World Vegetable Map 2018: More Than Just a Local Affair by Rabobank

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World Vegetable Map 2018: More Than Just a Local Affair by Rabobank

The 2018 World Vegetable Map shows essential vegetable trade flows and highlights some key global trends in the sector, such as the growing importance of production in greenhouses and vertical farms, as well as the popularity of organic vegetables.

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North American Growers Welcome New Tool To Manage Light

“Giving growers the tools to manage light quality is one of our specialities,” says Chris Higgins, General Manager of Hort Americas.

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Motorleaf's Agronomist.ai Software Cuts SunSelect's Yield Prediction Error Rates In Half

Motorleaf has launched it’s Agronomist.ai platform with a world first for greenhouse owners/operators, allowing for accurate Yield Prediction.

Motorleaf has come out of private BETA with a commercially available yield prediction service for commercial greenhouses, after working closely with SunSelect (150 acres in California & B.C.) with results that disrupt how commercial greenhouse farms worldwide can now operate their business, adding significant dollars to their client’s bottom line.

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Greenhouse Technology Could Be The Future of Food

CU Boulder engineers have received a $2.45 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to develop a scalable, cost-effective greenhouse material that splits sunlight into the photosynthetically efficient light and repurposes inefficient infrared light to aid in water purification.

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New Technologies Allow Sustainable Farming In The Arctic

The polar permaculture technique looks at both these ends and offers a solution. It has helped Vidmar close the loop, reuse and recycle the waste to create a "circular economy."

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New Houses Built, Urban Farms Expanding As Bailey Green Project Pushes Ahead

Urban Fruits & Veggies plans to begin work this spring on its first of two hydroponic greenhouses with Harmac's support and the support of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo and First Niagara Foundation.

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The Benefits of Supplemental CO2 Are Worth The Cost

The benefits of supplemental carbon dioxide (CO2) on greenhouse crops are easy to quantify. Faster production times, higher yields and larger fruit are some of the results of incorporating CO2 into the greenhouse atmosphere to optimize plant growth.

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Urban Farming Key in Fight Against Hunger and Climate Change

The urban farms sprouting up and across cities around the world aren't just feeding mouths—they are "critical to survival" and a "necessary adaptation" for developing regions and a changing climate, according to a new study.

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How This Greenhouse And Fish Farm Operation Is Fuelled

More than 30 computers sit on the second floor of a former car museum west of Winnipeg, quietly working to mine bitcoin. The heat generated by those computers, which are verifying bitcoin transactions by solving cryptographic puzzles, helps warm nearby plants in a makeshift greenhouse.

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Philips Lighting Installs LED Project At Madestein UK, Which Supplies Fresh Lettuce To Major UK Retailers

Philips Lighting today announced that Madestein UK, in Chichester, UK, which supplies fresh lettuce and herbs to the UK’s major food retailers, food service companies and wholesale markets, is installing Philips GreenPower LED toplighting

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Global Growables, Inc. Partners With DNM Farms

The first Mobile Growable unit is on location at DNM Farms which is owned and operated by George Budagher, a long-time New Mexico resident that has an existing Aquaponic farm and Greenhouse.

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These Farmers Are Doing The Impossible: Growing Fresh Veggies in The Coldest Parts of The Planet

The challenge of growing food in a region where the average temperatures are subfreezing and where there are nearly four months of polar night is no simple task.

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Greenhouse To Provide Fresh Vegetables At Bangor Restaurant, Regardless of the Weather

With frosts possible even in the months of May and September, and basically guaranteed during our long, frigid winters, restaurateurs who want to serve locally-sourced produce all year long have a big challenge ahead of them.

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Growing In A “Perfect” Greenhouse Climate

“Greenhouse growers are trying to control temperature, humidity, light level, carbon dioxide, and in some instances, airflow and air distribution,” said mechanical and agricultural engineer Dr. Nadia Sabeh, founder of Dr. Greenhouse.

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How This Startup Produces 700 Tonnes of Fruits and Vegetables Without Soil

Triton Foodworks started as an experiment in urban farming in September of 2014 by four friends — Deepak Kukreja, Dhruv Khanna, Ullas Samrat, and Devanshu Shivnani.

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Regina Food Bank Greenhouse Fills Shelves With Garden-Fresh Goods

The greenhouse launched its Four Seasons Urban Agriculture Project earlier this year, using garden towers. The technology is ultra-efficient, featuring multiple towers that are similar to barrels, each with 72 pockets from which food can be grown.

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Polar Permaculture Grows Fresh Food In One of The Coldest, Darkest Regions on Earth (Video)

We've heard about how holistic and nature-inspired permaculture design techniques can green a desert and transform ordinary gardens into ultra-productive "food forests." But what about practicing permaculture principles to help grow food in the cold Arctic region -- is it possible?

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Organic Hydroponics With Industry Pioneer Michael Christian

Does a plant need to be grown in soil to be truly organic? Can all the biological elements required by the plant be safely replicated to meet the definition? Will soil purists ever find common ground, no pun intended, with hydroponic growers?

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A Look Beyond the Glass at NatureFresh™ Farms

The company operates on a mantra that was coined by Peter Quiring “We don’t just grow produce, we grow people”.

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Is The Future of Farming in Public Schools?

NY Sun Works is a non-profit organization that builds innovative science labs in urban schools. Through their Greenhouse Project Initiative, they use hydroponic farming technology to educate students and teachers about the science of sustainability.