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IGrow PreOwned 5/29/18 IGrow PreOwned 5/29/18

Grow Closer With Light Polymers’ GrowBlade® Horticultural Lighting

Light Polymers, a nanochemistry innovator specializing in lyotropic liquid crystals, is launching a Beta-test program for its innovative GrowBlade® horticultural lighting.

IGrow PreOwned 5/24/18 IGrow PreOwned 5/24/18

Osram Acquires US ‘Smart Grow’ Lighting Firm

Lighting giant Osram is acquiring Fluence Bioengineering, Inc. of Austin, Texas. The company specialises in LED-based horticultural systems, using Osram LED chips, for a wide variety of applications including vertical farming, especially in urban area

IGrow PreOwned 5/22/18 IGrow PreOwned 5/22/18

Grow Closer With Light Polymers’ GrowBlade® Horticultural Lighting

Light Polymers, a nanochemistry innovator specializing in lyotropic liquid crystals, is launching a Beta-test program for its innovative GrowBlade® horticultural lighting.

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

Netherlands: 9 Hectares Indoors Compared To 90 Hectares Outdoors

Siberia is an innovative enterprise that grows greenhouse vegetables in Maasbree. It was established in early 2016 by Peter van Dijck and Luc Willemssen who also own Van Dijck Groenteproducties, one of the largest suppliers of outdoor grown leafy greens to the retail and processing sectors in The Netherlands.

IGrow PreOwned 5/15/18 IGrow PreOwned 5/15/18

What’s The Best Way To Compare Lighting Efficiency?

There is a big difference between lighting efficiency for horticulture and lighting efficiency for consumer use. The difference is in who is receiving the light.

IGrow PreOwned 5/14/18 IGrow PreOwned 5/14/18

Effects Of Temperature On Basil Growth: Some Like It Hot!

Philips researchers all aspects that make up the ideal light recipe for a particular crop. But, did you know that we also study a much broader range of factors to come up with the ideal growth recipe?

IGrow PreOwned 5/11/18 IGrow PreOwned 5/11/18

Illumitex Lights Dream Harvest Farms, An EPA Green Power Partner

Illumitex has worked in conjunction with Dream Harvest Farming Company since 2016 to provide LED grow lighting for their certified organic, sustainable, indoor farm located in Houston, TX.

IGrow PreOwned 5/10/18 IGrow PreOwned 5/10/18

Home, Urban And Vertical Farming Will Play A Central Role In The Future Food Supply of Metropolitan Areas

Food in our supermarkets has often traveled hundreds of kilometers. What if, nowadays, we have better options for producing healthy, tasty food with lower carbon footprint?

IGrow PreOwned 5/10/18 IGrow PreOwned 5/10/18

LumiGrow Supplies LED Fixtures to Lettuce Work Foundation Greenhouses

LEDs continue to thrive in horticultural lighting applications as a new lettuce-growing installation attests. LumiGrow has announced that the Lettuce Work Foundation in New Albany, OH has installed Pro 325e fixtures in its lettuce greenhouses that both provide fresh produce to local consumers year-round and aid young adults with autism in entering the workforce

IGrow PreOwned 5/9/18 IGrow PreOwned 5/9/18

Osram Advances to Become a Leader in Digital Farming Solutions with Acquisition of Texas-Based Fluence Bioengineering

Osram is taking the next step in its quest to become the leading provider of intelligent plant growth solutions by acquiring Fluence Bioengineering, Inc. of Austin, Texas.

IGrow PreOwned 5/7/18 IGrow PreOwned 5/7/18

Thrive Agritech, Leading LED Horticulture Lighting Innovator, Secures $2 Million Capital Injection

Thrive Agritech, Inc., a technology company focused on leading innovations in LED horticulture lighting (“Thrive”), today announced that it has received an additional $2 million in equity capital to accelerate the development and deployment of its LED technology in controlled environment agriculture.

IGrow PreOwned 5/6/18 IGrow PreOwned 5/6/18

The Role of LEDs in Speed Breeding

Some of the most important crops for feeding the ever-increasing global population include wheat and barley. In order to meet the future demand, scientists have a task of finding ways to improve efficiencies in breeding these and other, similar plant species.

IGrow PreOwned 4/30/18 IGrow PreOwned 4/30/18

Philips Lighting Unveils New Philips GreenPower LED Toplighting Light Recipe For European Market at Rose Event

Philips Lighting Unveils New Philips GreenPower LED Toplighting Light Recipe For European Market at Rose EventThe new GreenPower LED toplighting with cut rose spectrum allows growers to increase light levels year-round without increasing heat.

IGrow PreOwned 4/18/18 IGrow PreOwned 4/18/18

How GLASE Is Promoting The Development And Adoption of Energy-Efficient Lighting And Control Technologies In The CEA Industry

The Greenhouse Lighting and Systems Engineering (GLASE) consortium is a public-private partnership to integrate advanced energy-efficient LED lighting with improved environmental controls for more efficient and sustainable greenhouse production.

IGrow PreOwned 4/17/18 IGrow PreOwned 4/17/18

What Is The Importance of LED Lighting To Indoor Growing?

In most indoor growing operations, lighting contributes about half of all equipment costs. Over the past five years, LED lighting pricing has fallen significantly, even as lights have continued to increase in efficiency.

IGrow PreOwned 4/10/18 IGrow PreOwned 4/10/18

Syracuse Startup Developing LED Lights For Indoor Farming

Getting your hands on fresh, local produce, even in dreary winter months could be a lot easier thanks to a young Syracuse company. Heliohex says it has developed LED lights that can really improve indoor farming.

IGrow PreOwned 3/23/18 IGrow PreOwned 3/23/18

LumiGrow Honored with Sapphire Award for Using Light to Change the Agricultural Model

On February 14, 2018, the Sapphire Awards Gala Dinner celebrated the most innovative companies in the solid-state lighting (SSL) industry by naming the fourth annual LED Magazine Sapphire Award winners.

IGrow PreOwned 3/17/18 IGrow PreOwned 3/17/18

AEssenseGrows Introduces Cost Calculator For Managing Lighting Expenses For Indoor Farming

AEssenseGrows' new cost calculator estimates upfront and recurring expenses of lighting for indoor farming.

IGrow PreOwned 3/10/18 IGrow PreOwned 3/10/18

Grow Lights For Indoor Plants and Indoor Gardening: An Overview

Indoor growing offers many advantages. The biggest benefits are the most obvious: garden pests can’t get at your plants, and you have total control over the weather.

IGrow PreOwned 3/8/18 IGrow PreOwned 3/8/18

The Farm of The Future Is Magenta

After the US, guess what country is the second largest exporter of food by dollar value? The Netherlands.