Growup Urban Farms

Adres: Arcadia Avenue 34
Postcode: N3 2JU
Plaats: London
Provincie: England
Land: United Kingdom
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Contact: Kate Hofman

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About Us:
GrowUp Urban Farms is committed to feeding people in cities in a way that is positive for communities and the environment, today and in the future. We produce sustainable fresh fish, salads and herbs in cities using a combination of aquaponic and vertical growing technologies.

We lower the environmental impact of agriculture by building and operating farms that grow produce closer to consumers. Through the use of aquaponic technology and Controlled Environment Production (CEP), we can produce a year-round harvest of fresh, leafy vegetables and fish.

We’re changing the way food is grown and distributed in cities and we’re reconnecting people with the story of food from farm to fork.

Credit: Mandy Zammit

Aquaponics & Vertical Farming
Aquaponics:
Aquaponics is a recirculating system that combines hydroponics (growing plants in water without soil) and aquaculture (fish farming) to create an efficient closed loop system:

– We feed the fish
– The fish poo
– The nutrient rich waste-water from the fish tanks is pumped to the roots of the plants where microbacteria convert the waste nutrients into helpful nutrients
– The nutrients fertilise the plants and in turn the plants purify the water

The only inputs into the system are the fish food, and the energy for the pumps and water heaters – we don’t use any chemical fertilisers or pesticides.

The system uses much less water than traditional agriculture. This resource efficient system is an environmentally conscious way of growing certain foods where being able to fully control your growing environment produces a better quality and guaranteed quantity of produce.

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Credit: Mandy Zammit.

Vertical Farming:
Vertical farming is the practice of producing food in vertically stacked layers in an indoor controlled growing environment.

We create more productive growing space by building upwards
We produce crops all year round
By growing close to consumers, we slash the transport costs and carbon-dioxide emissions associated with moving food over long distances.
Being close to market means we reduce spoilage that inevitably occurs along the way
We do not use any pesticides, herbicides or fungicides in our aquaponics system.
Because we can control temperature, humidity, lighting, airflow and nutrient conditions, we can get the best productivity out of plants year round, anywhere in the world.