Tag: Small Business
Tech-Savvy Kenyan Youth Head Back To The Farm
When Francis Njoroge graduated with an engineering degree in Nairobi, he expected to earn a six-figure salary. Instead he found himself working as an electrician on a three-month contract, for 20,000 Kenyan shillings (about $200) per month.
He decided to move back to his parents’...
In Berlin, Cultivating A Taste For Plants
On the Moritzplatz, in the popular district of Kreuzberg in Berlin, a colourful crowd drops its bicycles and rushes inside the Prinzessingartenfor an exchange of exchange and sale of nutritious plants. There are also several stands of environmental protection associations. The garden appears, behind...
South African Inventor Profits From Exciting New Market
South African Claire Reid has most recently won the title of Agripreneur of the Year at the global competition, Future Agro Challenge.
She is the inventor of a biodegradable seed tape which takes the hassle out of growing domestic vegetable and herb gardens. Reid’s seed...
New York City Passes New Urban Agriculture Bill
The New York City council passed a bill today that will create the city's first centralized digital hub meant specifically for urban agriculture.
This hub will be run entirely by the city and will hopefully be seen as a resource for both new and established...
Paris: An Organic Farm In An Underground Car Park
An underground parking garage may seem like a strange place to grow food, but the start-up Cycloponics has installed a farm in the second basement of a car park in Paris, Porte de la Chapelle. "The Cave", as this farm is called, grows organic...
Growing Greens in the Spare Room as ‘Vertical Farm’ Start-Ups Flourish
Dan Albert’s farm is far from traditional. Farmbox Greens is inside a two-car garage behind Mr. Albert’s Seattle home. It consists of 600 square feet of microgreens grown in vertically stacked trays beneath LED lights. He now has three employees and sells his greens...
