Social Entrepreneurs Grow A 'Computer Garden' At Zahn Innovation Center

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Social Entrepreneurs Grow A 'Computer Garden' At Zahn Innovation Center

A "computer garden" for urban farming that grows food without soil or harmful chemicals. That's the mission of SyStem, a fledgling New York City startup founded by two engineering students at The City College of New York.

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Future Food-Tech Is Returning to New York City

The Future Food-Tech Summit is returning to New York City on June 7 and 8, 2017. Investors, start-ups, technology companies, and food and ingredients manufacturers will convene to develop solutions to meet the global food challenge during the two-day event

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Test Fresh Produce’s Nitrate Content And Geiger Radiation At Home

A new step in food safety. Chinese website Alibaba offers food counters that immediately measure the amount of nitrate in your fresh produce

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Agrilyst Fulfills Digital Need for Indoor Farming

Two years ago Allison Kopf left her job of finding ways to be innovative in greenhouse spaces to start a company that would fill a gaping need she saw

IGrow PreOwned 5/29/17 IGrow PreOwned 5/29/17

Why High-Tech Urban Farms Won't Displace Community Gardens

Urban farmers are increasingly leveraging technologies like machine learning and smartphone integration to build high-yield farms in small urban spaces

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Coffee Grounds Used To Feed A Hungry City

In an Australian first, Port Melbourne based coffee company Red Star Roasters has partnered with urban food production company Biofilta, to transform a disused Melbourne carpark into a pop-up espresso bar and thriving vertical urban food garden

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Kimbal Musk Says Food Is The New Internet

Former tech entrepreneur Kimbal Musk’s ambitions for innovation in sustainable farming are as grand as his brother Elon’s for space travel and electric cars

IGrow PreOwned 5/26/17 IGrow PreOwned 5/26/17

GreenGro Technologies, Inc. (GRNH: OTC Pink Current) | Greengro Technologies, Inc. Retains Investor Relations Partners to Support Company's Strategic IR Program

GreenGro Technologies is at the forefront of the burgeoning indoor agriculture technology market

IGrow PreOwned 5/25/17 IGrow PreOwned 5/25/17

The Spacepot Hydroponic Planter Brings NASA Grade Farming To Your Kitchen

Hydroponic farming—that’s the art of growing plants without soil—was first popularized by NASA. widely associated with futuristic space gardens, by cutting out the soil from the equation hydroponic farms provide their plants directly with nutrients, cutting out the middle man to create bigger, healthier shrubs that grow much faster than their soil-situated counterparts

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Japan’s New Approach To Farming Without Soil

Japanese experts have made a breakthrough in agricultural technology, using polymer film to grow food

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Rice University Students Create Indoor Farming Device

A group of mechanical engineering students at Rice University have come up with a way to cultivate vegetables without needing a large plot of land outdoors.

IGrow PreOwned 5/23/17 IGrow PreOwned 5/23/17

6 Reasons Local Food Systems Will Replace Our Industrial Model

A local, community-based food system certainly is not a new idea. It’s simply an idea that is being reassessed in response to growing public concerns about the current global food system

IGrow PreOwned 5/23/17 IGrow PreOwned 5/23/17

The Ag Tech Market Map: 100+ Startups Powering The Future Of Farming And Agribusiness

As population growth increases the need to ramp up food production, tech startups are creating a range of agricultural software, services, farming techniques, and more aimed at bringing more data and efficiency to the sector

IGrow PreOwned 5/23/17 IGrow PreOwned 5/23/17

Beijing Oriental Technologies Ltd. Joins Philips Horticulture LED Solutions Partner Network

Philips Lighting, a Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) company and the global leader in lighting, today announced that it signed a partnership agreement with Beijing Oriental Technologies Ltd. (Beijing Oritech) on 11 May 2017 at the 19th Hortiflorexpo IPM show in Shanghai, China

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G2V Optics: Shining A Light On Indoor Farming

Anyone who’s lived through winter in Northern Alberta knows how few precious daylight hours there are in the winter months, and how short the growing season is once spring finally arrives. Now imagine being able to grow plants all year round.

IGrow PreOwned 5/18/17 IGrow PreOwned 5/18/17

Seeds & Chips 2017 Wraps Up: 13 Prizes Awarded to The Most Cutting-Edge Food Innovation Startups

13 prizes awarded to the most cutting-edge food innovation startupsJohn Kerry to be among the Guests of Honor in the 2018 edition

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Developing a Tool to Measure Nutrient Levels in Food

The Bionutrient Food Association is working with producers to establish growing practices that yield more nutritious crops, while developing a standard for nutrient-dense foods and a handheld tool to measure those nutrient levels. The idea behind the tool is to use existing technology, like the camera in a Smartphone, to scan produce right in the grocery store, measuring the nutrient-density of the consumer’s food options

IGrow PreOwned 5/11/17 IGrow PreOwned 5/11/17

Fresh Food By Prescription: This Health Care Firm Is Trimming Costs — And Waistlines

The advice to eat a healthy diet is not new. Back around 400 B.C., Hippocrates, the Greek doctor, had this missive: Let food be thy medicine.

IGrow PreOwned 5/10/17 IGrow PreOwned 5/10/17

7 Innovative Solutions That'll Help Us Combat Climate Change & Give Us A Chance At Survival

The threat of climate change has sprung several architects and designers into action to devise alternatives that work for everyone. Most of these ideas will be taken to fruition in the future to counter every ill-effect caused by global warming

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Pure Harvest Plans UAE Tomato Farm After $1.1m Shorooq Investment

The company said its climate-controlled growing system can be used to grow fruit and veg year-round in the Gulf