Valcent Selected As One Of The Ten Best Companies In the World For A Sustainable Future

Valcent VertiCrop system is in the news again. There is much more to say about this after seeing the doc today. Time out! Stay tuned!

via money.cnn.com

LAUNCH, a global initiative whose Founding Partners include NASA, USAID, the U.S. State Department and Nike, which identifies and supports innovative work poised to contribute to a sustainable future, has selected Valcent's VertiCrop™ vertical farming technology as one of ten global innovations from a field of 150 pioneering projects. As one of ten featured leaders in sustainability, Valcent will present their advances on large scale hydroponic agriculture at the premiere LAUNCH event at the Water at Kennedy Space Center on March 16th to 18th 2010.

"Our world's balance between demand and supply of food is sensitive to climate change, fuel demands, access to water and our investments in research and infrastructure," said Stephen Kennedy Smith, President of Em-Link LLC, the Boston-based Master Distributor for Valcent in the United States.

"We are honored to receive recognition from this esteemed panel of judges who recognize Valcent's VertiCrop™ technology as vital to accelerating innovation for a sustainable future.

We look forward to the panelists' valuable input on our initiatives involving vertical agriculture using recycled resources and hydroponics, which is the practice of growing plants without soil and which allows for the production of fruit and vegetables in spaces outside of traditional farms."

"We are honored that our vertical farming technology is recognized as an important innovation by LAUNCH," says Chris Bradford, President, CEO, and Director of Valcent Products Inc.

"We have entered a new era of urban agriculture where we can deliver locally grown crops that provide a nutritionally superior product that is healthier for the communities they serve."

Comments

[Charlie Whitehead]

Green stocks rock but this one is very very exciting as an investment. I’m in! Green Tech grows up so does urban farming.

Check these links out to understand why:

Time Magazine says Valcent’s Vertical Farming Technology one of the Top 50 Best Innovations of 2009: http://bit.ly/5zDIqh

“I can’t think of any technology that addresses more urgent issues than Valcent’s vertical farming system”, says RFK Jr http://bit.ly/cPb00g

Reuters Video features Valcent’s VertiCrop vertical farming system: http://bit.ly/a9p47W