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How Smart Monitoring Is Helping An Urban Farm to Flourish

Growing Underground , which launched in 2015 and is located in former WW2 air-raid shelters, uses hydroponic systems to sustainably produce the pesticide-free crop. The tunnels are leased from Transport for London (TfL), which was happy to see them being put to work having laid dormant for 60 years.

IGrow PreOwned 1/28/18 IGrow PreOwned 1/28/18

6 Places Where Soil-Less Farming is Revolutionizing How We Grow Food

If it seems like “water, to which farmers have added the necessary nutrients for plant growth.hydroponic systems” are everywhere, that’s because they are. Hydroponic farming is one efficient way to grow fruits and vegetables in small spaces without the use of soil. Instead of dirt, plants grow down into

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This Traveling Farm Wants to Teach You How to Grow Your Own Edible Greens in Singapore

As urban farming gains traction in cosmopolitan Singapore, people are increasingly interested in growing their own edible gardens.

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Hotels Design Functioning Gardens to Cater to New Trends

As guests demand fresher food that has been sourced locally (not to mention organically), hotels across the country are creating gardens and small farms to grow herbs and vegetables, and to even keep bees for honey. Best of all, even urban hotels are putting their rooftops to use and growing some basics for the kitchens below.

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Urban Farming Could Be Humanity’s Best Hope To Solve Deforestation And World Hunger

World hunger and global deforestation are two of the biggest problems assaulting humanity right now. Sure, there’s also climate change, but it can almost be considered an umbrella under which all of the global threats from nature is stemming from

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Understanding Coco Coir As A Grow Medium

Coconut coir usually comes in blocks. Adding temperate filter water to the blocks causes it to expand to produce a very refined growing medium for microgreens, that you can mix with your soil. It keeps the pH value from diving too low; Coir is also great for soil structure.

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Local Food Activist Jillian Hishaw Named A 'Changemaker'

For more than a decade, agricultural attorney Jillian Hishaw has been working in the southeast to alleviate hunger, help financially distressed farmers hold on to their land, and find markets for locally farmed goods.

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A Mobile Post-Harvest Pre-Cooling System for Post-Harvest Pre-Cooling At Grow Sites.

Chill Produce Coolers and ColdPICK have combined to design, engineer, manufacture and represent forced air and vacuum post-harvest pre-cooling systems.

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A Jeff Bezos-Backed Warehouse Farm Startup is Building 300 Indoor Farms Across China

Due to rising concerns surrounding food safety, middle-class Chinese consumers are increasingly willing to pay a premium for organic produce.

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The Rise of Vertical Farms

From a classroom idea to a commercially viable technology, vertical farming promises a green revolution designed for the future. Here's what you need to know.

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Robert Colangelo of Green Sense Farms, Innovating Agriculture in Northwest Indiana

Robert Colangelo, Founding Farmer, and CEO of Green Sense Farms is no stranger to the environmental world or agriculture, having worked previously for Argonne National Laboratory where he tested the effects of acid rain on different crops and a variety of other environmental businesses.

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This Caltech Dining Center’s Freshest Vegetables Are Grown On Its Roof

The first course prepared for the most recent “Dress Dinner” at Caltech wasn’t unusual for the fancy, end-of-term meal for students, but the source of the mixed greens, flowers and other vegetables in the dish is a point of pride for executive chef Zach Chambers. Forget farm-to-table, everything on the plate was grown on the dining hall’s roof.

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Urban Farming Is The Future Of Agriculture

Urban Organics opened a new facility this past summer. It’s much larger than the organization’s other locations, and could provide more than 124,700 kilograms (about 275,000 pounds) of fresh fish and nearly 215,500 kilograms (more than 475,000 pounds) of produce to the nearby area each year.

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Joining The Hive, Hamilton Urban Beekeepers Have People Buzzing

As urbanization continues to shift world populations from rural areas to major cities, a social movement has been growing where urban residents perform their own farming

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New Houses Built, Urban Farms Expanding As Bailey Green Project Pushes Ahead

Urban Fruits & Veggies plans to begin work this spring on its first of two hydroponic greenhouses with Harmac's support and the support of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo and First Niagara Foundation.

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Why Pink Is The New Green at This Farm in Dubai

Unlike traditional indoor farms lit by high-powered fluorescent lamps, the climate-controlled Badia Farms in Al Quoz 1 basks under efficient low-energy pink-colored lights which are not only cost-effective and durable but also speed up crop growth dramatically.

IGrow PreOwned 1/19/18 IGrow PreOwned 1/19/18

Urban Gardening System Grow More Helps City Dwellers Build Mini Local Farms

Designed by Danish firm Husum & Lindholm Architects, Growmore structures can be assembled using six plywood components. The system is designed for people living in cities to utilize unused urban space for local food production.

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Urban Farms 'Critical' To Combat Hunger and Adapt To Climate Change

They may look small scale, but rooftop farms, vertical gardens, and allotments could prove crucial in fighting hunger in urban areas, researchers said Wednesday.