Agriculture, Farming, Food, USA IGrow PreOwned 1/19/18 Agriculture, Farming, Food, USA IGrow PreOwned 1/19/18

What The 2018 Farm Bill Means For Urban, Suburban And Rural America

 Farm bill proponents will have to work even harder now than in the past to underscore the magnitude and impact of this legislation, and the ways in which it affects everyone living in the United States.

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Urban, Farming, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 8/29/17 Urban, Farming, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 8/29/17

Future Farm To Double Size and Ramp Up Baltimore Vertical Farming Project With Second Location

The Company expects to gain site control of the second location in Baltimore within the next 7-10 days. This particular site is more accommodating to the Company's controlled environment agriculture ("CEA") technology requirements and requires less construction build-out. It is expected that this second location will be operational sooner than the original location and will therefore become Phase 1 of the Baltimore project.

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Organic, Agriculture, USA IGrow PreOwned 8/28/17 Organic, Agriculture, USA IGrow PreOwned 8/28/17

The Perils of Pesticide Drift

The Dunhams attempted to mitigate their risk by posting “No Spraying” signs and installing a 30-foot-deep perimeter of buffer shrubs; both methods obviously proved inadequate. “Applications usually result in some deposition away from the targeted site,” accord- ing to an Environmental Protection Agency spokesperson.

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Farming, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 8/26/17 Farming, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 8/26/17

Bowery Farming Receives VC boost From Google, Others

Bowery Farming Inc., the company known for growing the world’s first post-organic produce indoors, raised $20 million in new funding from General Catalyst and GGV Capital.

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Urban, Farming, USA, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 8/23/17 Urban, Farming, USA, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 8/23/17

This Vertical Farming Startup Is Valued At $27.5 Million

What's vertical farming? In Bowery Farming's first indoor farm, located in a warehouse in New Jersey, proprietary computer software, LEDs, and robotics are able to grow leafy greens without any pesticides, using 95% less water than traditional farms. CEO Irving Fain describes his company as a tech company "thinking about the future of food."

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Greenhouse, Farming, USA IGrow PreOwned 8/19/17 Greenhouse, Farming, USA IGrow PreOwned 8/19/17

Exclusive Agreement Between Mastronardi Produce and Golden Fresh Farms

“I’m excited to join Paul and the SUNSET® team with our new crop starting this fall,” shared Luis Chibante, President and owner of Golden Fresh Farms. “Mastronardi is the best growing and marketing company in the greenhouse industry, and this will give us the opportunity we need to expand the next 15 acres.”

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Agriculture, Education, USA IGrow PreOwned 8/17/17 Agriculture, Education, USA IGrow PreOwned 8/17/17

USDA and SCORE Launch Innovative Mentorship Effort to Support New Farmers and Ranchers

“Shepherding one generation to the next is our responsibility. We want to help new farmers, veterans, and people transitioning from other industries to agriculture,” said Secretary Perdue. “They need land, equipment, and access to capital, but they also need advice and guidance. That’s what SCORE is all about.”

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Urban, Farming, USA IGrow PreOwned 8/13/17 Urban, Farming, USA IGrow PreOwned 8/13/17

Thomas Paine Plaza Will Transform Into A Big Urban Farm in 2018

Goodbye, larger than life Parcheesi pieces, hello 2,000-square-foot urban farm: Next summer, the Thomas Paine Plaza in Center City will be transformed into a large community farm that’s estimated to produce about 1,000 pounds of fruits and vegetables

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Urban, Container Farm, USA IGrow PreOwned 8/13/17 Urban, Container Farm, USA IGrow PreOwned 8/13/17

Urban Farm Coming to Downtown Mobile

Dale and Angela Speetjens are the masterminds behind Shipshape Urban Farms. Angela has a background in horticulture and will manage the farm. They'll use eight repurposed shipping containers, they'll grow the equivalent of a 20-acre farm on a 1/4 of an acre. 

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Urban, Hydroponics, Farming, USA, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 8/13/17 Urban, Hydroponics, Farming, USA, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 8/13/17

Urban Hydroponic Farms Offer Sustainable Water Solutions

Tucked behind a Whole Foods in a corner warehouse unit, Ron and Faye Mitchell grow 8,000 pounds of food each month without using any soil, and they recycle the water their plants don’t use.

