Education, Agriculture, Agricultural Technologies, Innovation, Technology IGrow PreOwned 8/19/18 Education, Agriculture, Agricultural Technologies, Innovation, Technology IGrow PreOwned 8/19/18

Gene Editing – And What It Really Means to Rewrite The Code of Life

We now have a precise way to correct, replace or even delete faulty DNA. Ian Sample explains the science, the risks and what the future may hold.

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Agriculture, Agricultural Technologies, Food, GMO, Horticulture, Innovation, Technology IGrow PreOwned 8/12/18 Agriculture, Agricultural Technologies, Food, GMO, Horticulture, Innovation, Technology IGrow PreOwned 8/12/18

Weird New Fruits Could Hit Aisles Soon Thanks to Gene-Editing

Supermarkets stocked with peach-flavoured strawberries and seedless tomatoes on horizon, scientists say

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Indoor Vertical Farming, Innovation, Videos IGrow PreOwned 7/13/18 Indoor Vertical Farming, Innovation, Videos IGrow PreOwned 7/13/18

13 Vertical Farming Innovations That Could Revolutionize Agriculture

Many have wondered for years if vertical farming is really the answer to the shortage of food in the world. However strange the concept of vertical farming might seem to many startups, it is an ingenious method to produce food in environments where arable land is unavailable or rare at the most.

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Innovation, Farming, Technology, Software IGrow PreOwned 5/8/18 Innovation, Farming, Technology, Software IGrow PreOwned 5/8/18

Smithers-Oasis Company Announces Partnership With Agrilyst

Smithers-Oasis Company, a worldwide leader in providing solutions throughout the plant and flower supply chain from propagation to consumer, announces its partnership with Agrilyst, leading provider of a software as a service (SaaS) product for greenhouses and vertical farms that allows growers to track crops, labor, inventory and other metrics.

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Hydroponic, Farming, Innovation, Vertical Farming IGrow PreOwned 2/13/18 Hydroponic, Farming, Innovation, Vertical Farming IGrow PreOwned 2/13/18

Evergreen Farm Wins Best Indoor Farming Innovation Award

Using the basic principle of hydroponics, Evergreen Farm Oy has developed an innovative vertical indoor farming technology that produces high-quality fruits and vegetables in a state-of-the-art, environmentally controlled, the multi-level indoor facility called the Direct Feed Vertical Hydroponics (DFVH) system.

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Agriculture, Innovation, Technology IGrow PreOwned 1/31/18 Agriculture, Innovation, Technology IGrow PreOwned 1/31/18

Over 32 Trillion Data Points Give Growers Solid Environmental Intelligence

Autogrow’s Director of Crop Science and Agronomy, Dr Tharindu Weeraratne notes that information gathered gives a true reflection of how the plants are responding to their environment and what the optimum levels are for increased yields with high quality and consistency.

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Greenhouse, Farming, Innovation, Technology IGrow PreOwned 1/29/18 Greenhouse, Farming, Innovation, Technology IGrow PreOwned 1/29/18

Motorleaf's Agronomist.ai Software Cuts SunSelect's Yield Prediction Error Rates In Half

Motorleaf has launched it’s Agronomist.ai platform with a world first for greenhouse owners/operators, allowing for accurate Yield Prediction.

 

 

Motorleaf has come out of private BETA with a commercially available yield prediction service for commercial greenhouses, after working closely with SunSelect (150 acres in California & B.C.) with results that disrupt how commercial greenhouse farms worldwide can now operate their business, adding significant dollars to their client’s bottom line.

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Greenhouse, Farming, Innovation, Lighting, Technology IGrow PreOwned 1/26/18 Greenhouse, Farming, Innovation, Lighting, Technology IGrow PreOwned 1/26/18

Greenhouse Technology Could Be The Future of Food

CU Boulder engineers have received a $2.45 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to develop a scalable, cost-effective greenhouse material that splits sunlight into the photosynthetically efficient light and repurposes inefficient infrared light to aid in water purification.

