AVF Blog

A warm welcome to our new member: Kasveista

Kasveista UG is a Berlin-based seed company producing seeds and seedlings specifically for Vertical Farming and releasing them with an open-source license. Introduction from Kasveista: Making its first appearance in 2019 at the AberInnovations accelerator, this brainchild of founder and CEO Rosario Iacono has already been brewing for many years.

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UAE wins AVF vanguard award

The Association for Vertical Farming (AVF) announces the Inaugural 2021 AVF Vanguard Award for Government Leadership in Harnessing Innovation for Sustainable Food Production. The prestigious annual award recognizes the extraordinary leadership of a State and/or Local Government in spearheading the development and commercialization of vertical/indoor farming and/or related innovations, including

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Food & Bio Cluster Denmark Joins AVF

We are pleased to announce that Food & Bio Cluster Denmark has joined the AVF. In conversation with Claus Gunge Ellegaard Mortensen (Head of Danish Vertical Farming Network – part of Food and Bio Cluster Denmark) and Ramin Ebrahimnejad (Vice-Chair at the Association for Vertical Farming).    Read on to

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KETOS: Redefining Water Quality Assurance

The AVF is excited to welcome a new member: KETOS. KETOS has created a highly intelligent and fully integrated solution that automates water quality testing and monitoring of over 20 parameters including nutrients, pH, salinity, heavy metals, and inorganics. The self-calibrating, self-cleaning system includes threshold-based alerts and real-time reporting with

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