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Innovative Aquaponics Company Achieves a Greener World’s First Non-GMO Certification For Salmon
Superior Fresh, an industry-leading aquaponics facility specializing in organic leafy greens and Atlantic salmon, is the first company to offer salmon Certified Non-GMO by A Greener World
Meet Angus: A Robotic Field Hand For The Autonomous Farming Revolution
Angus rolls through the Iron Ox warehouse hoisting trays into position for robotic-arms that can plant crops, add nutrients, transplant crops as they grow, harvest and ultimately package their bounty
Can Far-Red Light Improve Plant Growth
When it comes to using artificial light, especially with LEDs, in controlled environment production, growers are primarily using a combination of red and blue light or white light
16 Initiatives Changing Urban Agriculture Through Tech And Innovation
The United Nations estimates that nearly 10 billion people will be living in cities by 2050.
Sustainability In Three Dimensions
Picture a snow globe. Inside its crystalline sphere, the conditions are always ideal for a winter wonderland—even in the hottest days of summer. So, what if farmers could take this idea and use it to create optimal, self-contained cultivation environments that allowed them to grow their crops during the dead of winter?
Gardening Could Be The Hobby That Helps You Live To 100
Australian researchers following men and women in their 60s found that those who regularly gardened had a 36% lower risk of dementia than their non-gardening counterparts
Summit Offers Businesses A Chance to Connect
Start-up Sherpa Space will also offer visitors a chance to taste its specially-bred strawberries that are grown in container farms at the fair
This UVA-Born Startup Is Revolutionizing The Home Farming Industry
Imagine a world where you can grow your own produce right in your kitchen. That world might be closer than we think
Mpatisi Moyo Joins Autogrow
Working closely with the wider R&D team and alongside the Director of Agronomy & Crop Science, Dr. Tharindu Weeraratne; Mpatisi will focus on yield prediction models and computer vision enhanced products
Indoor Agriculture And The Farm Bill
Jim Pantaleo is an Indoor Vertical Farming Adviser and Writer based in Orange County. Pantaleo…”When you look at the major costs of indoor farming, there's three of them that will jump right out at you. Number one is your building costs. Number two are your labor costs. Number three are your energy costs.”
It’s Time To Redefine Indoor Agriculture
If you think about indoor agriculture as exclusively the preserve of small mom and pop farms selling leafy greens, or of a handful of VC-funded plant factories, you might want to think again
Scientists Consider Vertical Farming Ahead of Changing Climate
University of Arizona agricultural and biological engineering professor Joel Cuello is among those developing vertical farming methods that do not use soil or depend on the weather but use water more efficiently
CANADA: Lettuce Crop Planted In Old School Library As Couple Turn Building Into A Farm
A Quebec couple have moved to the tiny community of Saint-Léolin in northeastern New Brunswick with plans to turn a former school into a large, indoor vertical farm, capable of producing 750,000 heads of lettuce a year
AeroFarms' Eco-Friendly Indoor Farms For Minimal Environmental Impact
As the population continues to grow, there will be increased farmland competition as more space is needed for housing, schools, and hospitals to accommodate the rising number of people
Your Grocery Store Could Soon Have A Farm Inside It
Just before Thanksgiving, grocery chain Kroger launched an initiative in partnership with Infarm, a German startup that specializes in “modular vertical farms,” to install hydroponic farms right inside two of their Seattle-area stores
Why ‘Vertical’ Farming Is Growing In The UK
Vertical farming – sometimes called indoor farming – is the practice of growing plants under fully controlled conditions in buildings in many stacked layers, without solar light. Unlike glasshouse production, which relies on sunlight, it makes use of LED lighting to provide different wavelengths of light, according to crop and growth stage need
The Promise And Peril of Vertical Farming
The indoor agriculture industry spans centuries-old growing methodologies and high-tech, computerized urban farms
"Lack of Knowledge One of The Biggest Issues In Indoor Ag"
Lack of knowledge is one of the biggest issues in indoor agriculture, says Eric Stein, Executive Director of the Center of Excellence for Indoor Agriculture. "Lack of knowledge of the market place, lack of knowledge of growing, lack of knowledge of how to be profitable," he sums up
Another E. coli Outbreak – A New Solution to Help
Another continent-wide romaine lettuce recall from an outbreak of E. coli is underway with 67 people reported sick in 19 states
Old MacDonald Had A Carpark? The Urban Farms Growing In Unlikely Places
Demand in cities for locally sourced food is growing, but space is at a premium. No wonder urban farms are flourishing everywhere from carparks to air-raid shelters