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IGrow PreOwned 9/20/18 IGrow PreOwned 9/20/18

Entrepreneurship Intensive For Farmers

Each farmer will finish the week-long program with a practical and useful business framework in hand that complements their expertise in regenerative agriculture and empowers them to apply proven entrepreneurial practices to their farming business.

IGrow PreOwned 9/13/18 IGrow PreOwned 9/13/18

Five-Day Introductory Training Course On Plant Factory With Artificial Lighting (PFAL)

In response to increasing global demands from indoor farmers, researchers and future entrepreneurs in the exciting emerging field of plant factory with artificial lighting (PFAL), also known as vertical farm, this coming October, Japan Plant Factory Association (JPFA) together with Chiba University will host an intensive five-day introductory training course in English on PFAL.

IGrow PreOwned 9/7/18 IGrow PreOwned 9/7/18

5 years, 60 Startups: Purdue Students Own Their Inventions, Thriving Under University’s Policy

Scott Massey and Ivan Ball, 2017 graduates of Purdue’s Polytechnic Institute and founders of Heliponix LLC, say the reassessment in Purdue intellectual property rights that gives students ownership of their inventions motivated them to found their startup.

IGrow PreOwned 9/6/18 IGrow PreOwned 9/6/18

September Webinar: A Proposed Horticultural Lighting Label

Recent advances in light-emitting diode (LED) technology now provide the horticultural industry with multiple lighting options.

IGrow PreOwned 8/27/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/27/18

Rep. Goyke Commends UW School For Urban Agriculture Initiative

Federal USDA grant follows on urban farming legislation introduced by Rep. Goyke calling for a School of Urban Agriculture in Wisconsin

IGrow PreOwned 8/20/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/20/18

This September The SKYBERRIES Academy Will Take Place

During the two day program, there will be four experts talking about four different topics:: food: technology: business: society

IGrow PreOwned 8/19/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/19/18

Indoor Farm Offers New Life For Ex-Elementary School

The fledgling business will tie high-production indoor organic farming with educational components and housing for veterans with opportunities for job training and a year-round farmers’ market.

IGrow PreOwned 8/19/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/19/18

Gene Editing – And What It Really Means to Rewrite The Code of Life

We now have a precise way to correct, replace or even delete faulty DNA. Ian Sample explains the science, the risks and what the future may hold.

IGrow PreOwned 8/14/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/14/18

US (IN): Greenhouse Workshop To Promote Sustainable Growing Practices

Purdue University’s Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture is offering a Greenhouse and Indoor Hydroponics Workshop on Sept. 5, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

IGrow PreOwned 8/12/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/12/18

Students Competing In The Greenhouse Challenge Are In The Final Sprint

Student team GreenWURks participates in the Urban Greenhouse Challenge and designed a vertical greenhouse in the old Bijlmer prison in Amsterdam. At the end of last week, they delivered their report. On 28 August, they present their work and the winner of the Challenge will be announced.

IGrow PreOwned 8/10/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/10/18

New State Grant Program Awards Quarter Million to Urban Agriculture Projects

Nine projects designed to encourage urban youth agricultural programs will receive $233,750 in funding through a new Minnesota Department of Agriculture program.

IGrow PreOwned 8/6/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/6/18

Emmy Win For Growing A Greener World – The Green Bronx Machine

On June 16, 2018, the long-running Sustainability Television Program Growing a Greener World® received a Daytime Emmy Award® for its breakthrough episode The Green Bronx Machine.

IGrow PreOwned 8/1/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/1/18

Why I’m Empowering A New Generation Of Farmers To Transform America’s Food System

Consumers across the world are demanding greater transparency into where and how their food is grown.

IGrow PreOwned 7/26/18 IGrow PreOwned 7/26/18

Adventist Academy Introduces Innovative Farming Into Its Curriculum

What is green on the inside, metal on the outside, and high-tech all over? A container full of microgreens.

IGrow PreOwned 7/24/18 IGrow PreOwned 7/24/18

Urban Farming Social Enterprise Bears Fruit For Local Community

BECOMING a farmer in Singapore sounds risky enough, but former digital marketer Bjorn Low decided to take it a step further by starting his own urban farming social enterprise, Edible Garden City.

IGrow PreOwned 7/22/18 IGrow PreOwned 7/22/18

Container-Grown Vegetables A 'Gardening Revival,' Says Horticulturist

Gardening season is in full swing, but what if you don't have space for a garden? Grant Wood, who works at the University of Saskatchewan College of Agriculture and Bioresources, says container gardening could be the answer. He cultivates a rooftop vegetable garden at the University of Saskatchewan, growing everything from tomatoes to cucumbers to herbs.

IGrow PreOwned 7/20/18 IGrow PreOwned 7/20/18

Rep. Goyke Commends UW School for Urban Agriculture Initiative

The University of Wisconsin – Madison recently received a three year federal grant from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture to initiate the creation of a School for Urban Agriculture. The new school, as part of the University’s Farming the City Project, will target students, farmers, and non-profit staff.

IGrow PreOwned 7/12/18 IGrow PreOwned 7/12/18

How Plant Is Designing The Future Of Food And Education

This former Bank of America Merrill Lynch director (his LinkedIn Profile calls himself a ‘reformed capitalist’) has embarked via his new venture Plant which nothing less than a crusade to feed the world (using the power of schools, technology and branding) and creating a new category which he dubs ‘Agriculture as a Service.'

IGrow PreOwned 7/12/18 IGrow PreOwned 7/12/18

Growing a Greener World Awarded Emmy For Green Bronx Machine Episode

The Green Bronx Machine is truly breaking new ground in the world of education. This investment of passion for our food source isn’t just working, it’s creating one person(al) miracle at a time.

IGrow PreOwned 7/11/18 IGrow PreOwned 7/11/18

Transforming Food and Health in Native Communities Through Vertical Farming

7 Generations, a Washington State-based AgTech farm development and food distribution company is introducing indoor vertical farms to Native communities across the United States. The company’s big vision is to transform the health of Native communities by bringing AgTech education and indoor vertical farms into Native American classrooms