This Week's Top 10 CEA News - 27th May

Good morning readers, Dubai hotels adopting modular hydroponic systems, new investments, ventures aiming at disrupting the AgTech industry and much more!

Here are the top 10 CEA news of the week:

1- Dubai Hotels Adopt Hydroponic Solutions

Within the last two weeks, The Ritz-Carlton Dubai and the Raddison-Blu Dubai Deira Creek Hotel have both announced the installation of modular hydroponic solutions to produce healthy, ultra-fresh, local food.

The first hotel chain, the?Ritz-Carlton Dubai, JBR?is partnering with Green Container Advanced Farming (GCAF) to launch a hyper-local on-site hydroponic farm, one of the first-ever vertical farms in Dubai. The container farm grows crops year-round with a daily harvest reaching, depending on the crop, 10 kg of produce.

The vertical farm will be used to grow fine herbs such as Italian basil, Thai basil, and rosemary as well as other leafy greens such as lettuce or kale. It will ensure freshly-grown and hyper-local produce is used in preparing dishes served in the property’s restaurants.

The second hotel, the Raddison-Blu, collaborated with a young Czech start-up, GreeenTech, following the display of their innovation at the Czech Republic pavilion this year during Dubai’s Expo 2020. The solution caught the eye of Jan Hanak, a Czech national and General Manager of Radisson Blu Hotel, Dubai Deira Creek. With Radisson Hotel group’s commitment to net zero in mind, Jan was keen to implement the technology at the landmark property.

2- Canobi AgTech Co-Venture Creates Disruptive Growing Solution

Canobi AgTech announced yesterday, a partnership with GROWPIPESTM to bring GROWPIPESTM indoor farming technology to the fast-growing global market for locally- produced, zero-pesticide indoor food production. GROWPIPES and Canobi have combined their technologies to create a robust, low-cost, lightweight growing solution – complete with remote monitoring and AI capabilities provided by Canobi’s AGRPTM SaaS software.

The GROWPIPES/Canobi solution will be on display via an augmented reality presentation at the HORTI ASIA show, May 25th to 27th, 2022 at BITEC, Bangkok, Thailand, in conjunction with AGRITECHNICA ASIA, the region’s largest trade exhibition for smart horticulture. The exceptional flexibility and scalability of the GROWPIPES/Canobi solution make it ideal for brownfield sites and remote installations, enhancing food security for under-served communities around the world.

In other news:

3- Soli Organic Lands New Basil Line In Stores

Soli Organic Inc.’s brand-new line of USDA certified organic ‘Indolce’ basil is landing on produce aisle shelves in over 2,000 select stores across more than 15 Mid-Atlantic distribution centres with leading grocery partners including Ahold Giant Stores, Lidl, Walmart, Publix, Whole Foods, Tops Markets, Lowes Foods, Southeastern Grocers/Winn Dixie, Mom’s Organic, Target, and Giant Eagle.

4- Yankee Stadium Unveils Tower Garden

Building on the “New York Yankees Healthy Home Plate Program”, the famous baseball team has partnered with tower garden and Green Bronx Machine to teach young people the importance of having healthy nutrition.?

5- Bowery Farming Unveils New Smart Farm in Bethlehem, PA

Bowery Farming, the largest vertical farming company in the U.S., opened its largest, most technologically advanced and sustainable commercial smart farm in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.?

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