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Urban Farming Takes Root: Landmark Tower to Feature Vertical Greenhouse and Smart Growing Systems

An eye-catching 12-storey tower is transforming the city centre’s skyline, built and joined onto the former Woolworths store, ‘stepping up’ the building away from Oxford Street to the rear at Picton Yard.

The project is set to be complete in July, with works now around 70% finished. It will house roughly 120 residents, 350 people working in the commercial office spaces, plus ground floor businesses, an exhibition space, and education zone.

The development will feature a vertical urban farm, a five-storey green house which will produce crops and vegetables, a display aquarium, and a ‘biophilic walkway’.

It will use alternative energy sources, such as smart devices to monitor and help understand consumption levels and ecological footprint, communal residential spaces at rooftops and greenhouses, and the incorporation of greenery on balconies, and art throughout the building.

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Babylon Micro-Farms Appoints Marc Oshima as New CEO to Scale the Business Globally

Babylon Micro-Farms, the leader for on-site indoor farming with over 300 micro-farms across 40 states and 5 countries, today announced the appointment of Marc Oshima as its new Chief Executive Officer, following an in-depth search process. 

“I am delighted to have been appointed CEO to lead Babylon Micro-Farms and build on the original vision of the founders Alexander Oleson and Graham Smith to simplify on-site indoor farming and provide more access to good food,” commented Marc Oshima. “

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Students at Crivitz Middle School Grow Food for Cafeteria Using New Hydroponic Technology

Students at Crivitz Middle School are getting their hands dirty in the science department, learning what it takes to grow their own food -- right inside their classroom.

Thanks to a grant from Provident Health Foundation, the science program received an indoor hydroponic system.

Students at Crivitz Middle School are getting their hands dirty in the science department, learning what it takes to grow their own food -- right inside their classroom. (WLUK)

"They get to see how their food is grown and they are involved in that process. Taking the food and giving it directly to cafeteria where the students see it on display," says science teacher Shane Graves.

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