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What Happens to Farming When Water Is 10x More Expensive & Labor Is Scarce?

Hunter Walker

Our beliefs about water supply and where crops will be grown informed our investment in Bowery Farming , now one of the leading indoor vertical agriculture startups. Bowery uses no pesticides and 95% less water to grow its leafy green crops in industrial-scale urban facilities. Even when you can grow, can you harvest?

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: AVA Byte

Austin Startup

unlocks the green thumb in anyone and empowers users to produce food at home with compostable plant pods that grow fresh herbs and clean greens year-round with just a push of a button. The patent-pending AVA Byte knows exactly what you’re growing and will adapt the light and water schedule to nurture the harvest.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: AVA Byte

Austin Startup

unlocks the green thumb in anyone and empowers users to produce food at home with compostable plant pods that grow fresh herbs and clean greens year-round with just a push of a button. The patent-pending AVA Byte knows exactly what you’re growing and will adapt the light and water schedule to nurture the harvest.

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SXSW Startups: UbiGro

Austin Startup

We can make green, yellow, orange, red, and everything in between, simply by changing the size of these particles. From security inks to sunlight harvesting with windows, your product range is wide. UbiQD’s sunlight harvesting windows use quantum dots to turn solar energy into electricity. How do you choose which to focus on?