IGrow PreOwned 8/11/17 IGrow PreOwned 8/11/17

Shenandoah Growers Opens Texas Indoor Production Facility

Virginia-based organic culinary herb grower and producer Shenandoah Growers (SGI) claims it is “set to transform the distribution of highly perishable produce”.

Through a proprietary combination of automated greenhouses and indoor LED vertical grow rooms to produce more than 30 million certified organic plants per year, SGI has now brought a third indoor growing facility online.

IGrow PreOwned 8/11/17 IGrow PreOwned 8/11/17

Lettuce That’s Head and Shoulders Above The Rest: Real Dirt

Greenbelt Microgreens came on the scene about a year ago, started by a former landscaper named Ian Adamson. And he’s sure done his homework. Eco-conscious himself, he decided to figure out exactly what modern consumers would like to see in salad greens — and the results certainly push all the right buttons.

IGrow PreOwned 8/11/17 IGrow PreOwned 8/11/17

Nebraska Man’s Mushroom Growing Hobby Becomes A Business

They look like sculptures: mushrooms with exotic names like Lion's Mane and Blue Oyster. And they flourish inside a nondescript warehouse located near the airport in Grand Island, Neb. Nebraska Mushroom is an indoor farm where unusual varieties of the fungi are pampered and fussed over from colonization to harvest.

IGrow PreOwned 8/10/17 IGrow PreOwned 8/10/17

Alliance Greenhouse Uses Geothermal Heat To Produce All Year Long

Geothermal heat produces heat from the ground. A singular heat source dispenses heat into a tubing system that runs under the ground of the greenhouse. The heat is constantly circulating and reused to create the perfect environment for the greenhouse. This means that in Finch’s greenhouses, he can grow any tropical or subtropical plant that he wants.

IGrow PreOwned 8/9/17 IGrow PreOwned 8/9/17

BIG Envisions Multi-Purpose Biomass Power Plant in Sweden

Considering the project’s proposed seasonal use, BIG envisioned a dual-use power plant that transcends the public perception; in the summer months, the “crystalline” proposal was designed to transform into a venue for festivals during the peak of tourism.

IGrow PreOwned 8/4/17 IGrow PreOwned 8/4/17

Indoor Farming Plus Made In USA LED Grow Lights: Profile 1.8

Here is a great example of an urban farm with greenhouse locations on rooftops of New York City and Chicago.

IGrow PreOwned 8/4/17 IGrow PreOwned 8/4/17

Farms On the Fringe: New Takes On America’s Farming Tradition

“Being able to bring high-quality, nutritious food closer to urban areas is going to be one of the agricultural paradigm shifts for the future,” he says. “I think more and more it’s going to be popping up.”

IGrow PreOwned 8/2/17 IGrow PreOwned 8/2/17

AppHarvest Selects SUNSET To Re-Ignite Coal Country

“We are very excited to be partnering with AppHarvest and to support their plan of bringing high-tech greenhouse jobs to this Appalachian region and fresh, local year round produce to key markets,” said Paul Mastronardi, President and CEO of Mastronardi Produce.

IGrow PreOwned 8/1/17 IGrow PreOwned 8/1/17

Grow Up Here: These Cool Vertical Greenhouses Are Local And Fit Right In Your Home

Greenhouses Canada aims to address this issue by making local crops available year-round in Northern Ontario, even in your own home.

This local company combines energy-efficient building technology with a passion for food security to revolutionize how communities access fresh food year-round in Northern Ontario.

IGrow PreOwned 8/1/17 IGrow PreOwned 8/1/17

This Queens Warehouse With a Rooftop Produce farm is Sold As Part of a $78 Million Deal

“With the growing importance placed on expedient last mile delivery, today’s industrial sector tenants require proximity to population centers,” Zegen said. “We believe strongly that the combination of the site’s ideal location on Jamaica Avenue and our planned significant capital improvements will make this an attractive choice to numerous warehousing, distribution and manufacturing users throughout the city.”

IGrow PreOwned 7/30/17 IGrow PreOwned 7/30/17

Biomimetic Architecture

Growing vegetables and biomass in the desert with external fertilizer inputs, but also using renewable energy and innovative desalination and horticulture approaches, can be considered a Horizon 2 stepping-stone technology, offering us important opportunities to innovate even more closed-loop systems that are based, as much as possible, on organic fertilizers and on-site nutrient cycling.

