voting 'local' with their
dollars and having a profound influence on the nation's food systems. Their enthusiasm has led suppliers, grocers and
restaurants to change and adapt by adding locally produced goods to their offerings year-round.
Yet as the local foods movement grows, is it really better for us--and the environment?
A lot of U.S. consumers think so: 52
percent said buying locally grown produce
is more important than buying organics in a
2012 study by Mintel. They're also willing
to pay more for locally grown and
produced foods, notes research in
Ecological Economics, reported in Food
Navigator.
So retailers are giving consumers what
they want. Now placards that once listed
produce by price-per-pound boast detailed
descriptions of when, where and how the
item was grown. Even Wal-Mart, which
had food sales of $150 billion last fiscal
year and is the nation's largest fresh
produce retailer, according to CNBC, is
also going local. In spring 2013, the retailer
committed to double its local produce stock
by December 2015.
Restaurants are also subject to the trend.
The National Restaurant Association found
the lust for local foods dominated its 2014 "Top Food Trends" survey as "locally sourced meats and seafood" and "locally
sourced produce" earned the top two spots on the list. "'Hyper-local' food," including herbs and vegetables garden-grown by
restaurants onsite and "farm/estate-branded foods" came in at Nos. 6 and 10 respectively, while "environmental sustainability"
and "sustainable seafood" ranked third and eighth respectively, which fits the trend since food production methodology is part
and parcel of the local foods movement. And national chain restaurants, such as Chipotle and Subway, are committing to
buying local.
June 24, 2014
Posted: 06/17/2014 3:33 pm
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Valuing Our Food: Minimizing Waste and Optimizing Resources - The Scope of th...Steven M. Finn
This presentation addresses the scope and significance of the problem of global food waste - noting that a serious disconnect exists which allows nearly one billion people to go hungry while the world wastes one to two billion tons of food annually. Our values regarding food are well out of balance, and a global food system which creates such vast amounts of waste is in many ways dysfunctional. Industrialized nations display a “culture of abundance” which leads to massive amounts of food waste while the social, economic, and environmental costs of that waste get little mainstream attention. The current state of waste, pollution, and hunger is unsustainable. This presentation notes the importance of valuing our food and optimizing resource usage to prepare the world to handle nine billion people by 2050. While the nine billion by 2050 problem is a daunting challenge, it should also be viewed as a critical opportunity to unite the world with shared purpose to eradicate hunger, minimize environmental impact, and enhance global security through a collaborative global network driven by expertise and urgency. To facilitate this transition, the overall opportunity can be viewed – and addressed – as a series of linked opportunities. This is a journey the world must embrace – we have little choice but to rapidly adopt sustainability principles across the globe which involve minimizing food waste and optimizing resource use if we are to successfully support nine billion people by 2050.
This material was part of a presentation to the IRAS Conference (Institute of Religion in an Age of Science) at Silver Bay, NY on July 31, 2013.
Community Seed Banks ~ fao
`
For more information, Please see websites below:
`
Organic Edible Schoolyards & Gardening with Children =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851214 ~
`
Double Food Production from your School Garden with Organic Tech =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851079 ~
`
Free School Gardening Art Posters =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Increase Food Production with Companion Planting in your School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851159 ~
`
Healthy Foods Dramatically Improves Student Academic Success =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851348 ~
`
City Chickens for your Organic School Garden =
http://scribd.com/doc/239850440 ~
`
Simple Square Foot Gardening for Schools - Teacher Guide =
http://scribd.com/doc/239851110 ~
’Mainstreaming agrobiodiversity conservation and use in Sri Lankan agro-ecosy...Janathakshan Gte Ltd
Presentation by Ministry of Mahaweli Development and Environment
Technical Session 02: Climate Change Adaptation
Experience Sharing Forum on Climate Smart Initiatives of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Next – A blue Green Era – Conference and Exhibition 2017
16 – 17 October 2017, BMICH, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Environmental sustainability of family farming can be obtained by helping family farms to conserve and ensure the sustainable use of natural resources on their farms, namely water, land and biodiversity.
