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5 Repurposed Warehouses Turned Indoor Farms That Need No Land Or Sun To Grow Crops

Earth's population is expected to reach 8.5 billion people by 2030. That is 8.5 billion mouths to feed. With dwindling land resources and soaring farming costs across the country, vertical indoor farms may be a solution to feeding the world. Often repurposed from former warehouses,

IGrow PreOwned 12/15/17 IGrow PreOwned 12/15/17

Indoor/Vertical Farms Set to Boom, LEDs Leading The Transition, Says Yole

The 2016 horticultural lighting market (i.e. system level) represented a business of about US$3.1 billion, representing approximately US$3.8 billion in 2017. But according to a recent report from market research firm Yole Développement, this market is set to grow rapidly at a 17.8% CAGR between 2016 and 2022, possibly reaching more than US$17 billion by 2027.

IGrow PreOwned 12/12/17 IGrow PreOwned 12/12/17

BrightFarms Named to Inc. Magazine’s Top 10 Most Successful Startups in Food List

BrightFarms has been named to Inc. Magazine’s list of the top 10 most successful startups in the food and beverage industry. Featured among brands such as Halo Top and Chef’s Cut Real Jerky, BrightFarms was the only fresh produce brand to make the list.

IGrow PreOwned 12/8/17 IGrow PreOwned 12/8/17

Could Indoor Farming Help Address Future Food Shortages?

By 2050, Earth’s population is expected to rise to 10 billion, while the resources on the planet continue to shrink. Researchers in the Netherlands are experimenting with one way to feed more people with less: growing crops indoors.

IGrow PreOwned 12/6/17 IGrow PreOwned 12/6/17

Board Approves Conceptual Plans For Dutch Style Hydroponic Greenhouses, Main Street Market

The Village Board on Monday night approved the master conceptual plans for a hydroponic greenhouse project east of Highway H and a proposed development that would include a 50,000-square-foot medical facility at Green Bay Road and 104th Street.

IGrow PreOwned 12/4/17 IGrow PreOwned 12/4/17

Village Farms: For The Good of The Earth

Village Farms produces only non-GMO crops, grown in an organic medium made of coconut husks. Crops are vine-ripened and hand-picked at the exact right moment for the absolute best taste.

IGrow PreOwned 12/2/17 IGrow PreOwned 12/2/17

New Affordable Bronx Development Will Feature a Rooftop Aquaponics Greenhouse

To connect its residents to nature, the building will be covered in carbon sequestering plants and have an operational rooftop greenhouse where residents will be able to raise fresh fish and produce, partake in healthy cooking demos, and enjoy a community playground.

IGrow PreOwned 12/2/17 IGrow PreOwned 12/2/17

Clinton Hill School Gets Millions In Greenhouse Funding

Urban Assembly Unison is one of seven schools slated to share $7 million from Adams' Growing Brooklyn's Future initiative, which will fund building rooftop gardens and greenhouses, the borough president announced Tuesday.

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The Hydroponic, Robotic Future of Farming in Greenhouses

Here in 2017, the automation revolution in agriculture is poised to take on a whole new life—thanks to robots. In a nondescript office park in Silicon Valley, a startup called Iron Ox is taking the first steps toward roboticizing greenhouse farming, which has so far stubbornly resisted automation.

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$30 Million Greenhouse Project Planned In Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin

A $30 million greenhouse that could employ up to 40 people is planned on a vacant site in Pleasant Prairie. The 35-acre Prairie Produce Farm will be the first Dutch-style hydroponic greenhouse in Wisconsin, according to plans submitted by Jim Hershenbach to the village

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Determining The Potential Benefits of LEDs on Plants

Dutch growers who are building new greenhouses or adding new grow lights to their existing operations are comparing high-pressure sodium (HPS) and light emitting diodes (LEDs) when making their decision.

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Is Organic Labeling Something The Hydroponic Industry Needs?

In an extremely close vote Nov. 1, the USDA’s National Organic Standards Board made a decision on a controversial issue: can hydroponically grown crops be certified organic? The answer, by an 8-7 margin, was yes.

IGrow PreOwned 11/29/17 IGrow PreOwned 11/29/17

Urban Agriculture Production Act Could Help Eliminate Urban Food Deserts

Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) introduced the Urban Agriculture Production Act in September. This bipartisan bill aims to support nutritional and farmers’ market programs and help create the next generation of local, urban farmers and food producers.

IGrow PreOwned 11/28/17 IGrow PreOwned 11/28/17

Multi-Million Dollar Greenhouse Development Planned

Tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and strawberries could soon be grown in hydroponic greenhouses that operate year-round in the village. The Pleasant Prairie Plan Commission voted 6-0 Monday night to approve plans from Prairie Produce Farm LLC to build two high-tech hydroponic greenhouses.

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Startup Iron Ox Mixes Robotics and Hydroponics to Futurize Farming

Silicon Valley-based startup Iron Ox is utilizing autonomous robotics to fundamentally change the nature of greenhouse-based agriculture. While the exterior of the Iron Ox greenhouse in San Carlos, California is far from remarkable, the cost-cutting integration of hydroponics, solar energy, robotics, and space-conscious farming is more than noteworthy.

IGrow PreOwned 11/28/17 IGrow PreOwned 11/28/17

Rooftop Pioneer: Gotham Greens Takes Farming to a New Level

Sensing urbanites’ hunger for locally grown produce, Gotham Greens seized an opportunity to turn cities’ abundant rooftops into farms

IGrow PreOwned 11/27/17 IGrow PreOwned 11/27/17

Vertical Farm Under Construction At New RiNo Development

Construction is underway on the company’s first greenhouse, a 7,000-square-foot structure at the new S’park development on the corner of 25th and Lawrence streets.