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First ever global scientific eating plan forgets the world’s poor

Design Frontiers > Design Thinking / Food Design

A team of 37 world-leading scientists from 16 countries have just released the world’s first ever scientific eating plan, but how inclusive is it? >

11 Sep 19
SenSprout is helping farmers better understand their crops while saving water

Design Frontiers > Industrial Design / Product Design

SenSprout’s aim is to grant farmers a better understanding of how their crops consume water without using expensive technology. >

26 Jun 18
5 African Internet start-ups redefining agriculture

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Thinking

It's Sustainable Gastronomy Day, a day that reaffirms that all cultures and civilisations are contributors and crucial enablers of sustainable development. >

18 Jun 18
Plenty aims to build a giant indoor farm next to every major city

Design News > Food Design / Urban & Landscape Design

Plenty’s mission is to give each city a hub to grow organic herbs and vegetables locally and indoors. >

5 Apr 18
Creating local employment in Mexico with a new sustainable material

Next Generation > Creative Economy / Design Activism / Product Design

Designer Fernando Laposse is reviving an embattled farming process to offer Mexico an alternative livelihood. >

1 Dec 17
Space10’s pop-up brings microgreens to congested urban spaces

Design News > Food Design

This integrated salad bar could popularise hydroponic food farming where traditional agriculture is unavailable. >

27 Oct 17
Introducing the Greenhouse In a Box

Design News > Industrial Design / Product Design

From Indian startup Kheyti, the modular greenhouse is an affordable solution for low-income farmers. >

12 May 17
Insects: An answer to global hunger?

Design News > Design Activism / Food Design

Could insect farming solve malnutrition problems in developing countries. >

11 May 17
A device and mobile app that lets you grow pesticide-free, fresh food 365 days a year

Design News > Product Design

No sunshine required to grow your own healthy food. Grow and monitor yours in your home at the click of a button. >

20 Apr 17
The Mashambas Skyscraper

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

A skyscraper conceived as an educational centre and marketplace for new agricultural communities in sub-Saharan Africa. >

18 Apr 17
A constellation of shoe-box satellites for better farming in Africa

Design Frontiers > Creative Economy / Design Activism

These shoe-box size satellites are improving the productivity of some of the most impoverished farmers in the world. >

22 Feb 17
SPACE10 open sources The Growroom

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism / Urban & Landscape Design

The design for The Growroom, an urban farm that looks into how living architecture can feed the city, is now open source and available for anyone to use. >

17 Feb 17
Let’s Beegin

Next Generation > African Design / Industrial Design

This young designer aims to improve the lives of bees with innovative ideas for upstart beekeepers. >

16 Feb 17
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Design News > Design Thinking / Food Design

This facility safeguards the building blocks of agriculture. >

5 Jan 17
Battling climate change with holistic solutions

Design News > Design Activism

Farmers in Guatemala are adapting to climate change using climate-smart strategies. >

8 Dec 16
The Growroom: Architecture that feeds the city

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design

The Growroom urban farm explores how cities can feed themselves through architecture that produces food locally. >

23 Nov 16
This rooftop farm changes the way we think of agriculture

Design News > Creative Economy / Food Design

Brooklyn-based urban agricultural pioneers Gotham Green built the world's largest rooftop farm. >

28 Sep 16
Dirt-free herb farming for urban dwellers

Product Spotlight > Product Design

The Amphora allows even the busiest people to grow fresh herbs. >

8 Aug 16
Unbroken Ground: A food film by Patagonia

Design News > Design Activism / Film & Animation / Food Design

Outdoor clothing brand Patagonia turns its gaze to the food industry and launches a short film on the role food can play in solving the environmental crisis. >

3 Aug 16
Coffee waste transformed into a new superfood

Design News > Food Design

CoffeeFlour creates jobs and builds communities by repurposing discarded coffee waste. >

27 Jul 16
4 Innovative ways to locally grow food

Design News > Design Thinking

These designs hope to use less water, produce more food and bring ecology back into urban centres. >

22 Jun 16
ReGen Village: an under-construction utopia of sustainable living

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

Self-sustaining, off-grid village to be built in the Netherlands offers a look at the future of eco-friendly living. >

27 May 16
Green Product: Harvest Cart is a solution to backyard farming

Design News > Product Design

The small-scale harvesting cart makes collecting produce easier. >

3 May 16
Agriculture meets architecture in France's urban farm tower

Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism

Built like a staircase, ABF-lab's urban farming structure aims to raise awareness and encourage better living and social responsibility. >

1 Mar 16

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