62414, 643 AMLocal Foods From Fad To Force And What It Mea.docxalinainglis
6/24/14, 6:43 AMLocal Foods: From Fad To Force And What It Means For The Food Industry | Michael Zacka
Page 1 of 2http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-zacka/local-foods-from-fad-to-f_b_5502757.html?page_version=legacy&view=print&comm_ref=false
Local Foods: From Fad To Force And What It Means For The
Food Industry
Across the country, farmers markets with local purveyors plying dirt-dusted produce and artisanal cheeses are a routine and
revered part of life during the spring-to-fall growing season. Their regulars advocate eating food produced closer to home, as it
tends to be fresher, healthier, tastier and easier on the environment than the shipped equivalents. And buying this way also
makes consumers feel good about supporting producers they know, who in turn invest in the local economy.
Not surprisingly, the number of farmers markets rose from 1,755 in 1994 to 8,144 last year, or more than 350 percent,
according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). And the trend has gone viral, as consumers are voting 'local' with their
dollars and having a profound influence on the nation's food systems. Their enthusiasm has led suppliers, grocers and
restaurants to change and adapt by adding locally produced goods to their offerings year-round.
Yet as the local foods movement grows, is it really better for us--and the environment?
A lot of U.S. consumers think so: 52
percent said buying locally grown produce
is more important than buying organics in a
2012 study by Mintel. They're also willing
to pay more for locally grown and
produced foods, notes research in
Ecological Economics, reported in Food
Navigator.
So retailers are giving consumers what
they want. Now placards that once listed
produce by price-per-pound boast detailed
descriptions of when, where and how the
item was grown. Even Wal-Mart, which
had food sales of $150 billion last fiscal
year and is the nation's largest fresh
produce retailer, according to CNBC, is
also going local. In spring 2013, the retailer
committed to double its local produce stock
by December 2015.
Restaurants are also subject to the trend.
The National Restaurant Association found
the lust for local foods dominated its 2014 "Top Food Trends" survey as "locally sourced meats and seafood" and "locally
sourced produce" earned the top two spots on the list. "'Hyper-local' food," including herbs and vegetables garden-grown by
restaurants onsite and "farm/estate-branded foods" came in at Nos. 6 and 10 respectively, while "environmental sustainability"
and "sustainable seafood" ranked third and eighth respectively, which fits the trend since food production methodology is part
and parcel of the local foods movement. And national chain restaurants, such as Chipotle and Subway, are committing to
buying local.
June 24, 2014
Posted: 06/17/2014 3:33 pm
787 people like this. Be the first of your friends.LikeLike
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Development aid should concentrate on initiatives to boost food security through small-scale family gardens instead of international food aid on which the most of the recipients remain totally dependent
Proceedings of the 2014 Summit on Seeds & Breeds for 21st Century AgricultureRAFI-USA
To address both the growing crisis in seed biodiversity and our global capacity to develop diverse seed and breed varieties, RAFI and the Coalition for Seeds and Breeds for 21st Century Agriculture organized the 2014 Summit on Seeds and Breeds for 21st Century Agriculture.
The event, which was held in Washington, DC in March of 2014 brought together plant breeders, experts on the seed industry, farmers, activists and academics representing ten universities, twelve civil society organizations and four seed collections to discuss the state of our global seed supply and develop recommendations for reinvigorating public breeding research and increasing seed availability in the country.
The Proceedings of the 2014 Summit on Seeds & Breeds for 21st Century Agriculture provide a compilation of the summit keynote papers, response papers, presentations and findings, as well as a summary of recommendations collaboratively developed by summit participants during discussion.
The publication includes the summit keynote papers authored by well-known plant breeders and researchers in the plant breeding field including:
• William Tracy, a sweet corn breeder with the University of Wisconsin;
• Major Goodman, a corn breeder and professor of crop science at North Carolina State University;
• Tommy Carter, a research geneticist and professor of crop science at North Carolina State University;
• David Ellis, the head of the Genebank Unit at the International Potato Center in Peru;
• Kathy Jo Wetter, Research Director of ETC Group’s Action Group on Erosion, Technology & Concentration;
• Michael Mazourek, a vegetable breeder and professor of plant breeding at Cornell University; and
• Charles Brummer, Senior V.P. Director of Forage Improvement at the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation.
Learn more: http://rafiusa.org/publications/seeds/
BENISON MEDIA is in business of Publishing “ Think Grain Think Feed ” – A Monthly magazine for feed and technology related to it. The magazine provides important information related to animal feed and Grain industry starting from feed crop production to feed additives and premixes, processing and storage technology for poultry, dairy and aqua sector.
