“The air comes from the hotel-so even the carbon dioxide exhaled by hotel guests does not go to waste-and heating is from the geothermal water first used to heat the hotel. The electricity for lighting and power is from sustainable hydropower. The plants float in water, and fans keep the water moving to prevent mold growth. Instead, they are implementing a hydroponic system where water is continuously circulated. There is no soil to be found at Urban Farm Akureyri. “It will be a fully automated farm,” Daníel excitedly says. We want to tell our guests the sustainability story and serve them food grown using renewable energy-in a country where the entire cycle is environmentally friendly.”Īfter receiving a grant for developing entrepreneurial solutions in agriculture, Daníel sought advice online, leading him to entrepreneurs and vertical farming specialists worldwide, including Israel, the United States, and The Netherlands.
“It gave us time to pause and think: ‘How can we make this a better hotel? What is our specialty?’ And we came up with this combination of hotel and greenhouse farming. After buying the hotel in 2012, day-to-day operations kept them busy, and the pandemic came as a bit of a breather. Photo: Urban Farms Akureyri Entrepreneurial Aspirationsĭaníel Smárason is the entrepreneur behind Urban Farm Akureyri. Giacomo Montanelli of Urban Farms Akureyi.
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