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USA: New Farm Brings Sustainable Farming To Northern Michigan
There's a new farm in northern Michigan that provides fresh and local produce all-year-round using environmentally friendly practices and high-tech resources. The container is home to Pine Hill Farms, a farm that uses a controlled environment agriculture system to grow produce
MALAYSIA: Turn Empty Spaces Into Urban Farms To Grow Food
WITH the Covid-19 pandemic highlighting the importance of food self-sufficiency, it is probably time for Malaysians to turn empty urban spaces into farms. Urban farming is the practice of cultivating, processing and distributing food in or around urban areas
CANADA (YT): Tackling Food Insecurity Above The 60th Parallel
ColdAcre Food Systems is based in Whitehorse, Yukon, one of the northernmost provinces in Canada. The company was incorporated in August 2019 and specializes in controlled environment agriculture.
USA: Local Farm Brings Hope To Food Desert
A hydroponic produce farm in Indianapolis is filling a need in food deserts around the city. Food deserts are areas where grocery stores aren’t easily accessible. More than 200,000 people live in food deserts in Indy, according to a study published by SAVI
ZipGrow Expands To New Facility, Inks Deal With Sodexo
ZipGrow has expanded its footprint, moving from leased premises to its own building at the corner of Cumberland and Seventh Street
Can Vertical Farming Be A Viable Method Of Controlled Environment Production?
Fifth Season is using its fully integrated, automated operating system to crack the economics code for vertical farming with the potential to integrate with greenhouse operations.
How Square Roots Is Meeting Unprecedented Post-Pandemic Demand For Fresh, Healthy, Locally-Grown Food
Square Roots is expanding fast—deploying its latest indoor farm in Michigan in just three months
How Square Roots Is Training Next-Gen Farmers During A Pandemic
The average age of the American farmer is 58 years old. If we're going to change the food system, we need to create more pathways for young people to launch successful careers in agriculture
Polygreens Podcast Episode: 19 Grahame Dunling - WorldWide Local Salads
Grahame Dunling, together with son Matthew, has launched WorldWide Local Salads, bringing vertical farming to the city where the rich rural hinterlands served his family well for more than 100 years
USA: ILLINOIS - Glenview's Wiseacre Farm To Be Featured On History Channel
"We were connected to this opportunity through Freight Farms, a hydroponic farming container company in Boston. Our farm was built and distributed by Freight Farms," said Yael Sheinfeld, whose father, Aviad, founded Wiseacre Farm
OurCrowd, Waterfund Launch New Water Investment Platform
Waterfund committed $50 million of capital to the OurCrowd managed portfolio, with an initial investment completed in Plenty, Inc., a vertical farming leader
AUSTRALIA: VIDEO - Shipping Container Farms: Check Out This Craze In Modified Containers
Greenhouses, hydroponics, and mushroom farms – converted shipping containers can produce protein and vegetables for all your needs
UAE: “Hydroponic Farming Is Not Yet Deployed At A Meaningful Scale”
Greener Crop was founded in September last year with the goal of enabling hydroponic farming in the Middle East and Africa
FRANCE: How To Grow Food In A Concrete Jungle
Building flourishing farms in the heart of cities used to be just a utopian fantasy. Now it's an important step towards developing a smart, diversified food system capable of feeding a growing world population
US: NEW YORK - 21st Century Fund Awards FeedMore WNY $100,000 For Expanded Freight Farms Greenery
In 2020, FeedMore WNY served more than 16 million meals to WNYers who were homebound due to quarantine
Providing A Sustainable Growing Solution For Farmers, Using Renewable Energy in Container Farming
Recently, Freight Farms and Arcadia have partnered to provide Freight Farms' U.S. customers with access to clean energy for their everyday operations
Eeden Farms Sees Phenomenal Market Response To Pioneering Concept
Lincoln Deal II, the founder of Eeden Farms, said: “The response has been phenomenal. Most days, we are combing growing and facilitating tours because the interest level is so high among restaurants and hotels
VIDEO: Inside A Shipping Container Vertical Farm
New farming models are cropping up around the world, including in Sydney, where Sprout Stack is transforming old shipping containers into commercial vertical farms
US: SOUTH CAROLINA - Indoor Farm Provides Fresh Lettuce To Charleston County Schools
Vertical Roots’ goal is to revolutionize the way communities grow, distribute and consume food
Kimbal Musk’s Quest To Start One Million Gardens
The tech veteran and restaurateur (and brother of Elon) has been preaching the ‘real food’ gospel for years — and his newest project may be his most ambitious yet