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Brooklyn Grange Announces A New Location — In A Former WWII Shipyard
Inhabitat is thrilled to announce that New York City urban farming group Brooklyn Grange is launching its first location outside the city — at Kearny Point in New Jersey.
The Big Plans of Barry Benepe
Over the course of his long career, Saugerties’ Barry Benepe has had a beneficial impact on the quality of life in our cities and towns. His greatest contribution is perhaps the founding, with colleague Bob Lewis, of Greenmarket, the network of New York City farmers’ markets that began in 1976.
Osram Acquires US ‘Smart Grow’ Lighting Firm
Lighting giant Osram is acquiring Fluence Bioengineering, Inc. of Austin, Texas. The company specialises in LED-based horticultural systems, using Osram LED chips, for a wide variety of applications including vertical farming, especially in urban area
Hydroponics, The Future of food?
Hydroponics is built around the concept of having constant optimum farming conditions, in an isolated closed loop environment such as a warehouse, in which variables such as CO2 and light levels can all be controlled. A key feature is that the roots of the plants are suspended in a mineral-rich solution rather than soil.
