Flat Packed, Vertical Farming Urban Agriculture
It is hard to over emphasize the importance of nature in our urban environments. Check out this article highlighting not just the environmental benefits but also the economical benefits of trees in our cities!
Tibbets says: “i-Tree is a real opportunity to finally put a valuation on London’s tree resource and financial value is something that everybody can understand.”
At Plantimate we want to promote sustainable vertical plant growth to as many people as possible. Check out this great way to introduce vertical garden plant life into your life. It can be scaled to cover small or large wall areas. Plant types can be selected for a variety of climates and included is a helpful list of plant types categorized in relation to their tolerance to shade!
Plantimate aims to eliminate the need for pesticides. However on the larger scale pesticides can still be necessary evil so check out some inspirational work being done by Agrospheres in reducing the impact of these pesticides in the growing process!
AgroSpheres aims to solve these problems. Developed by University of Virginia students Zach Davis, Joseph Frank, Payam Pourtaheri, Ameer Shakeel and Sepher Zomorodi, AgroSpheres is an enzyme delivery system that allows farmers to degrade pesticides on their crops in a matter of hours instead of days. Soon the startup will also be able to protect crops from frost damage.
