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

This Mumbai Ecopreneur Has Been Turning City Dwellers Into Urban Farmers for Over Half a Decade

Priyanka Amar Shah attributes her love for greenery to her “nature loving family.” The Mumbai resident grew up in a suburban home whose balconies were always adorned with plants. It was also her affinity for nature that made her notice how barren the other balconies of her neighbourhood seemed in comparison

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

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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Urban, Farming, World, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 5/3/17 Urban, Farming, World, Indoor Farming IGrow PreOwned 5/3/17

Vertical Farms to Shape Future Agriculture Supply Chains

By 2040 the world will have nine billion inhabitants, of which the majority of which will live in cities. With a growing population and high urbanisation figures many countries, including Malaysia, have become highly dependent on imports for basic agriculture commodities

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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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Urban Agriculture and its Role in Community Building

Urban agriculture (UA) is about much more than producing food, it is about growing communities and empowering people.

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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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Vertical Farming in Amsterdam

It is amazing that so much food arrives into cities every day, but it is not without problems.  Farmers are far away from their market, there are negative ecological effects caused by modern farming, and collectively farms are the single largest users of land in the economy. Faced with limited fresh water resources and limited land to farm, we have to pioneer new ways to farm

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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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Metropolis Farms: Vertical Farming Designed to Grow Out, Not Up

The Philadelphia-based startup is looking to change the thinking around the green-collar economy, building a sustainable, modular design around optimized indoor farming technologies

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Urban, Farming, World IGrow PreOwned 4/27/17 Urban, Farming, World IGrow PreOwned 4/27/17

Teacher In Remote Inuit Community Teaches Students To Garden

Adam Malcolm, a high school teacher in the remote Inuit community of Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, has a simple plan: teach his students to garden. “But nobody around here is a natural gardener,” Malcolm said. “There’s nothing to garden and there never was.”

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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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Urban, Agriculture, World IGrow PreOwned 4/23/17 Urban, Agriculture, World IGrow PreOwned 4/23/17

Global Food Policy Report Spotlights Urbanization

The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has released the 2017 Global Food Policy Report. It reviews the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2016, and highlights challenges and opportunities for 2017 at both global and regional levels. This year’s report looks at the impact of rapid urban growth on food security and nutrition while considering how food systems can be transformed to improve the future. 

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Edible Gardens Enliven Industrial Properties, Accelerate Valuations

Urban farms can help to attract new industrial businesses, accelerate property values, and engender camaraderie between co-workers.

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Urban, Farming, USA, Vertical Farming IGrow PreOwned 4/22/17 Urban, Farming, USA, Vertical Farming IGrow PreOwned 4/22/17

For Earth Day, A Look Back At Some of The Best Green Building Designs

It’s Earth Day, and there are plenty of ways to celebrate across the city. But while we’ve got you here, why not have a look back at some the most interesting green developments out there?

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