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Hydroponics Giant Hydrofarm Plans New Northern California HQ After IPO, 3 Acquisitions
Becoming a publicly-traded company, moving its headquarters from Petaluma temporarily to the East Coast, spending $343 million to acquire three more companies, prepping to return to a larger North Bay hub. It’s been a busy seven months for indoor farming equipment maker and distributor Hydrofarm
VIDEO: What Is Hydroponics?
Hydroponics is a form of farming that uses a nutrient solution root medium, rather than soil, to grow plants
How Vertical Farming Will Shape The Post Pandemic Food Supply Chain
We're building for a future where modular vertical farming solutions are an accessible means of food production in urban areas. By modular vertical farming solution, we are referring to turnkey grow systems from the size of a shipping container down to a household appliance.
VIDEO: Which Type of Hydroponic System Is Better?
I am fairly sure that my standard answer of, “it all depends” annoys most of the people I am speaking to. From suppliers to growers and from researchers to hobbyists there is always a desire to know and understand which system is the best
VIDEO: Common Mistakes When Setting Up Hydroponics
Even if you have a lot of guidance in setting up your grow space, you may make mistakes in the initial development stages
AmericanHort Adds Two To Its Staff
Holly Scoggins is the new director of educational programming, and Nicolas Leas is the digital web manager
Is CEA-Grown Produce REALLY Better For You?
As a lifelong farmer - one who has grown commercially using conventional field techniques, organic soil methods, as well as Controlled Environment ("CEA") technologies, I hope to shed a bit more light on the subject. Maybe you'll like what you hear, maybe you won't. But in either case, I'd love to hear from you

