We work with a wide variety of clients all along the supply chain of food, from resource and production into retail, delivery, and recycling resources. We support clients in Asia, the Middle East, Australia, the America's and Europe with work on new concepts such as vertical agriculture, innovative greenhouses, polycultures, and urban agriculture. 

Sustainable Agriculture Services

We provide clients that wish to innovate in sustainable food production the following services:

Research & Analysis

What is the market like? Which business model will work? How can we increase sustainability performance, while also gaining operational benefits? How can we grow food effectively in challenging circumstances?

Design and technology selection

Which food system is most effective where?  How do we design effecitve, attractive and resilient production facilities? What technologies are on the horizon, and what risks are associated with each?

Project Management

We support projects from their idea down to execution and operation. This includes business model development, managing stakeholders, and supporting funding search.

Areas of application

Except has worked since 1999 on sustainable agriculture projects. The areas of application include:

• Food Supply chain mapping and improvement
• Greenhouse agriculture innovation
• Urban Agriculture
• Vertical Agriculture and Agriculture towers
• Innovative Hydroponics, Soilless, Aeroponics, and Aquaponics
• Polyculture Agriculture development (Polydome)
• Sustainable Agriculture business models and simulation
• Algae production and product development

Referentie Projecten

Polydome

Hoge Prestatie Duurzame Polycultuur Landbouw

Polydome is een baanbrekende manier om op commerciële basis en zonder milieubelasting voedsel te produceren voor de glastuinbouw. Het is ontwikkeld als fundamentele oplossing voor een deel van de wereldvoedselproductie, met het doel hogere opbrengsten te realiseren met drastisch lagere milieubelasting dan traditionele land- en glastuinbouw.

Polydome combineert een hoge opbrengst voor meer dan 50 geteelde gewassen met het houden van kippen, bijen en vis. De grotere diversiteit en productiviteit zorgen ervoor dat zelfs een klein Polydome systeem kan voorzien in een rijke voedsel-voorziening voor een grote bevolking.

Download het hele Polydome boek gratis onderaan. Zie voor meer informatie www.polydome.net.

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Shanghai Urban Masterplan

Urban Masterplan embedding Vertical Agriculture

This masterplan transforms downtown Shanghai into a fully sustainable community, in energy, food, water, and jobs, designed for Expo 2013. The plan strategically interweaves sustainable innovation with exciting urban design, and making it run with urban agriculture, sustainable technologies and vertical farms. The result is a valuable and beautiful urban community, an emergent circular economy, and a future-proof investment.

The Shanghai urban master plan demonstrates the Urban Renaissance approach on a specific site adjacent to Nanjing road, incorportating a historic Lilong housing district.

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Routekaart Vleesverwerkende Sector

Naar een integraal duurzame sector

We developed a roadmap of the Dutch meat process sector, production and processing companies and their suppliers, together with DNV. The road map shows opportunities for optimal use of all energy and material flows in the product chain of chicken, pork and beef, and maps their sources. The maps bring insight to all stakeholders involved, and enables decisions on improving entire sections of the production chain at once.

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Arkna Eco-Park Masterplan

Self sustaining tourism community in Estonia

In Rakvere, Estonia, we developed the masterplan for the 671 Ha self-reliant Arkna Eco-Park. The park is built on a historical site tracing back to 1527, and becomes a primary tourist destination in the country, including a Polydome sustainable agriculture system.  

We worked with  Arkna Eco-Park to build a complete masterplan template for years to come, including its marketing strategy, identity, logos and brochures, closed loop metabolism, food system, event program, and design guidelines.

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Serenity Farms

Sustainable food production in arid regions

Serenity Farms is a concept for a sustainable 30 ha greenhouse facility for profitable food production in arid climates. It produces food on unproductive land, using only sunlight and seawater. The core of Serenity Farms is a modular facility producing the annual fresh food nutrition needs for over 60.000 people. It sources and treats water from renewable sources exclusively such as seawater, and is fully powered by the sun. This way we produce healthy, consistent, high quality fresh produce for people that currently have no direct food source, increasing food security, and greatly reduce carbon footprint.

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