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Neighborhood Improvement through Urban Farming, Cultivated Eel, Using Human Hair to Grow Crops, and MORE! | 🌿Vertical Farming Weekly - September 23, 2022

Neighborhood Improvement through Urban Farming, Cultivated Eel, Using Human Hair to Grow Crops, and MORE! | 🌿Vertical Farming Weekly - September 23, 2022

A few months ago for Black History Month, we talked about how Africans (and thus African Americans) are responsible for many of the advancements and current practices in agriculture. But what are Black decedents contributing to agriculture today?

One of the unfortunate realities for many Americans (especially those in communities of color) is the sheer lack of healthy, fresh, and affordable food. Jamila Norman, a first generation immigrant, immediately noticed this problem after moving to a Black neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia. You can read this article to learn how Jamila brought positive change to her neighborhood using her family's background in agriculture.

Speaking of people of color, Happy National Hispanic Heritage Month!

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This Week in Vertical Farming

More than 20 vertical farming companies commit to sustainable food system

Israel’s Forsea Foods is “First to Cultivate Eel” Using Organoid Technology

BioBetter Lands USD10M Funding to Relieve Cultivated Meat's Bottleneck Using Tobacco Plants

InnovaFeed nabs $250M to extend its vertical insect farms to the US

Company's vertical-farming technology enables it to produce algae from clean energy

Using human hair to create hydroponic growing media

Microalgae promise abundant healthy food and feed in any environment

Grocers Focus More on Responsible Sourcing, Vertical Farms

In case you missed it...

Season 5 Episode 65 - Helping Indoor Farms Grow More Sustainably, My Startup Journey, and the Joys of Entrepreneurship with VegBed's Albert Lin

Founder and CEO of VegBed, Albert Lin joins the show today to share the work he’s doing to create a better and easier way to use growing medium for the hydroponic community. Albert speaks to his experience as an early stage startup operations expert, the entrepreneurial mindset he has cultivated and the biggest piece of advice he would give to founders.

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