Category: Biotechnology

Over the centuries, agriculture has evolved considerably and undergone many significant changes. The era of information technology could not help but affect this sphere, and today enthusiastic innovators are revolutionizing farming by implementing advanced techniques from various disciplines. A prominent representative of such innovations is the company iFarm, which has combined the vitality of nature and the potential of high technology to create a new approach to growing vegetables, berries, and greens anywhere and anytime. This year, iFarm’s initiatives and achievements were recognized by the research team at World Future Awards, and the company was named a winner in the category of Best Agricultural Technologies.

World Future Awards is a global award selecting, recognizing, celebrating, and promoting the best products, software, and services that will transform the global economy and define the landscape of the future. The organization researches inventions across all categories, including technology, beauty, health care, food, home, and entertainment, that are making the world better, smarter, or even a bit more fun.

Caring for a favorable future for humanity is unthinkable without the development of agriculture and the introduction of new sustainable and eco-friendlier approaches to the production of healthy and wholesome food. iFarm is one of the leaders at the forefront of transforming agriculture and farming, whose initiatives deserve the highest praise from communities concerned about a prosperous future.

iFarm is a pioneering ag company founded in 2017 that creates cutting-edge solutions for modern urban farming. The iFarm team brings together world-class agriculture, information technology, and science professionals to create a network of innovative vertical farms that will provide consumers with fresh and delicious produce year-round. The vertical farms by iFarm enable interested people to engage in urban farming by utilizing space, soil, water, and non-renewable resources in the most efficient way possible.

iFarm solutions allow farmers to be independent of external factors, providing a complete platform for local production of the necessary products with significant savings in energy and minimal logistics costs. The key to efficient farm operation is a single cloud-based IT system, to which all of iFarm’s farms are connected. This system allows you to manage all the parameters of growing plants, calculate the required volume of harvest, and distribute products when using the farms commercially.

For as long as humanity has existed, so long has the question of the meaning of life existed. And one of the simplest and most natural answers, perhaps, is simply living life in all its diversity and enjoying every moment of it until one’ s last breath. But what if, even after finishing his earthly journey, a person could continue to celebrate life, filling it with meaning in a new way and enriching nature? The biotechnology company Loop offers a living biodegradable coffin that allows humans to complete the cycle of life and return nutrients to nature. Taking into account the uniqueness and innovation of this product, the experts at World Future Awards recognized Loop Living Cocoon as the winner in the Coffin category.

World Future Awards is a global award selecting, recognizing, celebrating, and promoting the best products, software, and services that will transform the global economy and define the landscape of the future. The organization researches inventions across all categories, including technology, beauty, health care, food, home, and entertainment, that are making the world better, smarter or even a bit more fun. Addressing one of the most sensitive aspects of human life – the issue of the end of the journey on earth, Loop offers an unusual and effective solution that establishes a special connection between man and nature. Its innovative approach has allowed the company to create a product that can help make a significant positive contribution to the environment and sustainability.

Loop Living Cocoon is an eco-friendly coffin made from mushroom mycelium. Unlike conventional wooden coffins in which human remains are composted for more than 10 years, the Living Cocoon provides accelerated composting within 2-3 years. In doing so, the natural mycelium processor converts the remains into nutrients for the earth, neutralizes toxins, and nourishes new life, contributing to biodiversity.

It takes about a week to create one live coffin from Loop. Once in the ground, its structure decomposes and is absorbed by the ground in 30-45 days. In the processing human remains, the mycelium creates better conditions and a more favorable environment for the growth of new plants, helping the deceased to literally merge with nature.