IGrow PreOwned 7/29/17 IGrow PreOwned 7/29/17

Film Studio, Hydroponic Lab Are Among $3.7 Million in Improvements For Astoria Public Schools

Students at P.S. 84 and I.S. 126 will receive $160,000 for hydroponic science labs. They’ll learn about hydroponics, a method that allows people to grow plants in a water-based solution rather than soil. Students will also learn how biology, agriculture, technology and nutrition intersect.

IGrow PreOwned 7/28/17 IGrow PreOwned 7/28/17

Artemis Takes on The World

Artemis has set out to provide the world’s best management software from its inception. In order to be the world’s best, you have to be a global company. Within just a few months of our launch, we were proud to support incredible customers in South America, Sri Lanka, Canada, and the United States.

IGrow PreOwned 7/27/17 IGrow PreOwned 7/27/17

Indigenous Hydroponics System A Boon For Organic Farming

Agrico, a private local Qatari agricultural development company established in 2011 with the aim of helping Qatar achieve food security, operates a 120,000sqm (12 hectare) organic farm in Al Khor. Its first production was in May 2012.

IGrow PreOwned 7/26/17 IGrow PreOwned 7/26/17

Greenhouses In The Arctic Will Reduce Food Insecurity In Canada's North

"It is completely unacceptable that many northern and Indigenous families cannot afford to put healthy food on the table," the Office of the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada told Motherboard in an email.

IGrow PreOwned 7/24/17 IGrow PreOwned 7/24/17

NatureFresh Farms Mobile Greenhouse Pushes Past Heat

The mobile greenhouse, which has done almost 50 events since mid-April, teaches consumers how greenhouse vegetables are grown.

IGrow PreOwned 7/22/17 IGrow PreOwned 7/22/17

Philips Lighting Begins Largest LED Horticultural Lighting Project In The World

“This LED horticultural project is the largest in the world. It will reduce the electricity consumed to light the crop by up to 50 percent compared with conventional horticultural lighting and uses light recipes designed to boost quality and crop yields by up to 30 percent in the dark period of the winter,” said Udo van Slooten, business leader for Philips Lighting’s horticultural lighting business.

IGrow PreOwned 7/21/17 IGrow PreOwned 7/21/17

MSU Students Launch Local Food Business Made From Campus Grown Foods

Since Michigan State University opened its doors in 1855, it has always been dedicated to education and to agriculture. In fact, it was originally called “the Agriculture College of the State of Michigan.”

IGrow PreOwned 7/21/17 IGrow PreOwned 7/21/17

Do-It-Yourself Farmer Grows Strawberries In The Air

The system has a number of advantages. Elevated strawberries stay warmer than strawberries in the ground, which means a relatively long season, from November through April. And the plants grow downward, so the berries are easy to harvest. Outdoor strawberry farms yield about 12 tons of strawberries per acre; hanging strawberry plants in greenhouses yield three times as much.

IGrow PreOwned 7/20/17 IGrow PreOwned 7/20/17

FREIGHT FARMER Q&A: KARMA FARM

Jon Shaw has his roots in organic, soil-based farming. He has been an avid organic vegetable grower since he was a student in high school, and in 2009, after 45 years of gardening experience, Jon transformed his hobby into a career and launched Karma Farm

Shenandoah Growers Opens Texas Indoor Production Facility

Lettuce That’s Head and Shoulders Above The Rest: Real Dirt

Nebraska Man’s Mushroom Growing Hobby Becomes A Business

Alliance Greenhouse Uses Geothermal Heat To Produce All Year Long

BIG Envisions Multi-Purpose Biomass Power Plant in Sweden

Indoor Farming Plus Made In USA LED Grow Lights: Profile 1.8

Farms On the Fringe: New Takes On America’s Farming Tradition

AppHarvest Selects SUNSET To Re-Ignite Coal Country

Grow Up Here: These Cool Vertical Greenhouses Are Local And Fit Right In Your Home

This Queens Warehouse With a Rooftop Produce farm is Sold As Part of a $78 Million Deal

Biomimetic Architecture

Film Studio, Hydroponic Lab Are Among $3.7 Million in Improvements For Astoria Public Schools

Artemis Takes on The World

Indigenous Hydroponics System A Boon For Organic Farming

Greenhouses In The Arctic Will Reduce Food Insecurity In Canada's North

NatureFresh Farms Mobile Greenhouse Pushes Past Heat

Philips Lighting Begins Largest LED Horticultural Lighting Project In The World

MSU Students Launch Local Food Business Made From Campus Grown Foods

Do-It-Yourself Farmer Grows Strawberries In The Air

FREIGHT FARMER Q&A: KARMA FARM

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