Berlin
Berlin
12103
Germany
About us
ECF Farmsystems GmbH Berlin designs and builds aquaponic farm systems.
The vision is to offer people access to sustainably produced food.
ECF Farm Systems is building Europe’s largest urban aquaponic farm, the ECF Farm Berlin. In the 1800sqm facility ECF plans to produce approx. 25 tons of fish and 35 tons of high-quality vegetables. The ECF Farm Berlin serves as a reference farm for the sale of other farm systems and its components to entrepreneurs who are interested in a sustainable business model.
Construction is scheduled for mid-2014, the commissioning for the end of 2014. From the beginning of 2015 ECF wants to sell vegetables and fish in a direct sales model to consumers and restaurateurs.
The aquaponic system used in the farm allows environmentally friendly production of vegetables and fish, through
resource-efficient water circulation systems
Reduction of transport routes and cold chains
use of organic fertilizers
biological rather than chemical pesticides
hygiene standards and sustainable stocking density instead of preventive medication
CO2 reduced total balance in the production process
By eliminating further transport routes and cold chains, products will be fresh whenever offered to the consumer. The transparent production in the middle of Berlin sets the highest standards of ecology, animal health and consumer protection.
Motives
According to WWF and UN, 17-35% of global CO2 emissions result from agriculture and food processing. In addition, these industries consume 70% of fresh water used worlwide. Over 1 billion people already depend on fish as a protein source, while 85% of the world’s oceans are overfished or are about to. Food often travels long distances from production to consumer. Cold chains and transport by plane cause significant amounts of CO2.
At the 2013 “Cleantech Open,” the world’s largest startup event in Silicon Valley, ECF won two Oscars: for best startup in the category “Agriculture, Water, Waste,” and for best startup “International.”
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