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What Will 2017 Bring For Indoor Ag?

For all of the year’s many horrors, 2016 was a banner year for indoor agriculture, the practice of growing crops in hydroponic, aquaponic and aeroponic systems in greenhouses, warehouses, and containers. The fledgling industry saw record investment fueling a wave of new indoor farm builds, innovative business models, and technology introductions.

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Planned Vertical Farm in East Baltimore Aims To Train Ex-Offenders

A Canadian agriculture technology company is partnering with CBO Financial Inc. and Volunteers of America Chesapeake to develop a $6 million indoor urban farm in East Baltimore, part of a new program to give workforce training to ex-offenders

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Kimbal Musk, Elon’s Brother, Grows Food In Brooklyn Shipping Containers

"Whereas Elon Musk is determined to colonize space with SpaceX, his brother Kimbal Musk is equally determined to leave the earth behind"

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Kimbal Musk — Elon's brother — Just Opened A Shipping Container Farm Compound In New York City

Kimbal Musk (brother of Elon) is trying to change the way we eat by creating what he calls a "real food revolution."

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To Grow Community and Jobs of the Future, Suburbanite Launches Vertical Farming Enterprise in Detroit

After spending time with street children in Brazil as part of a missionary trip, Jeff Adams, founder of Detroit, Michigan-based urban vertical farming enterprise Artesian Farms, felt compelled to change his community. “If we can go 7,000 miles to work with young people we won’t see again, what can we do in our own backyard?

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Indoor Harvest Corp and Alamo CBD Enter Into Discussions to Combine and Ultimately Create Medical Cannabinoids Pharmaceutical Group

“It will be the aspiration of our Company after acquisition of Alamo and thus becoming a joint venture partner with Vyripharm Biopharmaceuticals, to become a leader in the medical cannabinoids pharmaceutical space"

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Vertical Farming Campaign Kicks Off

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Austin Kasso, executive director of Red Giant Union, has a towering vision for Greater Lafayette's food production and consumption future, and the vision is vertical, so to speak

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Major Vertical Farm Operator Builds Productivity, Scale and Scope

Climate change, water scarcity and a soaring global population are among the key reasons why vertical indoor farming is taking off around the world. Here at www.freshfruitportal.com we recently visited one such facility belonging to U.S.-based AeroFarms, and learned about the extensive international growth plans for its ‘game-changing’ proposition

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Urban Farming Org Transforms 9 Empty Greenhouses to Tackle Food Insecurity and Grow Meaningful Jobs

When Lynchburg, Virginia resident Paul Lam’s beloved garden was destroyed inadvertently in 2003, residents rallied around him to find a new space. With the help of community members, Lam, who is disabled, eventually found a seven-acre site with nine empty greenhouses on it that had been the home of a large rose supplier

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US: Food Retailer Starts With On-Site Production in Growtainer

"In 2016 we saw the successful Growtainer launch in the UK and the expansion of their European presence at a Spanish biotechnological giant.  CEA Advisors & Growtainers® promises, even more, global excitement in Indoor Farming and Controlled Environment Agriculture in 2017"

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3 Of The Most Inspiring Farm Startups of 2016

"Starting a farm isn't easy. And yet we've seen hundreds overcome the challenges of starting a farm and do it. Now they're providing fresh, nutritious food to their communities in ways that we truly admire"

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About Glenn Behrman

Glenn works full time on the design, development and fabrication of the Growtainer™ 

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Senator Stabenow Introduces Urban Agriculture Act of 2016

"This fall, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow announced plans to introduce the Urban Agriculture Act of 2016, legislation that would support urban farming initiatives and increase access to healthy food"

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More Urban Farms Sprouting With USDA's Help

"Farming, a largely rural activity, is moving to the cities, as urban farms continue to grow with help from the federal government"

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No Sunlight, No Soil, No Problem: Vertical Farms Take Growing Indoors

New Jersey company seeks to build world's largest vertical farm inside old steel mill near the airport

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Concrete Farms

What if you could pluck lettuce, cucumber and tomato from the rooftop farm in your residential building to prepare a salad that is fresh and pesticide free? And that, too, from plants grown without the use of soil?  Well, it could be a common sight in the near future

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In Kakaako, A Growing Urban Farm Reaches New Heights

"Between the high rise buildings and industrial warehouses, a farm is the last thing you’d expect to find in urban Kaka‘ako. But one business is creating a space for growing food in an unexpected"

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Space Age Farm: Chef Grows Hydroponic Greens In Upcycled Shipping Container In Bonner, Montana

"Jennifer Stackpole’s indoor farm looks like something out of a sci-fi movie"

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USDA Urban Agriculture Toolkit

"We've done a lot of work in the Obama administration to open doors wider to urban farmers," Dolcini says. "The Square Roots farmers represent the tip of the iceberg into our foray into regional foods and giving folks greater access to the USDA who previously haven't had access."

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The US Government Is Loaning Millions Of Dollars To Jumpstart Urban Farming

Every year, the US Department of Agriculture devotes millions of dollars to farmers in rural areas. The government is increasingly starting to offer assistance to urban farms, too

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