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US: Vacant For Five Years, A Former Target in Calumet City Gets New Life As An Indoor Vertical Farm Growing Greens For The Chicago Area
The 135,000-square-foot building in the River Oaks shopping center will house stacks of trays growing kale, arugula and other leafy greens under artificial lights. A retail shop on-site will sell the produce to the community and invite people in to learn about how indoor farming works
Living Greens Farm Hires New CEO
George Pastrana brings 30 years of successfully managing iconic consumer brands
5 Benefits of Microgreens That Will Boost Your Health
Microgreens are the powerhouse of nutritious foods. These functional foods are the seedlings of vegetables or herbs and are known to boost health function and prevent disease
Horticultural Lighting Guide
Learn the foundations needed to discuss, plan, and choose a lighting approach to meet your growing goals with confidence
Vertical Farming vs. Greenhouse Farming: Which is More Efficient?
When starting a farming operation, the first choice you face is what type of farm to start. The options are many: indoor vs. outdoor; arable vs pastoral; intensive vs. extensive. For farmers going the indoor route, one of the biggest decisions is between vertical farms and greenhouses
Florida Indoor Farming Firm Turns Pandemic Disruption Into Opportunity
Orlando, Fla.-based Kalera had to give away an entire harvest in March when the company's commercial customers closed amid stay-at-home orders. But, like some other greenhouse operations around the country, Kalera found other customers and avoided layoffs or going out of business
USDA Grant to Support Cornell Indoor Ag Training Programs
Fueled by year-round market demand for local food and by advancements in greenhouse technology, controlled environment agriculture (CEA) is a rapidly growing field
Tepco Unit Launches Giant Vertical Farm in Shizuoka Powered by Artificial Lighting
A unit of Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. has launched an indoor vertical farm in Shizuoka that can yield up to 5 tons of produce a day — one of the world’s largest such facilities to rely solely on artificial lighting
See You Next Week? Take A Virtual Tour of The Greenery™ With Us! July 16, 2020 - 4:30 PM EST
Explore the Freight Farms Greenery™ alongside farm expert Derek, where you'll learn about the basics of controlled environment agriculture, hydroponics, and vertical farming...from the comfort of your own home!
VIDEO: The Supermarkets That Grow Their Own Food
There's a food-tech revolution happening in our supermarkets, and it could change the way we eat forever
OptimIA Free Indoor Ag Webinar - July 29, 2020 - 1 PM EST
OptimIA offers free indoor ag webinar on July 29, 2020. The OptimIA (Optimizing Indoor Agriculture) project team invites indoor farmers, allied trades, and professionals to their first annual meeting to share recent research results with leafy greens and discuss future activities
Pandemic Gardening Moves Indoors With a Smart Garden in The Kitchen
It’s not hard to see why. Even as public spaces begin to open up, many people remain leery of winding through the narrow aisles of their grocery stores
The Future of Food: Inside The World's Largest Urban Farm – Built on a Rooftop
On top of a striking new exhibition hall in the southern 15th arrondissement of Paris, the world’s largest urban rooftop farm has started to bear fruit. Strawberries, to be precise: small, intensely flavoured and resplendently red
Barclays and Unreasonable Selects 80 Acres Farms To Receive $100,000 Grant in Support of COVID-19 Related Work
Unreasonable Impact COVID-19 Response is a new initiative launched by Barclays and Unreasonable Group awarding $100,000 grants each to ten Unreasonable ventures that have pivoted their businesses to combat challenges related to COVID1
US - VIRGINIA - What Does Governor Northam Have to Say About Babylon?
“Congratulations to Babylon Micro-Farms, an inspiring up and coming Virginia business, on its CRCF award. Babylon first received seed capital funding from CIT GAP Funds in August 2019
VIDEO: Dubai’s Badia is GCC’s First Commercial Vertical Indoor Farm
Badia Farms in Al Quoz Industrial area in Dubai is the GCC’s first commercial vertical indoor farm that supports Dubai’s agricultural sustainability
Vertical Farming In LatAm: AgroUrbana Closes $1m Seed Funding
Access to vertical farming technologies is deepening and widening across the world, bringing down the costs and hassle of locally producing anything from Singapore strawberries to Arctic tomatoes
Podcast Agency FullCast Launches Vertical Farming Podcast with David Farquhar of Intelligent Growth Solutions
David Farquhar, CEO of Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS), says Covid-19 has prompted a spike in interest in vertical farming, as retailers and governments scramble to improve supply chain resilience and lower their reliance on imported food
VIEDO: Vertical Farming Conference: 8 October 2020, Online or Offline At High Tech Campus Eindhoven, The Netherlands
A JakajimaTV talk with Jasper den Besten, HAS University of Applied Sciences about the importance of the variety choice for vertical farming
4 Facts You Need to Know About Vertical Farming LED Lighting
One of the main components that make vertical farming possible is the evolution of light-emitting diodes (LEDs)