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Organic Industry Is Not Giving Hydroponic, Aquaponic Growers A Warm Embrace

The litigious Center for Food Safety two weeks ago filed a rule-making petition with U.S. Department of Agriculture, demanding new regulations prohibiting organic certification of hydroponic agriculture production

IGrow PreOwned 1/4/19 IGrow PreOwned 1/4/19

Introducing Living Food Company: The Future of Food

Why is India, one of the fastest growing economies, undergoing a nutrition and health crisis? India has the largest micronutrient deficiency among all countries and among the highest disability-adjusted lost years of life from micronutrient deficiencies

IGrow PreOwned 11/15/18 IGrow PreOwned 11/15/18

AEssenseGrows Introduces ‘The Perfect Grow Light’ For Cannabis

The AErix LBR003 grow light delivers the specifications required to improve the quality of buds grown indoors along with all of the automation features large cultivation facilities desire.

IGrow PreOwned 9/5/18 IGrow PreOwned 9/5/18

A ‘Fresh’ Look At Indoor AgTech

ndoor production of fresh fruits and vegetables leveraging aeroponic and hydroponic growing techniques has gained meaningful investor momentum in recent years.

IGrow PreOwned 8/29/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/29/18

Using A Hydroponic System Vs Growing With Soil

So why consider a hydroponic system at all if soil has come so far?

IGrow PreOwned 7/31/18 IGrow PreOwned 7/31/18

How Does Aeroponics Work?

Aeroponic systems nourish plants with nothing more than nutrient-laden mist. The concept builds off that of hydroponic systems, in which the roots are held in a soilless growing medium, such as coco coir, over which nutrient-laden water is periodically pumped.

IGrow PreOwned 5/27/18 IGrow PreOwned 5/27/18

New Commercial Aeroponic Systems

Pure Grows Aeroponics is launching three new product choices, Commercial Aeroponic System, Intelli Tissue Culture Clone Nursery and a 40 Foot Smart Grow Aeroponic Container.

IGrow PreOwned 5/23/18 IGrow PreOwned 5/23/18

Lettuce Abound Farms Serves Up First Harvest From New London Aeroponics Operation

Lettuce Abound is the first franchise operation of the Faribault-based Living Greens Farm, which developed this type of aeroponics system.

IGrow PreOwned 5/16/18 IGrow PreOwned 5/16/18

US (CO): Aeroponic Garden Provides Students With Fresh Greens

A new aeroponic garden in the Village Center Dining and Community Commons is the first in the nation to provide students, staff and faculty with fresh salad greens grown on site in a high-tech greenhouse attached to a dining hall.

IGrow PreOwned 5/16/18 IGrow PreOwned 5/16/18

"50% Higher Clone Production With New AEtrium-2.1 SmartFarm-72"

AEssenseGrows is an ag-tech company specializing in automated aeroponic platforms for high-yield plant production. The company has developed advanced grow systems featuring sensor-driven software that monitors and automatically adjusts the ingredients for specific grow recipes.

IGrow PreOwned 5/15/18 IGrow PreOwned 5/15/18

"Customers Can Harvest Lettuce At Dutch Retailer Albert Heijn"

Starting this week, Albert Heijn Gelderlandplein in Amsterdam boasts a harvest stand. It has an assortment of lettuce with their roots still attached.

IGrow PreOwned 4/18/18 IGrow PreOwned 4/18/18

Nebullam: Indoor Farming

What started seven years ago as a way to address food security, production and sustainability led to 13 different prototypes and a model farm near Nevada. And if all goes according to plan in 2018, Nebullam will have a second model farm near Ames and additional capital to help send a product to market by 2019.

IGrow PreOwned 4/4/18 IGrow PreOwned 4/4/18

IndoorFarming Company Bringing News Jobs To Breathitt County, Kentucky

Governor Matt Bevin announced Thursday that startup indoor farming company Hydroponic Farms USA will invest more than $44.5 million in Eastern Kentucky's Breathitt County and create 121 jobs with the construction of a new facility on a reclaimed mine in Jackson.

IGrow PreOwned 3/5/18 IGrow PreOwned 3/5/18

One of The World's Largest Indoor Farms Is Located in Faribault, Minnesota

To keep this huge production running, Anderson utilizes a computer system to control different aspects of the farming process such as light, CO2, humidity, and temperature. All of that combined with aeroponics is what makes Living Greens Farm so successful!

IGrow PreOwned 2/28/18 IGrow PreOwned 2/28/18

Organic Certification For Hydroponic Systems

As hydroponic and aquaponic farms have flourished across the country in recent years, debates about their suitability for organic certification have reached a fever pitch.

IGrow PreOwned 2/24/18 IGrow PreOwned 2/24/18

USDA Accused of Disseminating “Corporate Propaganda” Backing Agribusiness Switch of Organics to (Soil-less) Hydroponic Production

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Aeroponics Farm Near New London, Minnesota Will Produce Leafy Greens Year-Round

What had been a large, empty pole barn on a farm in rural New London last year is now becoming a climate-controlled maze of computer-operated, high-powered lights and a water misting system housed on a dozen massive stainless steel frames.

IGrow PreOwned 2/19/18 IGrow PreOwned 2/19/18

Stop the Presses: Hydroponics Certified Organic

While both sides still feel they’re in the right as to whether or not hydroponic produce should be certified as organic, that argument ended on November 1, 2017, with an industry decision that such certification was allowable.

IGrow PreOwned 2/1/18 IGrow PreOwned 2/1/18

USDA Reaffirms Organic Certification for Container Production Systems

In the most recent edition of the Organic Insider newsletter, USDA states, “Certification of hydroponic, aquaponic, and aeroponic operations is allowed under the USDA organic regulations, and has been since the National Organic Program began.”

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Living Greens Farm is Hooked on Aeroponics

Anderson launched Living Greens Farm in 2012 after working out of his garage for three years. He and his team raised $8 million from friends and family to help get the company off the ground.