It provides a comprehensive information on the market and industry, economic and policy issue, scientific advances, new products, latest technology and latest news and analysis on the development in Feed Industry. Our Feed & Grain magazine is circulated among Government officials, Feed industry, agriculture research and academics, feed millers, raw material traders, technology providers, integrator, cooperatives, veterinarians, embassies, trade associations, storage industry professionals, workers and rural institutions etc.
Fact sheet of the project Participatory research on adaptability of bean varieties to improve food and nutrition security: Context, objectives, location, partners, methodology, initial results and next steps. The Cauca climate-smart village (CSV) is led by Fundación Ecohabitats, with support from the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
Why dry areas should invest masively in innovation to ensure food securityCGIAR
For dry areas the core problem is that growing food requires much more water than all other uses combined, that is to say, in dry areas there just isn't enough water to grow food. The complex challenges facing dry areas cannot be solved with one silver bullet, but will require an
integrated approach involving sustainable natural resource management, crop and livestock genetic
improvement as well as socio-economic innovation.
Keynote speech made by Dr Frank Rijsberman at the Opening Ceremony of the Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture, Abu Dhabi, February 3, 2014.
Is slow food a marketing tool that could make change in the social economy? Could slow food build a market for local food from the middle and upper class work that extends to transforming school lunches?
Feed & Seed is a company located in Greenville, South Carolina. It's a collaborative effort from farmers, educators, policy makers, health experts, and many more to connect food from the farms to our tables.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
Francesca Gottschalk - How can education support child empowerment.pptxEduSkills OECD
Francesca Gottschalk from the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation presents at the Ask an Expert Webinar: How can education support child empowerment?
Synthetic Fiber Construction in lab .pptxPavel ( NSTU)
Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France. It marked the decline of absolute monarchies, the rise of secular and democratic republics, and the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary period is crucial in understanding the transition from feudalism to modernity in Europe.
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June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
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In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
Thesis Statement for students diagnonsed withADHD.ppt
19 0419 grow pod presentation
1. THE GROW POD
Thanks to the Food Studies Program and the ENVS
Interdisciplinary Environmental Sciences Seed Grant for
supporting the Grow Pod start-up and this event!
3. THE FUTURE OF FARMING?
https://www.ttnews.com/articles/container-farms-new-type-agriculture
4. Indoor Agriculture is “growing crops and
raising insects using hydroponic,
aquaponic, and aeroponic techniques in
warehouses, greenhouses, and
containers.”
-The Promise and Perils of Shipping Container
Agriculture, Newbean Capital
6. LED LIGHTING - IMPROVED EFFICIENCY AND DECREASED COSTS
Diagram from The Promise and Perils of Container Farming,
by Newbean Capital
7. Shanghai port shipped more than 40 M TEUs in 2018 1
TEU = Twenty-foot equivalent unit
http://marinebharat.com/shanghai-worlds-largest-port-breaks-container-record/
11. Kitchen on the Run, Europe
https://kitchenontherun.org/en/
12. According to Newbean Capital,
“the software company Intuit
forecasts that 40% of the US
workforce will be contingent
workers by 2020.”
THE GIG
ECONOMY
Image: https://hbr.org/2018/03/thriving-in-the-gig-
economy
13. WHY CONTAINER FARMING NOW?
➤ Large supply of inexpensive containers (20 million per year)
➤ Lighting technology has improved and costs have decreased
dramatically
➤ Relatively low cost entry to farming (cheaper than buying
land)
➤ Appealing to entrepreneurial types
21. Freight Farms, Sodexo, Clark University
“On harvest days I deliver the lettuce around 10:30, lunch service starts at 11, so students are getting produce
that was harvested just a half an hour ago.” — Nick Pagen, Sodexo Student Farmer at Clark University
https://www.freightfarms.com/clark-university
22. CLARK UNIVERSITY
➤ https://www.freightfarms.com/education#campus
➤ Clark University partnered with Sodexo (the company that runs campus food services) to buy a
“Leafy Green Machine” from Freight Farms
➤ Freight Farms founders are Clark U. alumni
➤ Farm opened in January 2016
➤ Location: Farm is 100 yards from the dining hall
“Sustainability is a core value at Clark, and is incorporated into every aspect of student life on campus.
Clark was the first university in Massachusetts to sign on to the Real Food Challenge, a student-run
organization determined on sourcing 20% of all food sold on campus from local, ecologically-sound,
humanely raised or fair trade vendors by 2020.”
