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Each Year, The World Loses Enough Food to Feed Half a Billion People to Fungi, The Most Destructive Pathogens of Plants.

Mycologist and TED Fellow Mennat El Ghalid explains how a breakthrough in our understanding of the molecular signals fungi use to attack plants could disrupt this interaction -- and save our crops.

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The Farmory Launches Second Workshop Series!

Green Bay, Wis. - THE FARMORY has announced the first four workshops of their 2018 series! The Farmory has invited community experts to lead workshops on various topics that provide residents an opportunity to learn new skills that will better their health and create a more self-reliant community!

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Unilever Launches Vegan Snack Line To Support Urban Farming Projects

Unilever, a global product corporation, recently introduced a new vegan snack line to benefit urban farming initiatives. Fifty percent of profits from these organic vegan crunchy clusters, Growing Roots, will be donated to various organizations that work to make fresh food accessible in urban areas.

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Local Entrepreneur Wants To Spread Word About Growing Food Indoors

One local entrepreneur has the lofty goal of transforming the abandoned Safeway store in Miami into a year-round indoor farming community. Just how does one convert such as ambitious goal into a reality? The answer is one hydroponic vegetable plant at a time.

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In Support of Farmers Everywhere - More Change, More Growth Coming To Bootstrap Farmer

On March 1, 2018, Nick Burton joined Bootstrap Farmer as Creative Director. This is huge for us in fulfilling our mission in support entrepreneurs in launching low-cost businesses that merge the agricultural and culinary industries.

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The Future of Farming Takes Root

According to the United Nations' report "World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision," the current world population of 7.6 billion is expected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050. "That would be the equivalent of adding another China and another India to our planet in terms of population.

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Hydroponics Workshop To Take Place in Chennai

People will be shown the videos and explained the techniques adopted in this technology-based farming and the event will be hosted by WSquare, that aims to bring women back to work.

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Second Farmory Location Opens In Area High School

The Farmory is a campaign to bring local and sustainable indoor agriculture to Northeast Wisconsin.

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How To Grow Arugula Microgreens

Do you know how to grow arugula microgreens? Well, you'll know how to grow them after this reading this post. You won’t regret missing out on this! We promise.

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Microgreens We Love To Grow

Do you know which Microgreens we love to grow? These are our favorite Microgreens but we’ll also be giving you some seeding procedures too! You won’t regret missing out on this! We promise.

IGrow PreOwned 3/4/18 IGrow PreOwned 3/4/18

World Food Programme Italia Named As Patron For The Fourth Edition of Seeds&Chips, The Global Innovation Summit

The fourth edition of Seeds&Chips – The Global Food Innovation Summit (7-10 May 2018, MiCo Milano Congressi) will be under the patronage of the World Food Programme (WFP) Italia.

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How To Raise ‘Farm To Table’ Kids, Even If You Don’t Live On (or near) A Farm

Every night, my 4-year-old son sits down at the dinner table, carefully inspects his food, and asks, “What IS this? And who made it?”

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How To Put The Youth Back In Agriculture

Misconceptions about working in agriculture have long bogged down the number of young people opting for a career in this industry.

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Training Workshop On Hydroponics Agriculture Concludes At Pir Mehr Ali Shah, Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi

A 15-day training workshop to impart training to the farmers of Punjab on Hydroponics Agriculture under the project 'Testing indigenous hydroponics model for vegetable growing' concluded here on Monday at Pir Mehr Ali Shah, Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi (PMAS-AAUR).

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Rules For Growing Microgreens Indoors

This blog post touches on basic guidelines to follow while you grow microgreens. There are many specifics that need to be followed on your journey.

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e-GRO Launches Nutritional Monitoring of Floriculture Crops Website

Nutritional disorders are among the many challenges greenhouse growers encounter durinction.

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How Two Toronto Women Are Turning Vacant Lots Into Food

"Bowery" actually means "farm" in Dutch. “In New York, the Bowery was the road that led from the settlements to the farms, hence why we named our project after the New York City street.“

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Pythium Root Rot on Hydroponically Grown Basil And Spinach

Waterborne diseases that infect roots are a common production issue in hydroponic production. Several species of the water mold, Pythium, attack greenhouse crops.

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Transforming German Cities Into Organic Food Gardens

With ever more people living in urban centers, food security — and quality — is becoming a pressing issue. In Germany, cities are increasingly taking the task of producing organic products to a hyperlocal level.

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Poisoning Our Children: Pesticide Residues

One of the greatest pesticide myths is that all agricultural poisons are scientifically tested to ensure that they are used safely.