IGrow PreOwned 6/20/18 IGrow PreOwned 6/20/18

Orlando-Based, Seed2Source Corporation Joins The Villages® to Operate One of Florida’s Largest Agriculture Production Farms & Medical Culinary Programs

Orlando-based, agriculture and wellness company, Seed2SourceTM Corporation, recently entered into a strategic partnership with The Villages® to bring, The Villages GrownTM —a future multi-acre produce production operation that includes technologically-advanced greenhouses, an outdoor farm, processing center, and retail market, supported by medical culinary wellness programs.

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

Del Monte's Vegetable Tray Recall Affecting Retailers In Six States

Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A. Inc. announced a voluntary recall of a limited quantity of six-, 12- and 28-ounce vegetable trays containing fresh broccoli, cauliflower, celery sticks, carrots and dill dip sold to select retailers in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

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

Kiribati Man Keen To Expand Hydroponics

A Kiribati man has come up with an ambitious target to get every family in Kiribati growing plants and vegetables hydroponically. Hydroponics uses mineral nutrient rich water instead of soil to grow plants. Eritai Kateibwi launched his business with 500 hydroponic units using a UN start-up grant he won last year.

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

Q & A With Frank Sharp, Senior Technical Leader, The Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.

The Electric Power Research Institute, Inc. (EPRI, www.epri.com) conducts research and development relating to the generation, delivery and use of electricity for the benefit of the public.

IGrow PreOwned 6/15/18 IGrow PreOwned 6/15/18

Kellogg Recalls Honey Smacks For Salmonella Contamination

Kellogg has voluntarily recalled Honey Smacks cereal after reports that it may be contaminated with salmonella, the company stated. According to Reuters, about 1.3 million cases of cereal are involved in this recall.

IGrow PreOwned 6/12/18 IGrow PreOwned 6/12/18

Indiana Health Officials To Help Investigate Salmonella Outbreak

The Indiana State Department of Health says it will collaborate with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to investigate a recent outbreak of salmonella. As we reported Friday, the outbreak has affected some 60 people in five states, including 32 in Michigan and 11 in Indiana.

IGrow PreOwned 6/11/18 IGrow PreOwned 6/11/18

Caito Joins Big Melon Recall After CDC Reports 60 ill In Salmonella Outbreak

Caito Foods recalled fresh melon Saturday after the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a multistate Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 60 people, sending 32 to hospitals.

IGrow PreOwned 6/10/18 IGrow PreOwned 6/10/18

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.”

IGrow PreOwned 6/3/18 IGrow PreOwned 6/3/18

5 Food Safety Best Practices You Need to Know

Foodborne illness outbreaks are largely preventable by practicing food safety. While accidents happen, there are many things you can do to prevent contamination and thwart illness before it ever has a chance to reach your customers.

IGrow PreOwned 5/29/18 IGrow PreOwned 5/29/18

MotorLeaf: The Farming AI Which Helps Boost Modern Indoor Farms

The recent expansion of agricultural tech, combined with emerging food security concerns, has led to the development of modern agricultural practices which seem a million miles away from the rolling green fields and romanticised ideas of farming yore.

IGrow PreOwned 5/28/18 IGrow PreOwned 5/28/18

Urban Farmer Jon Walsh Finds Fertile Ground In Tokyo

Seven years ago, Jon Walsh watched as earthquakes shook his home country of New Zealand and his current home in Japan. Like many, his mind turned to disaster-preparedness; however, his train of thought took a different track: food security.

IGrow PreOwned 5/23/18 IGrow PreOwned 5/23/18

The Journey To Fully Traceable Crops

The current E.coli outbreak has hospitalized dozens of people and caused one death so far. It is still unknown which farm or processor led to the outbreak. We believe this is unacceptable and solvable, and so today we’re releasing a new feature: Digital Compliance.

IGrow PreOwned 5/23/18 IGrow PreOwned 5/23/18

FAO Releases Alarming Report On Soil Pollution

Soil pollution is posing a serious threat to our environment, to our sources of food and ultimately to our health. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warns that there is still a lack of awareness about the scale and severity of this threat.

IGrow PreOwned 5/19/18 IGrow PreOwned 5/19/18

Zooey Deschanel Has Strong Opinions About What You Should Be Eating

Deschanel co-founded The Farm Project with her husband, Jacob Pechenik, to empower people to eat local, sustainable, seasonal and organic food.

IGrow PreOwned 5/17/18 IGrow PreOwned 5/17/18

Judge Rules Non-Profits Can Sue Monsanto for Misleading Safety Labeling of Popular Herbicide Roundup

“In the face of EPA’s poor regulation of pesticides, misleading pesticide product labeling cannot be left unchecked. The court’s decision to allow our case to move forward, in denying Monsanto’s motion to dismiss, is critical to showing that the company is deceiving the public with a safety claim on its Roundup (glyphosate) label.

IGrow PreOwned 5/15/18 IGrow PreOwned 5/15/18

Why Maersk is Investing in AgriFood Tech Startups

Maersk, the end-to-end transport, and logistics company and the biggest food transporter in the world, is currently accepting applications from agrifood tech startups to take part in an equity-free startup support program called FoodTrack.