Our friends at Indoor Ag-Con like to trial new approaches at their events; they’ve featured everything from specially commissioned indoor ag adult coloring books to a series of industry white papers. One of their more frequent requests of late has been for a space for participants to share their own ideas with fellow indoor ag enthusiasts. […]
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Attend an upcoming Indoor Ag-Con event if you are looking to learn about new technologies and network with the key players in the indoor agriculture industry. When Nicola Kerslake, founder of Newbean Capital, started Indoor Ag-Con in 2013, she was interested in becoming a provider of capital to the indoor agriculture industry. “Part of the […]
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By Jacob Eisenberg, Editor of Agri-Futures This year’s Indoor Ag-Con Asia, hosted in Singapore, was filled with idea’s, innovators and enthusiasts alike — all eager to hear new promises and perils of indoor farms and vertical farming from around the world. For a fairly nascent industry, there was a strange aura that made it difficult to separate the inspiring […]
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The indoor agriculture industry has grown rapidly as consumer demand for fresh, local produce anytime, anywhere is forcing shifts in global supply chains. Indoor Ag-Con is the premier event covering the technology of growing crops in indoor systems, using hydroponic, aeroponic and aquaponic techniques. It is returning to Singapore for the third time in January […]
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Indoor Ag-Con – the indoor agriculture industry’s premier conference – will be returning to Las Vegas for the fifth year on May 3-4, 2017 to discuss the prospects for this increasingly important contributor to the global food supply chain. Indoor agriculture – growing crops using hydroponic, aquaponic and aeroponic techniques – has become popular as […]
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NEW YORK, NY. (April 5, 2016) — Indoor agriculture is one of the fastest-growing sectors in the US as a combination of consumer demand for year-round fresh produce, the partial legalization of medical marijuana and technology advances in lighting and automation drive growth. Indoor Ag-Con – the US indoor agriculture industry’s leading conference – will […]
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LAS VEGAS, NV. (February 3, 2016) — Indoor agriculture is one of the fastest-growing parts of global farming as it aids in tackling issues of drought and offers local fresh produce year-round to consumers. Indoor Ag-Con – the US indoor agriculture industry’s leading conference – will be hosting its 4th Annual Indoor Ag-Con in Las Vegas, NV […]
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Leading US Indoor Agriculture Conference Partners with Microsoft to DiscussPlant Factories, AgTech At Its First Asia Event SINGAPORE. (October15, 2015) —As it offers solutions to drought, food supply chain challenges and the scarcity of new farmland, indoor agriculture is one of the fastest-growing aspects of global farming. Indoor Ag-Con –the US indoor agriculture’s industry’s […]
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Have you registered for this event yet? You should! INVITATION TO JOIN US AT INDOOR AG-CON NEW YORK We wanted to encourage you to join us at an upcoming event; Indoor Ag-Con New York. Indoor Ag-Con hosts events about indoor agriculture; growing produce and raising fish using hydroponic, aquaponic and aeroponic techniques in greenhouses, warehouses […]
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In August of 2014 I was burned out. The previous twenty years of my life were marked by a career as a software-licensing business development manager; half of this time spent with tech behemoth Hewlett Packard. My ‘field’ positions consisted of all-things corporate; like long days and nights on the road far from home and […]
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Urban Ag News Issue 10 Click here to download the issue. Urban Ag News is celebrating its 10th issue with a jam-packed magazine filled with practical production information and timely industry news. Every business today uses some type of technology even if it’s just for accounting and product inventory purposes. Urban Ag News celebrated the […]
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The 2015 Indoor Ag-Con Las Vegas was (like always) an excellent event. It was a chance to hear from business leaders from outside the industry, leaders from within the industry as well as (many) new comers and innovative thinkers with goals of revolutionizing the world of fresh produce. There were two presentations that I really […]
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Its Sunday evening and I am on a flight headed to Las Vegas, Nevada. Fortunately, I will be skipping the Strip, the mega hotels and the casinos. Instead I will be headed downtown for a intense week at Indoor Ag-Con. My week will include being a judge at the Agritecture Workshop with Dr. Dickson Despommier, […]
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The next few of months are shaping up to be an amazing spring if you are interested in learning about opportunities, ideas, innovations, inspirations and techniques that will ultimately shape the way we grow, ship and eat fresh produce. UrbanAgNews.com will take complete advantage of these opportunities by attending 3 events that focus on innovation […]
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