SkyFarms

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SkyFarms company profile

“What would the world look like if we grew food on every corner?" That is the questions we ask ourselves day after day. SkyFarms is a “open-source resource mapping & sharing platform matching global agriculture stakeholders to local farm projects to create food secure communities.” 1. Core mission: Food Security - SDG #2 Zero Hunger 2. Offering: Solving Market Fragmentation - Transforming empty space into new farms. 3. MVP: AgSphere 1000+ Smart Farming Stakeholders - Matching their goods and services with new projects. 4. IP: SMART AGLab non-Formal education Methodology (sustainability-mobility-access-resources-technology) Shifting perspectives - incentives about farming. 5. Tech/ICT TOOLS: Open-Source/Data-Driven: Finding insights and needs through Data 6. Goal - Assist consumers to find their unique place in local Agri to become Food Citizens Our Mission: to develop the knowledge, capacity, partnerships, technology, and diverse workforce to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable world and educates the next generation of researchers, communicators, and innovators who will lead this change. (.io) open-source domain portal stands for input/output INPUTS (created value): Inputs represent the selected ingredients that are necessary for the AGLAB innovation process. (i) agtech: hardware, software, open-source ICT digital tools that connect people globally to grow food locally: anytime, anywhere. (ii) multi disciplinary stakeholders: brings together partners from industry, government, and academia; (iii) p2p community: the open-source model allows the participation of sharing support, knowledge, data and resources. OUTPUTS (captured value): Outputs indicate the deliverables that are generated from the AGLAB.  (i) Education & Activism (ii) Research & Data Science (iii) Holistic Wellbeing & Food Security SkyFarms.io ecosystem uses two elements for turning our INPUTS into OUTPUTS:  1. Innovative living lab process of non-formal education: S.M.A.R.T AG: Sustainable, Mobile, Accessible, Resourceful, Technological. Involving (i) collaborative concepts (ii) exploration, experimentation, application (iii) evaluate and improve
 2. Production systems:
 (i) Regenerative Agriculture (ii) Urban Agriculture (iii) AgTech: Vertical, Software, Sensors, CEA, Farmbot, AI, IoT, Blockchain, Data (iv) Soilless Methods: Hydro-Aero-Aquaponics (v) Crowdfarming, CSA, Foodscapes