Association for Vertical Farming
The Association for Vertical Farming e.V. is the leading global, non-profit organisation that enables international exchange and cooperation in order to accelerate the development of the Indoor/Vertical Farming industry.
The AVF was founded in Munich, Germany on July 18, 2013 and started out by gathering data to map out the urban farms all over the world and by developing a glossary to bring consistency to the industry while making the complex growing methods easier to understand for newcomers to the vertical farming space.
The AVF hosts summits, workshops, and infodays and collaborates with other organizations around the world.
History
| Date | Event |
| 2019, May | Fifth AVF Summit, Oslo, Norway |
| 2018, September | Fourth AVF Summit Hong Kong |
| 2017, September | Third AVF Summit in conjunction with the University of the District of Columbia’s Agricultural Summit Washington D.C., U.S. |
| 2016, June 13 | Second AVF Summit Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| 2015, May 9–10 | First AVF Summit Beijing, China |
| 2014, December 5–6 | First Collaborative Design workshop in New York City, U.S. |
| 2014 September | First Vertical Farming Glossary was released publicly |
| 2014, July 8 | First Vertical Farming infoday in Munich, Germany |
| 2014 March | AVF launched a new website with an interactive online map displaying over 150 Vertical and Urban Farming locations |
| 2013 July 18 | Foundation of the AVF in Munich, Germany |