Download - Urban Farm Company
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Start Up from Lige university
(Gembloux AgroBiotech )
Jean-Patrick Scheepers ( 46 yrs ) ( Commercial engineer UCL )
Professor Haissam Jijakli ( 45 yrs) ( Gembloux Agro Biotech ULG )
Professor in Urban Agriculture A research practice directed toward the commercial exploitation.
Story-teller New food concept specialist Sustainable devpt Mmmmh cooking classes founder
Working in a ecosystem of independent experts
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From the Community vegetable garden to the most technological and visionnary farm
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Lets start with a first affirmation
Urban Agriculture stand alone is not a profitable business.
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Urban agriculture is not about production of leeks and lettuce.
Its about production of sustainable added-value for the projects.
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SOCIAL
SUSTAINABLE ADDED VALUES OF URBAN AGRICULTURE
1. Food security 2. Education to healthy food 3. Healthy diet 4. Physical activities 5. Autonomy and mobilization 6. Education/Formation 7. Intergenerational Connection 8. Community spirit 9. Esthetic/greening 10. Reconnection to nature 11. Stable in a region 12. Well-being 13. Stimulation of creativity 14. Employment 15. Motivation of employees
ECONOMY
1. Stimulation of local economy 2. Growth of employment 3. Preparation to employment 4. Affordable food 5. Building differentiation 6. Food differentiation 7. Rentability of employees 8. Decreasing of employee
turnover 9. Decreasing of cost production
ECOLOGY
1. Awareness of ecological systems 2. Buffer for rain and storm water 3. Recycling of water 4. Isolation of building 5. Recycling of energy 6. Buffer of temperature 7. Air purification 8. Decreasing of CO2 production
(transport and capture) 9. Recycling of organic matter 10. Biodiversity 11. Performances of the
building/area (BREEAM, Eco city,)
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SOCIAL
Indoor plants increase the work productivity from 10 15 %
Lhor V.I. et al., 1996 ; Marchand, 1986
Henigan et Wright, 2014
Increase of 0,25 % of productivity
Decreasing of 15 % facilities and maintenance
costs >
1. Food security 2. Education to healthy food 3. Healthy diet 4. Physical activities 5. Autonomy and mobilization 6. Education/Formation 7. Intergenerational Connection 8. Community spirit 9. Esthetic/greening 10. Reconnection to nature 11. Stable in a region
12. Well-being 13. Stimulation of creativity 14. Employment
15. Motivation of employees
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ECOLOGY
Maastricht University report published by RICS Research, 2012
BREEAM Certification
1. Awareness of ecological systems 2. Buffer for rain and storm water 3. Recycling of water 4. Isolation of building 5. Recycling of energy 6. Buffer of temperature 7. Air purification 8. Decreasing of CO2 production
(transport and capture) 9. Recycling of organic matter 10. Biodiversity
11. Performances of the building/area (BREEAM, Eco city,)
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1. Consciences des systmes cologiques alimentaires
2. Temporisation des eaux de pluies/orages
3. Recyclage eau 4. Isolation du btiment 5. Recyclage nergie 6. Tamporisation temprature 7. Purification air 8. Diminution production CO2
(transport et capture) 9. Recyclage matire organique 10. Biodiversit 11. Performances du btiment
(BREEAM)
13 x BREEAM Certification
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Taking advantage of all these benefits generated for the end-users ,
You can :
- create a marketing differentiation on the market
- attract high value and trendsetters customers
- motivate your employees
- succeed in architectural and design competition
- facilitate the planning permission process
- ameliorate BREAAM certification, eco-quartier label etc
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Our mission is to identify these added-value and then create, imagine, build, deliver,
manage and animate urban agriculture projects for our clients.
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Our first expertise
We work as consultants for public autorithies, real estate promotors, urbanists or architects to help them in their Masterplans,
Design competitions or smart city plannings.
Project LEO Lige (architect Dethier)
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Our second expertise
We create, deliver and manage urban agriculture projects for private companies ( retail, Horeca sector ), real estate promotors or asset managers.
In this case, we work closely with public authorities, architects and landscape architects.
The Faktory Lige (architect Dethier)
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Residential : Community vegetable gardens
SOCIAL ECONOMIE ECOLOGIE
Real estate promotor
End-users ( future buyers )
Public authorities
Marketing differentiation High value customers
Facilitate planning permission Architural competition
Eco-label
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First integrated smart greenhouse in Europe
Office Building
The Faktory in Lige ( archi Dethier )
Project
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Choux de BXL ( IBGE with Lateral Thinking Factory)
SOCIAL ECONOMIE
ECOLOGIE
Project
Catering and restaurants
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Retail market
SOCIAL ECONOMIE ECOLOGIE
Real estate promotor
Customers Retail clients
Marketing differentiation Facilitate planning permission
Eco label
Local food Attract high value customers Trendsetters
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In conclusion, with urban agriculture :
-You can add at relatively low cost a highly visible
component of sustainable development in your projects
-You create several important added values
for each stakeholder of your projects
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Where do we work ?
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BXL 15 projets
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BXL 15 projets BXL 15 projects
Lige 3 projects Gent 1 project
Brabant Wallon 1 project
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BXL 15 projets BXL 15 projects
Lige 3 projets Gent 1 project
Brabant wallon 1 project
Reikjavik 1 project
Stockholm 2 projects
Paris 3 projects
Bordeaux 2 projects Toulouse 1 project
Lige 4 projects
Utrecht 1 project
Rotterdam 4 projects
London 2 projects
Montpellier 1 project
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Next steps
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-Creation of the Urban Farm Lab in Brussels : creative and R&D ecosystem on urban agriculture with techs, agris, designer, photographs, landscape architects, social workers and why not a poet. -European expansion : Opening in London and Paris
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