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Growers From Around The World Travel To Eureka, CA To Learn Hydroponic Growing And Business Techniques.

AmHydro holds several 2-day seminars each year in various locations across the US, featuring classroom, lecture, and “hands-on” knowledge provided by successful commercial growers and industry leaders.

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A Farm Just Opened In Front of City Hall For The Summer

The PHS Farm for the City is an interactive farm at City Hall that will offer free workshops and informational panels all summer.

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Ivy Tech Greenhouse Dedicated

When Ivy Tech Community College Fort Wayne started its agriculture program about five years ago, officials were already pondering options for growing it. Dreams of a greenhouse – a facility that could bridge the campus' agriculture and culinary programs – soon followed. On Wednesday, Ivy Tech showed off its new greenhouse during a two-hour dedication event.

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US (OK): OSU Builds New Greenhouse Learning Center

Oklahoma State University is building a modern Greenhouse Learning Center that will better prepare career-ready professionals to enter the horticulture industry.

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Kids Grow Salad Greens On An Urban Concrete Schoolyard

Hydroponic hothouse program introduces disadvantaged girls to organic, sustainable veggies and herbs for eating and selling.

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The GEC Family

Summertime is finally here, and the Greenhouse Education Center (GEC) is back in gear! For those of you who don’t know the Greenhouse Education Center is basically like a reality TV show that is my reality for the summer.

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Troubleshooting Microgreens In Germination Stage

There are extra factors with microgreens that may cause things in the germination stage to fail, so troubleshoot possible problems and their solutions. Double check your temperature to make sure things aren't too cold or hot.

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Solving Common Problems When Growing Microgreens

Over the past several years, the Nick Greens Grow Team has learned a lot, as a result of more than a thousand hours put into growing microgreens for commercial sale.

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Dene High School in La Loche, Saskachewan Gets A Modular Farm

Food inaccessibility is becoming a bigger issue in La Loche especially after a recent grocery store fire that moved the community, leaving only one shop to provide fresh foods to the entire community.

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First Road Trip - Opening the Greenhouse Education Center

There was no shortage of walking traffic in Toronto, which meant tons of visitors at the mobile greenhouse. They all tested our knowledge on the growing process of the plants, which I think was the best learning experience to solidify the knowledge we gained during orientation week.

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Hopewell, New Jersey Elementary Partners With Princeton University’s Sustainable Farming Project

A partnership between Hopewell Elementary School and Princeton University is bringing a new scientific initiative to the school district’s younger pupils by giving them a new learning experience while also providing fresh produce for lunches.

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Excerpt From The Worldview Dimension of Gaia Education’s online Course In Design For Sustainability

“People are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry which pays no attention to food.”

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Bronx Teens Create Hydroponic Farm To Grow 25,000 Pounds of Produce A Year

“Watching the students blossom and change through the program even in this short period of time is really impressive,” said Katherine Soll, CEO and director of Teens for Food Justice, a nonprofit that helped students build the indoor farm with a $127,000 grant from the Green Mountain Energy Sun Club, as well as other donors.

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3rd Greenhouse and Hydroponic Technical Management Course for India

"Delish Veggies, Graeme Smith Consulting and Future Farms are pleased to announce the 3rd Greenhouse and Hydroponic Training Program in Pune India after the grand successes of our two training courses in 2017.

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Greenhouse Training Online Courses Win National Award For The University of Florida

The Greenhouse Training Online (GTO) program offered to growers by the University of Florida IFAS Extension is the winner of the 2018 Extension Division Education Materials Award from the American Society for Horticultural Science.

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Basic Microgreens Materials

Growing microgreens requires only a few materials. A bit of these things you might have laying around the house, although others will be just a small investment. We started our microgreens business with a 100 dollar bill.

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Social Innovation Challenge Winner Building Food Growing Facility In Shipping Container

The group is proposing to build food farms out of 20-foot shipping containers constructed with post-consumer materials. Green Space Urban Farms won $1,500 cash and $2,000 in business support for market research and product development.

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Agrivest 2018: ‘It’s Unbelievable We Still Measure Agricultural Productivity by Land, Not Water Use’

It is “unbelievable” in the 21st century we still measure agricultural productivity by land use and not water use, Professor Louise O. Fresco, the president of Wageningen University & Research in The Netherlands, told delegates at AgriVest 2018 conference in Tel Aviv last week.

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PC® Children's Charity Plants Modular Farm in La Loche, Saskatchewan

Today, students from Dene High School in La Loche, Saskatchewan, started training to grow and harvest a variety of produce in a farm the size of a shipping container.

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WUR In Front Window Amsterdam Bookstore

The front window of the Athenaeum bookstore in Amsterdam is being transformed into a WUR-themed display over the next two weeks. Not only does it showcase photos of food and agriculture, it also features items such as a custom-made vertical farm.