#lufa farms

Take a Video Tour of Lufa Farms Futuristic Greenhouse

Sourced from Youtube here.

La première ferme commerciale sur le toit au monde offre des visites guidées gratuites

Imaginez une ville remplie de serres sur le toit, produisant suffisamment de produits pour se nourrir de manière durable.

Telle était la vision derrière les Fermes Lufa de Montréal lors de l’ouverture de la première ferme commerciale sur le toit en 2009.

Aujourd’hui, la ferme urbaine cultive des légumes toute l’année sur les toits de Montréal et les expédie dans des paniers hebdomadaires…

World’s first commercial rooftop farm, Montreal’s Lufa Farms is opening its greenhouse for FREE tours

Image a city filled with rooftop greenhouses, growing enough produce to feed itself sustainably.

In 2009 this was the vision behind the creation of Lufa Farms, the world’s first commercial rooftop greenhouse. The urban farm grows vegetables on Montreal rooftops year-round, them ships them in weekly baskets to the farm’s members through neighbourhood pick-up points or eco home-delivery by…

Here is a great painting…lufa avocado

https://jermin.wordpress.com/2016/03/30/lufa-avocado-6×6/

YUMMY ! Enjoy summer and spring with your weekly Lufa Farms basket !

This third edition of Dynamic/MTL focuses on the epic theme of “Reengineering the World” through technology. Our speakers cover a broad spectrum of lifestyle-altering products, from user-friendly electronic bit makers littleBits, to urban farming start-up Lufa Farms, to connected home innovators SmartThings. Get your tickets here and see you on the 21st! 

Colin Vernon - Director of Platform and Cloud at littleBits

For the past two years, Colin has lead the littleBits engineering team. Most recently, as littleBits' cloud platform lead, he spearheaded littleBits' newly announced cloudBit, which allows anyone to turn any object into an internet-connected smart device – no soldering, wiring or programming required. Prior to his work at littleBits, Colin was the founder of Montreal-based Stresslimit Design for over a decade. From his years of experience in the technology industry, Colin can speak to the importance of interconnectivity, the relationship between hardware and software, the growing trend of Internet of Things and his personal experiences with building software and prototyping tools for Internet of Things.

littleBits makes learning about electronics fun and accessible with a library of discrete electronic components pre-assembled in tiny circuit boards. Just as Legos™ allow you to create complex structures with very little engineering knowledge, littleBits are simple, intuitive, space-sensitive blocks that make prototyping with sophisticated electronics a matter of snapping small magnets together.

Lauren Rathmell - Greenhouse Director, Founding Member at Lufa Farms

Lauren Rathmell is a founding member of Lufa Farms and serves as Greenhouse Director, overseeing all farming and plant science activities for the company’s rooftop greenhouses. She holds a degree in biochemistry from McGill University and is passionate about sustainable growing.

Lufa Farms built the world’s first commercial rooftop greenhouse with the vision of changing the way the world eats and creating an ecologically and economically sustainable model for urban farming.

Maria Thomas - Chief Consumer Officer at SmartThings

Maria leads SmartThings' marketing and commerce efforts. She’s passionate about building products and brands that people love. She believes that the simple benefits of the Internet of Things today (her favourite is getting a notification when her laundry is done) will pave the way for an explosion of valuable solutions that not only change the way we live, but also the world around us.

Since 1999, Maria has been at the leading edge of disruptive innovation in the consumer Internet arena. She was an early product leader at Amazon.com and went on to be the driving force behind NPR’s successful transformation from a radio-only company to a best-in-class, multimedia enterprise. As CEO at Etsy, Maria transitioned a chaotic early-stage start-up into a profitable global e-commerce platform.