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5 Ways Urban Farming Benefits Utah's Cities And Residents

Urban farming may sound like your hipster cousin's latest hobby, but, in fact, it is transforming the way Utahns grow and buy their food. Over the past several years, the benefit of locally grown food is becoming more apparent

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Urban, Farming, USA IGrow PreOwned 5/5/17 Urban, Farming, USA IGrow PreOwned 5/5/17

Can Urban Farming Combat Food Waste? Chatting With The Founders of Alma Backyard Farms

On Monday, volunteers and farm members will be collecting unharvested colorful leaves of Lacinato kale, Redbor kale, Bright Lights Swiss chard and purple cabbage at the Alma Backyard Farms at a local church and school location in Compton

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Hydroponic Farming Takes Root In CT

Hydroponic farming is gaining popularity in the state and nationwide, particularly in response to consumers' shift toward healthy eating and locally grown produce, rising food prices and extreme weather conditions making it harder for traditional farming

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Aquaponics, Agriculture, Urban, USA IGrow PreOwned 5/4/17 Aquaponics, Agriculture, Urban, USA IGrow PreOwned 5/4/17

2018 Farm Bill Is Enormous Opportunity For Urban Agriculture

The Urban Agriculture community has a great opportunity to shape the 2018 Farm Bill for two big reasons: 1) we offer benefits that appeal to politicians across the political spectrum, and 2) the public is already with us on this issue, ahead of the politicians

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Farming, USA, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 5/4/17 Farming, USA, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 5/4/17

Number of U.S. Indoor Warehouse Farms On The Rise

The number of urban, indoor and warehouse agricultural operations in the U.S. has grown significantly over the last two years

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Urban, Farming, USA IGrow PreOwned 5/2/17 Urban, Farming, USA IGrow PreOwned 5/2/17

Opportunities For Growth Abound 

Rice University students are learning science basics by analyzing soil for a startup urban farm in Houston

 

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Urban Farming Flourishes In New York

The urban farm craze is finding fertile ground in New York, where 10 young entrepreneurs are learning to grow greens and herbs without soil, bathed in an indoor, psychedelic light

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AeroFarms: The Farm of the Future

Doesn’t it feel like we’re walking into the first scene of a sci-fi thriller?” I whispered to the woman in the white lab coat and hairnet (the same getup I was required to wear) as we approached the glowing towers in the distance

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North Carolina: The City of Asheville Has Launched The ‘Asheville Edibles Program’

The purpose of this program is to provide an opportunity for community members to grow food and pollinator plants on publicly-owned land – Adopt-A-Spot – Community Gardens – Urban Agriculture Leases

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Urban, Agriculture, USA IGrow PreOwned 5/1/17 Urban, Agriculture, USA IGrow PreOwned 5/1/17

Build An Apartment Building. Save A farm. This Program’s Doing Both

“Before TDR, landowners had two real estate options: keep farming or sell their land outright - often for development,” Bratton said. “This creates a third choice: farmers can now realize some of the value of their property while retaining ownership and continuing to farm. It’s a win for everyone.”

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Farming, Urban, USA, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 4/30/17 Farming, Urban, USA, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 4/30/17

Local Farm Grows Mushrooms Indoors

Finding its own place in the growing Binghamton area food scene, Southern Tier Mushrooms is sprouting fresh, gourmet mushrooms to be sold and served in local stores and restaurants

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Urban, Farming, USA, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 4/28/17 Urban, Farming, USA, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 4/28/17

GrowNYC Throwing Open House For New Community Center Project Farmhouse

The organization, which runs greenmarkets and gardens throughout the city and hosts programs on environmental issues like recycling, will celebrate the opening of its new sustainability and education center with an open house on April 29

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At TED This Week, Two Speakers Got To The Root Of Things

Devita Davison, executive director of FoodLab Detroit, offered a different means of taking action: “transformation and hope: through food.”

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Autogrow Announces Its Support Of A Global Indoor Agriculture Hub In Kennett Township, Pennsylvania

Today Autogrow, a major supplier of automated control systems for indoor agriculture facilities, announced its support for a major public-private initiative to develop a global indoor agriculture production, research, training, and service hub on the US East Coast, to be located in Kennett Township, Pennsylvania

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Indoor Farming Operations Still Unsure If They Are "Organic"

Indoor farming operations will need to wait until the fall to find out whether the government considers their operations "organic," after the National Organic Standards Board delayed its ruling on the subject

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Urban, Farming, USA, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 4/25/17 Urban, Farming, USA, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 4/25/17

Alumnus Goes Organic With Entrepreneurial Hydroponic Venture

University of Wisconsin Oshkosh alumnus Bryan Ernst ‘12, of Ripon, is an entrepreneur who started Ernessi Organics, an original hydroponics system that grows herbs and vegetables

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Farming, Aquaponics, Hydroponics, USA, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 4/25/17 Farming, Aquaponics, Hydroponics, USA, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 4/25/17

Indoor Farmers Face Uncertainty Over Organic Labeling

The National Organic Standards Board have kicked the can down the road on hydroponic and aquaponic farming. The group was supposed to decide on April 21 if the systems can be considered organic. The only decision they made was to learn more about the farming process and have pushed their decision until the fall.

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Farming, Innovation, USA, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 4/24/17 Farming, Innovation, USA, Vertical Farming, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 4/24/17

5 Control System Questions With Darryn Keiller of Autogrow

Darryn Keiller, CEO of control company background, and has led the New Zealand-based company to a sub $3mn equity raise since taking the helm.  Ahead of his presentation at Indoor Ag-Con on May 3-4, we caught up with Darryn to ask him about big data and the future of controls in controlled environment agriculture.

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Indoor Ag-Con Features Container Farm Tours From Indoor Farms of America & Modular Farms

Farm tours are a popular feature of agriculture trade shows, but Indoor Ag-Con – the indoor agriculture industry’s premier conference – likes to do things a little differently. It will instead be featuring two container farm tours at its next event, at the Las Vegas Convention Center on May 3-4, 2017.

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A Self-Proclaimed City Boy Is Helping Farmers Grow Their Businesses

Nick Burton is a self-proclaimed city boy, a businessman first and a farmer second. He’s also an educator, a mentor and the kind of friend that wants others to succeed.

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