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Will Bitcoin Work in Agriculture?

Currently, Bitcoin is the talk of the town gaining 1,000% in value in the last year and now is worth north of $10,000 a coin from $1,000 earlier in the year. Some say it’ll go to a million by 2020.

IGrow PreOwned 12/12/17 IGrow PreOwned 12/12/17

Electrical Conductivity: The Pulse of the Soil

Traditionally soil consultants have used electrical conductivity to measure salinity, however conductivity can tell us much more about the physical structure and health of the soil. Based on these direct measurements, electrical conductivity can also indirectly measure crop productivity.

IGrow PreOwned 12/11/17 IGrow PreOwned 12/11/17

Block Rockin Eats: How Blockchain Could Revolutionize The Global Food Chain

Companies have begun to test blockchain technology within the global food chain, with startups and well-established corporations alike trying their hand at what may be the next big leap in the Internet of Things.

IGrow PreOwned 12/10/17 IGrow PreOwned 12/10/17

Former Polartec Plant to Become "Industrial Innovation Hub"

The industrial facility that once housed the Polartec textile plant is in for a makeover. On Saturday, its new owner — California-based real estate broker Jitender Makkar — welcomed city and state officials onto the factory floor to unveil his plans for the facility, which he has given a new moniker: IndusPAD.

IGrow PreOwned 12/6/17 IGrow PreOwned 12/6/17

Urban Agriculture Just Got Serious! Plantagon Is Building 10 Underground City Farms In Stockholm – And Locals Are Invited To Join In…

Plantagon CityFarm® is a new concept for using empty premises for resource efficient and sustainable food production in cities. The first plant is located under Stockholm’s iconic “DN Skrapan” in Kungsholmen, and the goal is to have ten production facilities for indoor production in the Stockholm area by 2020.

IGrow PreOwned 12/4/17 IGrow PreOwned 12/4/17

Skyscraper Farms Could Be The Answer To The Global Food Crisis

Mainstream agricultural practices have a few major problems in need of innovative solutions. For one, industrial farming practices are hard on the environment. Farms emitted 6 billion tons of greenhouse gases in 2011, or about 13 percent of total global emissions

IGrow PreOwned 12/4/17 IGrow PreOwned 12/4/17

Village Farms: For The Good of The Earth

Village Farms produces only non-GMO crops, grown in an organic medium made of coconut husks. Crops are vine-ripened and hand-picked at the exact right moment for the absolute best taste.

IGrow PreOwned 12/1/17 IGrow PreOwned 12/1/17

Farmers Business Network Raises $110m Series D, IPO Likely in 2-5 Years

FBN is one of just a few farmtech startups that have raised rounds larger than $100 million: vertical farming group Plenty and biological inputs startup Indigo are two recent examples. This latest round brings FBN’s total fundraising to $200 million.

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What Blockchain Technology Trial in Tomatoes Could Mean For Produce Industry

Intrigued by how blockchain was changing finance, an ex-banker at Wells Fargo & Co. and a former executive at Nasdaq Inc. began looking for other opportunities. They looked at applying the technology to insurance, law, even music. Then they hit on farming

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Philips Lighting Provides LED Lighting for New Sustainable Algae Production Facility at AlgaeCytes

Philips LED lighting provides an efficient lighting source to produce algae-derived Omega-3 oil

LED system enables algae to be grown in a controlled environment with mild temperatures

Promotes higher yields, reduced energy usage and more control over production

IGrow PreOwned 11/29/17 IGrow PreOwned 11/29/17

Levi’s Stadium LEEDs the Way

Nine stories up, atop the roof of the SAP Tower of Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, is a thriving 7,000-square-foot organic vegetable and herb garden now going on two years old.

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Scientists Are Trying to Grow Fruit and Vegetables on Mars

The UAE is launching a probe to Mars from Japan in 2020, making it one of only nine countries attempting to explore the planet. If efforts prove successful, UAE expects that man will set foot on the planet’s soil within the next 100 years.