IGrow PreOwned 2/27/19 IGrow PreOwned 2/27/19

Nigeria: Farming Without Soil

An Associate Pastor with Living Faith Church (aka Winners’ Chapel), Ota in Ogun State, Onafowora grows crops hydroponically. The most common are tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and maize. The seeds are placed in trays and watered several times daily with a nutrient solution.

IGrow PreOwned 2/22/19 IGrow PreOwned 2/22/19

Green Life Farms Erects Framing For Flagship Hydroponic Greenhouse

Green Life Farms has begun erecting the steel structure of its state-of-the-art hydroponic greenhouse in Boynton Beach, FL, an important construction milestone as the company prepares to begin commercial operations in the first half of 2019

IGrow PreOwned 2/22/19 IGrow PreOwned 2/22/19

“Access To Equity Capital is a Competitive Advantage”

"Something that's hard to understand for a lot of farmers is that when an industry starts to accelerate, the access to several forms of capital, especially equity capital, becomes a strategic advantage

IGrow PreOwned 2/21/19 IGrow PreOwned 2/21/19

Controlled-Environment Growers Power Their Operations With Cogeneration Systems

The majority of greenhouse operations that have installed cogeneration systems have done so to support the electrical power they cannot get from the grid.

IGrow PreOwned 2/19/19 IGrow PreOwned 2/19/19

New Greenhouse Concept: Multispan, Foil and Semi-Closed

The GreenPush BioActive is a semi-closed multispan concept. "We want to limit the pest pressure and offer a more homogeneous climate", Corenthin (Felix) Chassouant with CMF Groupe explains.

IGrow PreOwned 2/17/19 IGrow PreOwned 2/17/19

Ozone Technology For Greenhouse Water Treatment

Although using a hydroponics system may eliminate soil borne pests, there are other pathogens that spread through water. Pathogens and other water bacteria are a cause for concern in water quality.

IGrow PreOwned 2/12/19 IGrow PreOwned 2/12/19

"Labor Is The Number One Topic In All The Conversations We Are Currently Having"

“…Being a wholesaler and being constantly aware of the need to add value to our customers’ businesses, we are focused on finding the winning innovation of tomorrow”

IGrow PreOwned 2/10/19 IGrow PreOwned 2/10/19

Greenhouse In An Auchan Hypermarket

In Italy, Auchan is testing the installation of a greenhouse in a hypermarket. Fresh herbs and salads grow directly on the shelves and customers do their own “harvesting”.

IGrow PreOwned 2/6/19 IGrow PreOwned 2/6/19

University of Arizona Greenhouse Crop Production & Engineering Design March 2019 Short Course

Like tending to the vine closest to the wet-wall on a hot day, CEAC’s Short Course may be exactly what your operation needs for relief!

IGrow PreOwned 2/6/19 IGrow PreOwned 2/6/19

VIDEO: EPIC Urban Farming On Top of a Whole Foods | Gotham Greens Tour 🏙️🌿

Gotham Greens, which is just about the best name for a hydroponic greenhouse you'll ever hear

IGrow PreOwned 1/30/19 IGrow PreOwned 1/30/19

Green Life Farms Hires Head Grower

Green Life Farms, the state-of-the-art hydroponic produce greenhouse under construction in Boynton Beach, FL, has hired Gregory Graft as its Head Grower

IGrow PreOwned 1/23/19 IGrow PreOwned 1/23/19

Netherlands: Additional Research Facilities At Delphy

The facility has now been extended with the addition of two climate cells.

IGrow PreOwned 1/17/19 IGrow PreOwned 1/17/19

Jardins Réunis And Cheminant First In France To Grow Cucumbers Year-Round With Full Philips GreenPower LED Lighting Installations

French cucumber growers installed full Philips LED lighting installations using Philips GreenPower LED toplighting and interlighting. Both prefer LED for their greenhouses as the higher light levels guarantee year-round production of high-quality cucumbers

IGrow PreOwned 1/17/19 IGrow PreOwned 1/17/19

2019 Virginia Innovation In Greenhouse And Vertical Farming Conference

Join academic and industry experts in exploring the latest advances in vertical farming, greenhouse technology, sensor technology, lighting, and automation. Hear from technical experts and Virginia producers who have been successful in incorporating controlled environment agriculture into their business models.

IGrow PreOwned 1/17/19 IGrow PreOwned 1/17/19

Denver, Colorado: A Look Inside Rino's Rooftop Urban Farm

“There’s a real demand for produce that’s safe, nutritionally dense, that’s got good flavor, that doesn’t have 1,500 food miles on it,”

IGrow PreOwned 1/12/19 IGrow PreOwned 1/12/19

Kamchatka Won’t Get Its Vegetables: Renova Greenhouse Project Is Frozen

“…It is hard to say what has caused the delay, but the project is not developing. Possibly it is related to the minimization of state support”

IGrow PreOwned 1/8/19 IGrow PreOwned 1/8/19

How Do You Stop Diseases On Controlled Environment Edible Crops?

As an increasing number of growers start growing edible crops in controlled environment structures they may be facing some diseases that they haven’t encountered before

IGrow PreOwned 1/6/19 IGrow PreOwned 1/6/19

Playing "Happy Families" To Understand Urban Agriculture In France

We hear a lot about urban agriculture, but what is it exactly? How is it different from traditional agriculture? What is the difference between rural farms and urban farms?