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Home Town Farms Solves Skyrocketing Food Costs

How vertical, urban, organic farming provides high quality, affordable food that is good to eat and good for the planet.READ»

Eat-onomics: The Ten Most Inspiring People in Sustainable Food

The way America eats has to change, that's no secret. Thanks to the efforts of these 10 trailblazers, that change might be closer than we think.READ»

What Will Farming Look Like in 2050?

As it stands, Big Agriculture companies like Monsanto dominate the farming industry with their patented, genetically-engineered crops. The burgeoning organic movement has slowly shifted the tide, but it's still hard to imagine a day ...READ»

Valcent Takes Vertical Farming to the Zoo

Vertical farming is often hailed as a solution for producing locally-sourced food in tight spaces (i.e. cities), but Valcent Products is taking the concept to an unlikely location: the zoo. Valcent's first installation of its ...READ»

Li Edelkoort: Famous Trendspotter

Whether it's our impending obsession with veils and turbans or our "global quest for decadence," Li Edelkoort knows what's coming. She is the oracle behind Trend Union, the go-to source for trend forecasting for the fashion, beauty, retail, automotive, consumer-electronics, and interior-design industries. And you might not believe what she sees on the horizon. READ»