Hydroponic farming grows crops without soil. Instead, farmers add nutrients to the water the plants use. This method can produce a wide variety of plants, from leafy greens to dwarf fruit trees.

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Farming, Greenhouse, Urban, USA, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 8/12/17 Farming, Greenhouse, Urban, USA, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 8/12/17

This Company Wants to Bring Soil-Free Farming to Restaurant Kitchens

Hydroponics have allowed garden vegetables to grow in novel places—from a pillar inside a Berlin grocery store to a veritable skyscraper of plants in Singapore.

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Farming, Greenhouse, USA, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 8/11/17 Farming, Greenhouse, USA, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 8/11/17

Shenandoah Growers Opens Texas Indoor Production Facility

Virginia-based organic culinary herb grower and producer Shenandoah Growers (SGI) claims it is “set to transform the distribution of highly perishable produce”.

Through a proprietary combination of automated greenhouses and indoor LED vertical grow rooms to produce more than 30 million certified organic plants per year, SGI has now brought a third indoor growing facility online.

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Farming, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 8/11/17 Farming, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 8/11/17

High-Tech Indoor Farm Nabs $20 Million in New Funding

Bowery, an indoor farming company that deploys a lot of high-tech solutions – including propriety software systems, robotics and monitoring plants via machine learning – announces it has secured a Series A funding round of $20 million from several investors, including General Catalyst, GGV and GV.

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Greenhouse, Farming, USA IGrow PreOwned 8/11/17 Greenhouse, Farming, USA IGrow PreOwned 8/11/17

Nebraska Man’s Mushroom Growing Hobby Becomes A Business

They look like sculptures: mushrooms with exotic names like Lion's Mane and Blue Oyster. And they flourish inside a nondescript warehouse located near the airport in Grand Island, Neb. Nebraska Mushroom is an indoor farm where unusual varieties of the fungi are pampered and fussed over from colonization to harvest.

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Greenhouse, Geothermal, Farming, USA IGrow PreOwned 8/10/17 Greenhouse, Geothermal, Farming, USA IGrow PreOwned 8/10/17

Alliance Greenhouse Uses Geothermal Heat To Produce All Year Long

Geothermal heat produces heat from the ground. A singular heat source dispenses heat into a tubing system that runs under the ground of the greenhouse. The heat is constantly circulating and reused to create the perfect environment for the greenhouse. This means that in Finch’s greenhouses, he can grow any tropical or subtropical plant that he wants.

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Farming, USA, World, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 8/10/17 Farming, USA, World, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 8/10/17

Indoor Farming Start-Up Plenty Secures $200m In Funding

SoftBank Group Corp chairman Masayoshi Son said: “By combining technology with optimal agriculture methods, Plenty is working to make ultra-fresh, nutrient-rich food accessible to everyone in an always-local way that minimises wastage from transport.

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Urban, Aquaponics, Farming, USA, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 8/9/17 Urban, Aquaponics, Farming, USA, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 8/9/17

Urban Aquaponic Farmer and Chef Redefines Local Food in Orange County, CA

In a county named for its former abundance of orange groves, chef and farmer Adam Navidi is on the forefront of redefining local food and agriculture through his restaurant, farm, and catering business.

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Urban, USA, Farming IGrow PreOwned 8/9/17 Urban, USA, Farming IGrow PreOwned 8/9/17

Convention Center Plays Host To Urban Farm: Take A Look Around

Look out of some of the windows of the Cleveland Convention Center, and you'll see greenery, dozens of chickens, lines of bee hives and three pigs

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Container Farm, Urban, USA, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 8/9/17 Container Farm, Urban, USA, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 8/9/17

Some Urban Farmers Are Going Vertical

In a factory parking lot in Brooklyn, a crowd of about 100 people gasped and murmured as Tobias Peggs cracked open the heavy metal doors of a white shipping container, allowing pink light to spill out from within.

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Farming, USA, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 8/9/17 Farming, USA, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 8/9/17

Could Vertical Farms Save The Planet?

With the global population rising at high speed, farmland shrinking, and more people moving to urban areas, the idea of vertical farms in cities has long been a dream

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