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Helping Small-Scale Operations Develop A Recipe For Horticultural Lighting Success

Where does our food come from? Three generations ago, this question had much simpler and well-known answers. Most food was derived from family gardens and family farms.

IGrow PreOwned 12/20/17 IGrow PreOwned 12/20/17

Fluence Bioengineering Launches New Vertical Farming Lighting Solutions

Fluence Bioengineering, Inc. (“Fluence”) today launched three new horticulture lighting solutions designed for the world’s largest vertical farms.

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How To Build A Successful Vertical Farm

The interest in growing plants indoors in vertical farms keeps increasing. But many investors who thought they could simply buy an empty warehouse, plug in some grow lights and turn out perfect heads of lettuce to make money have been disappointed.

IGrow PreOwned 12/19/17 IGrow PreOwned 12/19/17

A Beginner’s Guide to Vertical Farming

Also known as indoor farming, vertical farming has in recent years gained recognition as a solid method of sustainability. The system was born out of the challenges affecting the 21st century, specifically issues like food shortage, resource depletion, and overpopulation.

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Why LED Lighting is Ideal For Indoor Farming

According to data from National Geographic, the sun radiates enough energy in 15 minutes to equal energy consumption of the entire world for ONE YEAR.

IGrow PreOwned 12/15/17 IGrow PreOwned 12/15/17

Indoor/Vertical Farms Set to Boom, LEDs Leading The Transition, Says Yole

The 2016 horticultural lighting market (i.e. system level) represented a business of about US$3.1 billion, representing approximately US$3.8 billion in 2017. But according to a recent report from market research firm Yole Développement, this market is set to grow rapidly at a 17.8% CAGR between 2016 and 2022, possibly reaching more than US$17 billion by 2027.

IGrow PreOwned 12/13/17 IGrow PreOwned 12/13/17

Quick Guide On Grow Lights

Grow lights are the most important environmental element affecting plant growth and development because the selection of grow lights can have a remarkable effect on the costs, operational costs, and quality of plants in your indoor grow room.

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

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Study

In a comparison study, Rensselaer researchers determined that LUXEON SunPlus Lime + Purple and Green + Purple LEDs provided beneficial growth spectra, resulting in high crop yield and high levels of antioxidants important to human health.

IGrow PreOwned 11/30/17 IGrow PreOwned 11/30/17

Determining The Potential Benefits of LEDs on Plants

Dutch growers who are building new greenhouses or adding new grow lights to their existing operations are comparing high-pressure sodium (HPS) and light emitting diodes (LEDs) when making their decision.

IGrow PreOwned 11/27/17 IGrow PreOwned 11/27/17

Innovative Light Measurement Solutions for Indoor Horticulture; High Precision, Handheld PAR Meters from Gamma Scientific

Commercial success in indoor horticultural operations requires intricate knowledge and carefully managed growing conditions. Among them, a detailed understanding of your lighting parameters is key; including efficiency, spectral properties, aging effects, fixture spacing and optimal working distances.

IGrow PreOwned 11/23/17 IGrow PreOwned 11/23/17

Philips Lighting To Install its First LED Grow Light Project in New Zealand at Gourmet Mokai

"Over the years, our LED technologies have helped tomato growers across the globe produce better quality fruit and higher yields, with more control over their growing climate.

IGrow PreOwned 11/22/17 IGrow PreOwned 11/22/17

Valoya Launches a New Line of State-of-the-Art LED Grow Lights

These are heavy duty, research grade luminaires designed to produce high and uniform light output over a long period of time. Combined with Valoya’s patented spectra and the support of a team of photobiologists, BX-Series is a smart choice of LED grow lights.

IGrow PreOwned 11/20/17 IGrow PreOwned 11/20/17

This $40 Million Robotic 'Plantscraper' Will Feed over 5,000 People Per Year

By 2050, the world's population is expected to swell to 9.6 billion , with around 66% living in urban areas. This projection is leaving many cities wondering how they will feed all those people.

IGrow PreOwned 11/6/17 IGrow PreOwned 11/6/17

Anti-Bacterial LED Horticultural Lighting Solving Major Issues

InCite Lighting, LLC is proud to announce the arrival of new anti-bacterial LED Lighting technology to the United State indoor horticultural market. Indoor horticultural operations have long battled mold, viruses, and other unwanted biological contaminants in their facilities.

IGrow PreOwned 10/19/17 IGrow PreOwned 10/19/17

Illumitex Launches Major Upgrade to PowerHarvest® Series

The PowerHarvest 14 will be utilized in supplemental or soul-source lighting facilities where growers are looking to achieve a PPF as high as 1300 µmol/second. The light will be offered in various configurations to match the need of each customer.

IGrow PreOwned 10/13/17 IGrow PreOwned 10/13/17

Lumileds Adds New Deep Red, Far Red As Well As CoB Offerings To Its Leading Portfolio of LEDs For Horticulture Lighting

Customer success and market adoption of the LUXEON SunPlus 35 Purple and the need for even greater PPF in a single device led to the development of the LUXEON SunPlus CoB Purple (12.5% blue) product.

IGrow PreOwned 10/13/17 IGrow PreOwned 10/13/17

Philips Lighting Supports MiniCrops’ First Vertical Farm With GreenPower LED Lighting

MiniCrops is the flagship initiative of Vertical Future, a technology start-up aiming to improve health in cities. The MiniCrops initiative provides households, farm shops, catering companies and restaurants with locally distributed boxes of fresh produce, focusing on nutrition, price and sustainability.

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

LumiGrow Partners With Nectar Farms to Light 40 Hectares of Greenhouse in Australia

The agri-business aims to transform the Australian farming model by using smart lighting techniques and other advanced technologies. “When considering an effective lighting solution there are a number of variables,” says Stephen Sasse, Managing Director and CEO of Nectar Farms.

IGrow PreOwned 10/9/17 IGrow PreOwned 10/9/17

IKEA’s Indoor Farm Is Trying To Alter How We Grow Food

SPACE10 points out that the current global food system is problematic for a few reasons. For starters, our current method of food production is contributing to the changing climate and is also wasteful of resources that we are already running low on, like fresh water.

IGrow PreOwned 10/6/17 IGrow PreOwned 10/6/17

Philips Lighting Signs Deal With Glinwell PLC For First 100% LED Installation in The UK to Grow High-Wire Cucumbers

“For years, we have seen growers reap the benefits of using our LEDs in the cultivation of high-wire tomatoes. These range from higher yields and better quality fruit to more control over the growing climate and energy costs,” said Udo van Slooten, Business Leader Horticulture at Philips Lighting. “Now we see these benefits also being achieved by high-wire cucumber growers. We expect that the only way is up for LED in high-wire cultivation.”