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IGrow PreOwned 3/29/19 IGrow PreOwned 3/29/19

Gordon Food Service And Square Roots Reveal Location of First Urban Farm

Early this month, Gordon Food Service made headlines when the foodservice provider unveiled a new partnership with Square Roots and new plans to erect indoor farming campuses throughout North America

IGrow PreOwned 3/25/19 IGrow PreOwned 3/25/19

Can Amazon Reinvent The Traditional Supermarket?

Amazon’s plans to launch physical grocery stores this year is just the latest affirmation that, ironically, bricks-and-mortar stores are crucial to the e-commerce giant’s future growth. Amazon may launch as many as 2,000 supermarkets in major U.S. cities, according to a recent report in The Wall Street Journal

IGrow PreOwned 3/21/19 IGrow PreOwned 3/21/19

Canadian Vertical Farming Startup to Distribute Produce to Universities

Chartwells, a Canadian educational foodservice provider, and the Growcer, announced an exclusive partnership that will bring 'the 100 foot farm' to college and university campuses across Canada

IGrow PreOwned 3/20/19 IGrow PreOwned 3/20/19

Shipping Container Farms Expanding To Grocery Stores Around The Country

“We’ll start with putting 10 containers down in a market, and as demand for locally grown produce increases, we can very quickly expand our footprint by adding more modules,” Peggs told Fast Company.

IGrow PreOwned 3/18/19 IGrow PreOwned 3/18/19

Waitrose Brings Hanging Vegetable Gardens to the Supermarket

Retail group John Lewis , which includes premium supermarket chain Waitrose, has confirmed to The Telegraph that it is currently in talks with bio-engineering firm LettUs Grow, which grows many types of vegetables in a disused railway tunnel in Bristol.

IGrow PreOwned 3/10/19 IGrow PreOwned 3/10/19

John Lewis & Partners Announces Partnership With LuttUs Grow to Create ‘Mini-Farms’ Within Retail Stores

The agri-tech company design irrigation and control technology for indoor farms. Using exciting new technology, they work on reconnecting crowded cities with the tradition of locally grown produce

IGrow PreOwned 3/10/19 IGrow PreOwned 3/10/19

Gordon Food Service Partners With Indoor Farming Company

Wyoming, Mich.-based Gordon Food Service is teaming with indoor farming company Square Roots to build indoor farms across North America, igniting opportunities to train the next generation of urban farmers.

IGrow PreOwned 2/4/19 IGrow PreOwned 2/4/19

Germany: Edeka Grows Some Products In Stores

Vertical farming is meant to make the climate-damaging part of agriculture a thing of the past. Fruits and vegetables could also be grown in the supermarket, manufacturers promised.

IGrow PreOwned 1/27/19 IGrow PreOwned 1/27/19

Leclerc Opens Second Marché Bio Store

After the opening of the first supermarket in Saintes at the end of October, a second one will open today in Erstein (Bas-Rhin), near Strasbourg.

IGrow PreOwned 1/25/19 IGrow PreOwned 1/25/19

Trader Joe’s Repeats As Top U.S. Grocery Retailer

“While consumer confidence in the U.S. is at a near 18 year high and the U.S. economic growth is outpacing the rest of the world, there are signs of turbulent times ahead and grocery retailers need to be prepared,”

IGrow PreOwned 12/27/18 IGrow PreOwned 12/27/18

Swedish Retailers Are Starting To Grow Herbs Under Their Stores

As Ron Finley once said in his Ted Talk on Gorilla Gardening - “To Grow your own food is like printing your own money”

IGrow PreOwned 12/25/18 IGrow PreOwned 12/25/18

Walmart’s E-Commerce Chief Marc Lore: Food Delivered ‘Right Into Your Fridge’ Is The Future

“How about just being able to keep you in stock on everything you need and not even have to think about it? That’s the future.”

IGrow PreOwned 12/5/18 IGrow PreOwned 12/5/18

France: Agricool Raises 28 Million US Dollars For Urban Farming

The company has raised funds from new investors including Bpifrance Large Venture Fund, Danone Manifesto Ventures, Antoine Arnault via Marbeuf Capital, Solomon Hykes, and a dozen other business angels passionate about Agricool’s mission

IGrow PreOwned 12/3/18 IGrow PreOwned 12/3/18

Infarm Expands Its ‘In-Store Farming’ To Paris

Infarm, the Berlin-based startup that has developed vertical farming tech for grocery stores, restaurants and local distribution centres to bring fresh and artisan produce much closer to the consumer, is expanding to Paris.

IGrow PreOwned 11/29/18 IGrow PreOwned 11/29/18

Parisian Supermarket Becomes Self-Sufficient With indoor Herb-Farm

The herb farm is created by Infarm, a German company that is operating more than 50 farms across Berlin in supermarket aisles, restaurant kitchens, and distribution warehouses.

IGrow PreOwned 11/12/18 IGrow PreOwned 11/12/18

Infarm Expands Its ‘In-Store Farming’ To Paris

Once again, the company is partnering with Metro in a move that will see Infarm’s “in-store farming” platform installed in the retailer’s flagship store in the French capital city later this month.

IGrow PreOwned 11/2/18 IGrow PreOwned 11/2/18

An H-E-B-Owned Central Market Location In Dallas Sells Store-Grown Produce

Behind one of Central Market’s Dallas stores, a 53-foot custom-built Growtainer, made from a recycled shipping container, provides 480 square feet of climate-controlled vertical production space.

IGrow PreOwned 9/4/18 IGrow PreOwned 9/4/18

INFARM Has Started Its Expansion To Switzerland

The first Infarm will be in Zurich soon

IGrow PreOwned 8/21/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/21/18

Gotham Greens, Natalie’s Juices And Red Sun Farms Tomatoes Sprouting In Strack's Produce Department

Gotham Greens are premium quality produce grown under the highest standards of food safety and environmental sustainability in a climate-controlled, urban rooftop greenhouse facility in Chicago.

IGrow PreOwned 7/31/18 IGrow PreOwned 7/31/18

The #1 Fastest-Growing Brand In The Entire Store

The Wonderful Company is the #1 fastest-growing consumer packaged goods (CPG) company. Their 13% rise makes them the only multibillion-dollar company with double-digit sales growth.