We are excited to share that Ecobloom has been included in the 2022 FoodTech 500 list by Forward Fooding! This is a prestigious recognition that celebrates innovative companies at the intersection of food, technology, and sustainability. It’s an honor to be among the talented group of entrepreneurs with a shared grand vision on continuously working …
Indoor farming is the production of any type of plant in a controlled environment. Examples of these are vertical farms, greenhouses, container farms or polytunnel installations. This has been a solution for food shortages worldwide and for shortening the supply chain, allowing communities to grow more locally. That being said, it still has room for …
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Article in Swedish by AGFO: https://www.agfo.se/medlemsintervjuer/ecobloom EcoSense is aimed at both vertical growers and greenhouse growers. With the help of cameras and sensors, they keep track of whether the crops are doing well and contribute to reduced wastage and better profitability. Ecobloom has been a member of AGFO since June 2022 and this autumn was …
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On January 24, 2023, Ecobloom hosted the first virtual event, EcoTalks, all about multispectral imaging. During this event, attendees learned more about this tool that identifies problems before the human eye can, and quickly resolve issues that may have eventually led to crop waste and lost revenue. This event provided an opportunity to interact with …
Micro climates are sections in your farm that help us identify and pinpoint different events happening to each of your crops. Upon installing the environmental sensors and multispectral cameras, this is something Ecobloom maps out and creates for you. For vertical farms, one shelf could have 2 (or more) micro climates for example. On the …
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Content sourced from Inhabitat Written by Inaara Thawer The development of Controlled Environment Agriculture systems CEA systems and vertical farming are not new practices. Vertical gardens stem from the time of the Babylonians almost 2,500 years ago. Their hanging gardens are believed to be the earliest form of vertical farms. About 1,500 years later, the Aztecs invented a form …
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Implementing the use of new technologies in a historically traditional industry such as farming often requires a long adjustment period (if new practices are adapted at all!). Indoor farms now however, have been changing the way we grow. Nowadays there are new indoor farms being built from city to city. This lets us grow more …
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Nitrogen is an essential building block in plant development. Deficiency occurs when the acidity in the indoor farm’s nutrient solution is reduced. Among many things, it is needed for chlorophyll formation which is vital for photosynthesis, how plants create their food. Without nitrogen your plants can’t grow. When it gets deficient from it in the …
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Can you transform a traditional indoor farm to a modern growing facility that helps you create optimal agronomic conditions? This has been our priority, through a collaboration with Sweden’s second largest greenhouse and Ecobloom.
Ecobloom reflects on the roles of agriculture on the environment on World Environment Day and how indoor farming can aid the progress of improving and minimizing nature and biodiversity loss. As the amount of land that needs to be protected and set aside for nature increases as well as the global dietary patterns needing to …
