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Urban Farmers Captured On Canvas

“Re-Enchanting the City,” an exhibition in Chelsea, highlights the visual record of the many vibrant local farms, community gardens, and rooftop plantings around the city by the artist Elizabeth Downer Riker

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US: NEBRASKA - The Bay, Beyond School Bells Launch Youth-Focused 'Freight Farm'

In partnership with Beyond School Bells, The Bay is launching The Greenery, a self-contained hydroponic farm housed in a repurposed shipping container

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USA: Zenat Begum Turned A Bustling Brooklyn Street Corner Into A Working Greenhouse

She reached out to Jasper Kerbs of the Cooper Union Garden Project and, with the help of several volunteers, the structure was erected in October of last year. The shop is utilizing one of the city’s outdoor vending permits and they’re in the midst of harvesting this month

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CEA Food Safety Coalition Launches First-Ever Food Safety Standard For Indoor-Grown Produce

The CEA Food Safety Coalition was founded in 2019 to represent the interests of CEA leafy greens growers in developing credible and appropriate food safety standards while educating consumers and regulators alike on the value of controlled environment agriculture

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2020 Sustainability Report Highlights AppHarvest’s Impact

“Resiliency is at the core of our beliefs at AppHarvest because farming as we’ve known it is broken and not sustainable for the planet,” said Founder & CEO Jonathan Webb

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“When You Start Growing Upwards, There’s More To Consider Than Verticality”

The Massachusetts-based company manufactures the Agrify Vertical Farming Unit (VFU), a stackable, multi-tiered cultivation chamber designed to increase yields while improving harvest consistency and quality

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10 New Trends In CEA In 2021 And Beyond

The world of controlled environment agriculture (CEA) is continuing to develop at an accelerated rate. In line with Agritecture’s mission “to accelerate climate-smart agriculture strategies,” we’ve decided to share our top predictions for the future of CEA for 2021 and beyond

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Green Bronx Machine’s New TV Series on PBS/WNET In Partnership With NYC Schools

Stay tuned for more episodes in the coming weeks, with characters like Bobby the Bear, Sammy the Shark, and General Sequoia! And a very special episode in which the one and only Mr. Met teaches me how to dance

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Brief: UAE’s Madar Farms Partners With UK Vertical Farming Startup IGS

UK vertical farming tech provider Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS) has partnered with Madar Farms, which cultivates a variety of indoor crops with the objective of enhancing food security in the Middle East

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