"The response has been terrific, and it's always the first kind of lettuce we run out of at the salad bar. It
also goes quickly at our retail operation where we have it as a grab and go option. Students are given a
choice between mesclun mix and Freight Farms lettuce, and 90% of the time they choose the Freight
Farms lettuce as the base of their salad. We feed around 1,000 people at lunch and 1,000 people at
dinner, and I would estimate that the salad bar is visited by several hundred students per day.”
23. Second Harvest Heartland, Minneapolis, Minnesota
We are delighted with the year of learning. We have modified what crops to grow and techniques. It continues to inspire. I don't
see that changing. We are going to stay in container until we decide to scale.” — Bob Branham, Second Harvest Heartland
24. SECOND HARVEST
HEARTLAND
In Minnesota, access to fresh
produce is the most difficult part of
the food supply chain for food
banks.
The farm started in early 2018.
Since then, it has inspired Pillsbury
United, a local community kitchen,
to start up their own operation.
Plans are in the works to scale up
to larger indoor growing in the
warehouse.
https://www.freightfarms.com/blog/good-vibes
25. SECOND HARVEST HEARTLAND CONTAINER FARM
“The cost of transportation to
source leafy greens from
southern states is prohibitive,
and the short shelf life…
[limits] the programs we are
able to get these foods to while
they are still fresh.”
—Bob Branham, Director of
Produce Strategy at Second
Harvest
27. INDUSTRY CONSULTANTS:
AGRICTECTURE
“When the agritecture.com blog was founded in 2011,
it aimed to discover new forms of urban agriculture and
share them with the world in order to inspire a new
generation of ‘agritects’...Following consistent
inquiries from curious entrepreneurs, a new idea also
emerged from this simple Tumblr blog: a technology-
agnostic consulting business designed to accelerate the
work of urban agriculture entrepreneurs.
Agritecture Consulting was founded in 2014. Through
feasibility studies and other service offerings, we
provide our clients with the tools, data, knowledge, and
network to ensure their success. We consult globally
and are based in New York City. Agritecture
Consulting’s expertise is in controlled environment
agriculture (CEA) including hydroponic greenhouses
and vertical farms. Agritecture also designs rooftop,
hydroponic, and amenity agriculture solutions. Our
greatest strengths are our interdisciplinary team, global
data, and robust methodology.”
29. ➤ Importance of training
farmers
➤ Educating potential
customers
➤ Education as important
part of marketing to
equipment buyers
➤ Farms as part of
university curriculum and
co-curricular activities
https://www.agritecture.com/blog/2019/4/9/the-healing-powers-of-plants
EDUCATION AND
TRAINING
30. BENEFITS/APPEAL/OPPORTUNITIES
➤ Hyper local produce - reduced transportation and fresh food
➤ Allows grow crops that don’t ship or store well
➤ Containers can fit in around the edges of existing development
➤ Attracts new types of people to the farming industry
➤ Sometimes cheaper to start up a container farm than buy land
➤ High level of control over growing variables
➤ Appealing from a marketing and engagement perspective
➤ Might help re-localize agricultural systems
➤ Opportunities for urban dwellers to participate in growing food
31. CHALLENGES/CRITIQUE/LIMITATIONS
➤ Overstating production, economics, etc.
➤ Rapidly changing industry
➤ Hard to compare operations because all are unique
➤ Inputs/outputs compared to land based ag - energy, water,
materials, etc.
➤ Does indoor ag perpetuate a disconnect from the land or
create new connections?
32. RECENT AND CURRENT RESEARCH
Specht, Kathrin & Siebert, Rosemarie, et al. (2014). Urban agriculture
of the future: An overview of sustainability aspects of food production
in and on buildings. Agriculture and Human Values.
➤ A lit review of 96 publications related to ZFarming
➤ Identifies opportunities, constraints, possibilities, and existing trends in
agriculture in and on buildings for food and nonfood plant production
Wylie Goodman, Jennifer Minner, Will the urban agricultural
revolution be vertical and soilless? A case study of controlled
environment agriculture in New York City, Land Use Policy, Volume
83, 2019, Pages 160-173
➤ Published in April 2019
➤ Includes a brief lit review of controlled environment agriculture as relates
to urban planning and urban agriculture
33. THE GROW
POD AT THE
UNIVERSITY
OF OREGONFind the grow pod video and shipping
container precedent study at
https://sustainability.uoregon.edu