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Food, Innovation, Agriculture IGrow PreOwned 1/24/18 Food, Innovation, Agriculture IGrow PreOwned 1/24/18

FFAR Awards $2.7 Million to Create Fellowship Program to Foster the Next Generation of Food and Agriculture Scientists

FFAR Awards $2.7 Million to Create Fellowship Program to Foster the Next Generation of Food and Agriculture Scientists.  FFAR Will Collaborate With Industry Leaders and Universities to Provide Interdisciplinary Training for Graduate Students

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LED, Farming, Innovation IGrow PreOwned 1/22/18 LED, Farming, Innovation IGrow PreOwned 1/22/18

Philips Lighting’s New GrowWise Control System Gives Growers and Researchers More Flexibility and Control For LED Cultivation 

“This is our first step towards digitization of Horti LED lighting systems,” said Udo van Slooten, Business Leader Horticulture at Philips Lighting. “The GrowWise Control System is the hardware platform that will allow us to build digital lighting control in the future. This will replace our current analog research systems.”

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Agriculture, Technology, Innovation IGrow PreOwned 1/19/18 Agriculture, Technology, Innovation IGrow PreOwned 1/19/18

Over 32 trillion Data Points Give Growers Solid Environmental Intelligence

Due to the unique nature of our architecture, over 32 trillion data points flow through our systems each year which would be one of the most substantial collections for indoor agriculture to date.

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Greenhouse, Hydroponics, Aquaponics, Sustainably, Innovation IGrow PreOwned 1/17/18 Greenhouse, Hydroponics, Aquaponics, Sustainably, Innovation IGrow PreOwned 1/17/18

How This Greenhouse And Fish Farm Operation Is Fuelled

More than 30 computers sit on the second floor of a former car museum west of Winnipeg, quietly working to mine bitcoin.  The heat generated by those computers, which are verifying bitcoin transactions by solving cryptographic puzzles, helps warm nearby plants in a makeshift greenhouse.

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Farming, Innovation, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 1/16/18 Farming, Innovation, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 1/16/18

Local Skills Showcased At Arab Innovation Academy

The winner was AG Automation, a startup that aims to use technology to transform indoor farming.

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Farming, Innovation, Technology, Videos IGrow PreOwned 1/12/18 Farming, Innovation, Technology, Videos IGrow PreOwned 1/12/18

FarmBot Wants to Cultivate An Open-Source Future For Remote Farming

“Farm from anywhere” is a phrase we’re likely to hear more and more of as technology enables easier access to fresh, locally grown food.

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Agriculture, Innovation IGrow PreOwned 1/6/18 Agriculture, Innovation IGrow PreOwned 1/6/18

China Will Grow Potatoes On The Dark Side of The Moon By The End of The Year

The moon has been neglected for far too long, and China seems keen on moving fast to cover all the lost lunar ground. The nation’s ambitious space program, among other things, is set on achieving several important milestones

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Container Farm, Innovation IGrow PreOwned 1/5/18 Container Farm, Innovation IGrow PreOwned 1/5/18

Grow Pod Solutions Introduces Automated Farming to The Investor Community

Grow Pod Solutions has developed the world's most advanced growing pods. Their container farms are fully automated, and feature innovations such as greenhouse control software, Bipolar Ionization, automatic dosing, fertigation scheduling and full-time surveillance.

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Farming, Innovation, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 1/3/18 Farming, Innovation, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 1/3/18

3D Printing Saves Time and Money in Urban Farming Product Design and Prototyping

3D printing technology has been used in the agriculture industry in various applications, to help create small-scale organic farms in developing countries, make cost-effective tools and plant crops, and set up urban gardens.

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Farming, Innovation, Technology, Automation, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/28/17 Farming, Innovation, Technology, Automation, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/28/17

Second Generation Growlink Environment Controllers Introduce New Remote Sensor Module with Additional Light and VPD Readings

Growlink, architect of Smart Farm technology, today announced the second generation Growlink Environment Controllers. In addition to the new remote sensor module, they introduced three new controllers to support any size grow operation.

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Urban, Farming, Innovation, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/25/17 Urban, Farming, Innovation, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/25/17

Before ‘Plantscrapers’ Can Grow Food in The City, They’ll Need to Grow Money

When Hans Hassle imagines the future, he sees urban farms and office spaces growing side-by-side. He sees half-green high rises providing Stockholm with lettuce, spinach, and swiss chard. 

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Farming, Innovation, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/22/17 Farming, Innovation, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/22/17

This Underground Farm Helps Power The Building That Houses It

Plantagon is a company that develops vertical farm technology, and they have some pretty big dreams for how food will be produced in the future. Their current projects suggest that the future is actually not very far off. The Plantagon CityFarm will be opening in Stockholm in 2018, Fast Company reports. 

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