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Are Hydroponic Vegetables as Nutritious as Those Grown in Soil?

"The bottom line is it depends on the nutrient solution the vegetables are grown in, but hydroponically grown vegetables can be just as nutritious as those grown in soil"

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Green Wolf Vertical Farm: Bringing Freshness To The Texas Panhandle

Hundreds of years ago, the Texas panhandle was home to thousands of buffalo. After a few centuries of buffalo stomping on the ground, the soil was compacted and dense, leaving a challenge to future farmers

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Farming, USA, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/23/16 Farming, USA, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/23/16

Future of Food: 'Urban AG Field Trip’ To Explore Urban Farming Operations in L.A. County

Slated for Friday, January 27, 2017, the Seedstock 'Future of Food - Urban Ag Field Trip’ will look at the impact of urban farming in Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the United States

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Agriculture, USA, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/23/16 Agriculture, USA, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/23/16

USDA Officials Tour New York City’s “Urban Ag” Successes

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency Administrator Val Dolcini and New York State Executive Director, James Barber, traveled to Brooklyn Monday to tour urban agriculture operations that were funded by USDA microloans.

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Farming, USA, World, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/22/16 Farming, USA, World, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/22/16

Vertical Farming Market Worth US$ 6 Billion by 2022

Vertical Farming is the future of modern day agriculture which is completely done in indoor agriculture labs. The vertical Farming market is expected to cross USD 6 Billion by 2022.

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Farming, USA, Videos, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/22/16 Farming, USA, Videos, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/22/16

Five Urban Farming Projects In Chicago To Watch In 2017

City of Chicago

The city is jumping into the urban farming game, aided by a $1 million federal grant, one of 45 projects awarded a total of $26.6 million this year through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's annual Conservation Innovation Grants.

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Farming, USA, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/22/16 Farming, USA, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/22/16

Here's What Happened at Freight Farms in 2016

It's been another momentous year at Freight Farms, and we want to take a moment to celebrate just how far we've all come

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Farming, USA, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/19/16 Farming, USA, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/19/16

The View From Inside Square Roots’ Urban Shipping Container Farms

A month ago, Square Roots, the urban farming accelerator launched by Kimbal Musk and Tobias Peggs, began its yearlong program in the Pfizer Building on the border of Williamsburg and Bed-Stuy. Due in part to the boldface name behind it, and also to the growing popularity of urban farming, the program got lots of  buzz 

right off the bat

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Farm Tour and the First Farmer's Market 🌱🎅

THIS EVENT WILL BE THEIR FIRST FARMERS MARKET THIS COMING WEDNESDAY (12/21) AND WE WOULD LOVE YOU TO COME

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The Square Roots Urban Farming Community, NYC

Tour the Square Roots farms, meet the farmers, and buy a bundle of fresh, tasty, locally-grown greens - just in time for cooking up a holiday feast!

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World, USA, Aquaponics IGrow PreOwned 12/15/16 World, USA, Aquaponics IGrow PreOwned 12/15/16

How Antibiotic-Tainted Seafood From China Ends Up on Your Table

You might want to pass on the shrimp cocktail

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Idaho Company Farms Fresh Produce Using Modified Shipping Container

When it comes to local vegetables, some restaurants like to use the phrase “farm to table.” But what about when that farm is not in a field, but indoors – in a climate controlled shipping container

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Innovation, Farming, USA, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/14/16 Innovation, Farming, USA, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/14/16

Agrilyst Founder Up For Vertical Farming Award

“Farms have a vast amount of production data, and, unfortunately, the information exists in fragmented, independent systems,” Kopf wrote this year.

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Funding To Boost Growth For TruLeaf Farms

An indoor, multi-level farming company in Bible Hill is poised for its next growth spurt after receiving a major funding injection and new business expertise

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The Seedstock 'Future of Food - Urban Ag Field Trip'

Urban agriculture ventures of all different stripes - from commercial hydroponic enterprises and rooftop aeroponic farms to community gardens planted atop formerly vacant lots - are not only disrupting the food system, but also generating community and economic capital

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Innovation, Farming, USA, World, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/13/16 Innovation, Farming, USA, World, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/13/16

Lessons from Japan: What the Western Indoor Ag Industry Can Learn from the East

It is well known in indoor agriculture circles that Japan has more experience with indoor farming than the US and Europe, and its plant factories are more advanced.  Here De Smedt offers his key takeaways from an event bringing the industry from both sides of the world together

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Innovation, Farming, Agriculture, USA IGrow PreOwned 12/12/16 Innovation, Farming, Agriculture, USA IGrow PreOwned 12/12/16

Furniture Maker Partners On Urban 'Agrihood' Project

A furniture maker is teaming up on a building renovation project that will bring a community resource center focused on agriculture to a Detroit neighborhood

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Residential Dining Centers Embrace Farm to Table

A fresh, contemporary concept in dining is hitting the residential dining centers on campus.  CSU’s Housing & Dining Services is embracing the farm-to-table concept, expanding fresh, local and sustainable food options for students

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Farming, USA, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/9/16 Farming, USA, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 12/9/16

Vertical Farming Platform TruLeaf Raises $8.5 Mln In Funding

TruLeaf Sustainable Agriculture Ltd. (TruLeaf), the indoor, multi-level farming company from Bible Hill, Nova Scotia has closed an $8.5-million equity-finance round

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Green Collar Foods Bringing Affordable Indoor Farming To Bridgeport, CT With New Partner

GCF’s mission is to empower inner-city farmers with an affordable CEA business solution that is technologically intuitive and financially profitable. It is also committed to growing high quality, clean food in communities so often overlooked

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