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VIDEO: Device Communicates With Plants Using Electric Signals
Researchers envision a future where farmers can take preventive steps to protect their crops, using the plant ‘communication’ device they have developed
US: INDIANA - Hi-Tech Indoor Farm In South Bend Taking On Lettuce Market
inside a new six-acre building on West Calvert Street in South Bend, Matt Gura is keeping a close watch over a sea of baby plants that fill a greenhouse about the size of two big-box retailers, or 174,000 square feet
AeroFarms, The World Leader In Indoor Vertical Farming, To Become Publicly Traded Company Through Combination With Spring Valley Acquisition Corp
Founded in 2004, AeroFarms is widely recognized as the world leader in vertical farming. As a certified B Corporation and public benefit corporation since 2017, AeroFarms is on a mission to grow the best plants possible for the betterment of humanity
VIDEO: What Makes Organic Food "Organic"?
Organic food is no longer a niche market. Sales of organic food products in the European Union have more than doubled over the last decade - from €16.3 billion in 2008 to €37.4 billion in 2018 - and demand continues to grow
Three Way To Maximize A Vertical Farm's Potential
Population growth and urbanization are forcing global food production to a crossroads
Vertical Growing Solutions That Are Easily Multiplied Increasing The Management Scale of Each Grower
GrowSpec offers three main products, each with numerous product lines contained therein. These three products include LED grow lights, vertical grow systems, and container farms
US: INDIANA - Purdue Students Earn Top Honors For Crop Stimulant Developed From Soybeans
A group of students from Purdue University has developed an organic additive that is designed to promote crops in vertical farms
USA: ILLINOIS - Glenview's Wiseacre Farm To Be Featured On History Channel
"We were connected to this opportunity through Freight Farms, a hydroponic farming container company in Boston. Our farm was built and distributed by Freight Farms," said Yael Sheinfeld, whose father, Aviad, founded Wiseacre Farm
Could Depletion of Fertile Soil Trigger A Bigger U.S. Food Crisis?
U.S. farmland in the Midwest has lost over one-third of the soil necessary to sustain crop production, according to scientists at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
OurCrowd, Waterfund Launch New Water Investment Platform
Waterfund committed $50 million of capital to the OurCrowd managed portfolio, with an initial investment completed in Plenty, Inc., a vertical farming leader
AUSTRALIA: VIDEO - Shipping Container Farms: Check Out This Craze In Modified Containers
Greenhouses, hydroponics, and mushroom farms – converted shipping containers can produce protein and vegetables for all your needs
Evaluating Real Estate For Indoor Agriculture
Several factors need to be evaluated before purchasing or leasing a piece of real estate for CEA. Will you build new construction or rehabilitate a vacant building? Are you building a large-scale greenhouse or a small, urban vertical farm?
USA: CALIFORNIA - Futuristic Vertical Farm Aims To Bring Fresh Produce And Jobs To Compton
The vertical farm will contain rows upon rows of crops with the capacity to produce 365 harvests of high quality leafy greens per year
VIDEO: On Tour With Little Leaf Farms
If you've ever wondered what a commercial scale, hydroponic grower of leafy greens in the New England area is like, wonder no longer
UAE: “Hydroponic Farming Is Not Yet Deployed At A Meaningful Scale”
Greener Crop was founded in September last year with the goal of enabling hydroponic farming in the Middle East and Africa
US: NEW YORK - 21st Century Fund Awards FeedMore WNY $100,000 For Expanded Freight Farms Greenery
In 2020, FeedMore WNY served more than 16 million meals to WNYers who were homebound due to quarantine
UNITED KINGDOM: “Vertical Farming” Training Centre Unveiled At Reaseheath College In Nantwich
The project aims to showcase the technological innovations within the fast growing and specialized sector and offers undergraduates and businesses applied research and technical training
Providing A Sustainable Growing Solution For Farmers, Using Renewable Energy in Container Farming
Recently, Freight Farms and Arcadia have partnered to provide Freight Farms' U.S. customers with access to clean energy for their everyday operations