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The Future of Urban Farming Could Be In A Shipping Container

Urban farming has exploded in popularity over the last few years.  People are becoming more conscious of organic foods and wanting to take charge with what they put in their bodies.  

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Vertical Farms Starting New Agricultural Revolution

According to the United Nations, food supply is one of the world’s most pressing issues. The following statement from the World Bank sets the tone for the expected future of food supply around the world. “The world needs to produce at least 50 percent more food to feed 9 billion people by 2050

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How An Indoor Farm in Midtown Anchorage Could Help At-Risk Youth

To help disadvantaged teens and young adults land jobs, an Anchorage mental health provider is staking out ground in the high-tech farming fields of hydroponics and vertical gardening

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The U.S.'s First Organic Farm REIT is Based in Evanston

A small group of 10 original investors has grown to 250—from 34 states and Canada and Great Britain—who converted their limited-liability company and began offering what they say is the first organic family farm real estate investment trust in the U.S. on Jan. 1, says Kevin Egolf, CFO of Iroquois Valley

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Vertical Farming: A High-Growth Trend

Every year, Americans care more about where our food comes from. Organic food sales are growing by double-digit percentages annually. And the “eat local” movement is still picking up steam

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Connecticut Invests $3 Million in Indoor Agriculture Venture

The state is investing a lot of green — $3 million in financing — to get an indoor agriculture venture off the ground in Suffield

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Aglanta Announces Panel About Closed Vertical Farming Operations

The event is highlighted by three vertical growing operations that weren't forced to shut down

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Women In CEA Startups

Interest in furthering the development of controlled environment agriculture (CEA) is propelled forward by the idea that we can create real solutions to some of humanity’s basic needs: like growing nutritious food. By bringing farming under cover, be that in a hoophouse, greenhouse or vertical farm, we have found ways to closely monitor and manipulate growing conditions

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Aglanta Conference Details Released

The Aglanta Conference is a gathering to showcase urban and controlled environment agriculture (CEA) innovation in the City of Atlanta

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Modular Farms Newsletter #6

January has undoubtedly been the busiest month in the history of our young company. For each calendar day that passed we were introduced to more and more people that are driven to reshape the agricultural landscape, both domestically and abroad, via the use of ZipGrow technology, Modular Farms and other sustainable farming practices

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Modular Aeroponic Farms Open Door to Clean Energy Urban Agriculture Modular Aeroponic Farms Open Door to Clean Energy Urban Agriculture

Generally speaking, agriculture is rich in opportunities for clean, efficient energy self-generation and, more broadly and significantly, improvements at the nexus of energy, water and food production and use

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MIT’s Food Computers Set the Stage for Open Source Agriculture

Most of us probably don’t think too much about the foodstuffs we buy in the supermarket. But behind the scenes, today’s food production system relies on a centralized, industrial-scale supply chain that’s still dependent upon soil-based agriculture for the majority of our food crops

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Marc Oshima: "Food Is A Fundamental Right"

Marc Oshima, Chief Marketing Officer and Co-Founder of AeroFarms, is speaking at the third annual D.C. Food Tank Summit, 

Let’s Build a Better Food Policy, which will be hosted in partnership with George Washington University and the World Resources Institute on February 2, 2017

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Indoor Farms of America Bringing Fully Off-Grid Containerized Vertical Aeroponic Farms To Market

Indoor Farms of America announces today the company is now preparing to launch a version of its Container Farms that will be energy independent and water independent, allowing deployment of the farms anywhere in the world

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Hydroponics Towers To Be Built In Lafayette

A Purdue entrepreneur in hydroponics is working in conjunction with the non-profit Red Giant Union to bring nine-foot hydroponics towers to Lafayette

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The Urban Agriculture Trend Continues in 2017

Urban agriculture can reconnect communities with healthy food, thereby supporting economic opportunities and innovative ideas around land use. Several new resources for urban agriculture were published in 2016 which support the movement going forward

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Cornell Students Prepare To Become Leaders In Controlled Environment Agriculture

With more than 9 billion people expected to be alive by 2050, feeding a booming global population means agriculture must respond with increased food production

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Pegasus Agriculture Group and Kennett Township to Cooperate on Indoor Agriculture Hub

Today at Indoor Ag Con Asia, the indoor agriculture industry's premier trade conference, international hydroponics expert Pegasus Agriculture Group reinforced its recent decision to actively enter the US marketplace by announcing its intention to support a major public-private initiative to develop a global indoor agriculture production, research, training, and service hub on the US East Coast

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Farm Of The Future: What Grows In Las Vegas Stays In Las Vegas

Urban Seed plans to grow 25 different crops, from bell peppers to beets to alpine strawberries, in high-tech greenhouses smack in the middle of Las Vegas

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AFBF Entrepreneur of the Year is Vertical Harvest Hydroponics

Goal of Vertical Harvest Hydroponics is to produce hydroponic vegetables in 40 foot insulated shipping containers

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