Aquaponics, Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/27/18 Aquaponics, Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/27/18

Superior Fresh At The Forefront Of Aquaponics Trend

“To grow what we have on about two-acres under glass, you’d need about 60-acres of conventional land,” said Kurt Wagaman, general manager of Superior Fresh.

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Organic, Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/27/18 Organic, Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/27/18

New Research Shows How Organic Farming Is Worse For Climate

"Our study shows that organic peas, farmed in Sweden, have around a 50 percent bigger climate impact than conventionally farmed peas," says one of the researchers, Stefan Wirsenius from Chalmers University of Technology.

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Herbs, Farming, Supermarket IGrow PreOwned 12/27/18 Herbs, Farming, Supermarket IGrow PreOwned 12/27/18

Swedish Retailers Are Starting To Grow Herbs Under Their Stores

As Ron Finley once said in his Ted Talk on Gorilla Gardening - “To Grow your own food is like printing your own money”

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Greenhouse, Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/20/18 Greenhouse, Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/20/18

NatureFreshTM Farms Gives Back to Leamington & Delta Communities This Holiday Season

NatureFresh™ Farms kicked off the season of giving by sending a group of volunteers to Southwestern Ontario Gleaners, a charitable organization in Leamington, ON that distributes nutritious food to people in need both locally and internationally. 

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Agricultural Industry, City Farm, Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/16/18 Agricultural Industry, City Farm, Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/16/18

Young, Hip Farmers: Coming To A City Near You

People want to know where their food is coming from, and the agricultural industry is responding.

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Agricultural Industry, Data, Farming, Food Security IGrow PreOwned 12/16/18 Agricultural Industry, Data, Farming, Food Security IGrow PreOwned 12/16/18

This Entrepreneur Left Wall Street to Count the World's Calories. Now She's Warning of a Global Food Disaster Equal to the Financial Crisis.

Menker's path to counting the world's calories is a bit unorthodox.

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Agricultural Industry, Food Policy, Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/16/18 Agricultural Industry, Food Policy, Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/16/18

Adelaide Puts Food, Not Developments at the Top of the City-Fringe Menu

So much so, its city fringe farm land is being legally protected.

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Hydroponic, Urban, Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/15/18 Hydroponic, Urban, Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/15/18

Hydroponic Farming Lets You Grow Your Food Indoors

Former college roommates Andrew Carter and Adam DeMartino started their own indoor farming business called Smallhold in 2016, with the aim of growing hard-to-find mushroom varieties they knew chefs were on the hunt for. 

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Agricultural Industry, Farming, Energy IGrow PreOwned 12/12/18 Agricultural Industry, Farming, Energy IGrow PreOwned 12/12/18

Bowery Farming Adding Microgrid With Solar, Natural Gas And Storage

Schneider Electric and Scale Microgrid Solutions have announced an agreement to design, engineer and build a new microgrid for modern-farming company Bowery Farming.

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Greenhouse, Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/6/18 Greenhouse, Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/6/18

NatureFresh Farms Ohio-Based Greenhouse Growing Strong Throughout The Winter

Located in the northwestern community of Delta, OH, the NatureFresh Farms USA greenhouse will be picking, packing, and shipping fresh and flavorful Tomatoes throughout the coldest months of the year

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Greenhouse, Farming, Education, Video IGrow PreOwned 12/5/18 Greenhouse, Farming, Education, Video IGrow PreOwned 12/5/18

"Educator Greenhouses Foster The Perfect Learning Environment"

GrowSpan Commercial Educator Greenhouses provide a growing environment to encourage hands-on learning. The American-made structures offer an economical growing solution for instructors looking to enhance their program and teach horticulture throughout the year

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Urban, Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/5/18 Urban, Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/5/18

Why Urban-Fringe Farming Is Vital For Food Resilience

The role that city fringe farmers play in feeding cities is sometimes overlooked in an era of sophisticated supply chains that enable food to be sourced from all over the world.

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NASA, Technology, Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/4/18 NASA, Technology, Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/4/18

NASA Technology To Grow Crops Faster

NASA has created a new technology to grow crops on other planets with the prospect of establishing colonies on Mars or another planet in the future. 

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Aquaponics, Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/3/18 Aquaponics, Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/3/18

Revolution Farms Harvests First Batch Of Aquaponics Crops Grown Without Soil

Locally grown lettuce now will be available in Michigan grocery stores during all four seasons.

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Greenhouse, Farming, Food Safety IGrow PreOwned 12/1/18 Greenhouse, Farming, Food Safety IGrow PreOwned 12/1/18

Inspired Greens Producing To Meet Frantic Demand For Clean, Safe, Local Lettuce

“Retailers and consumers have a heightened awareness of food safety, quality and taste,” said David Karwacki, Chief Executive Officer of The Star Group of Companies, which built the Inspired Greens greenhouses

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Hydroponic, Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/1/18 Hydroponic, Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/1/18

Prince Edward Officially Opens New Hydroponics Unit

First of its kind in Cheshire, the new hydroponics unit will grow plants without soil by using mineral nutrient solutions in water solvent.

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Hydroponic, Farming, Education IGrow PreOwned 11/29/18 Hydroponic, Farming, Education IGrow PreOwned 11/29/18

New Hydroponics Project Lets Students Learn As Crops Grow

The Adventurarium in Gillette is growing plants and feeding many of its animals through a new hydroponics room.

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Hydroponic, Farming, Video IGrow PreOwned 11/25/18 Hydroponic, Farming, Video IGrow PreOwned 11/25/18

Technology Distilled To Grow The Hydroponics Industry

CEA harnesses technology to grow plants like vegetables and ornamentals in conditions maximizing the efficient use of water, light, labor and space.

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Cannabis, Farming IGrow PreOwned 11/25/18 Cannabis, Farming IGrow PreOwned 11/25/18

US: Cannabis Takes Root On California’s Central Coast

It is the fall harvest here in this fertile stretch of oaks and hills that produces some of the country’s best wine. This season, though, workers also are plucking the sticky, fragrant flowers of a new crop.

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Aquaponics, Aquaculture, Farming, Video IGrow PreOwned 11/24/18 Aquaponics, Aquaculture, Farming, Video IGrow PreOwned 11/24/18

Aquaponics Farm Puts Fresh Fish And Greens On Plates Of Calgary Restaurants

It looks like any non-descript industrial park warehouse, but the new Deepwater Farms facility in southeast Calgary produces fresh, local food daily using technology that some believe could be the future of agriculture.

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