Full Shelves, Empty Stomachs: Socioeconomic Interventions to Address Food Deserts

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Full Shelves, Empty Stomachs: Socioeconomic Interventions to Address Food Deserts

The term “food desert” conjures up a distinct image: an urban area void of supermarkets, where gardens are rare and the only place to buy groceries is a gas station mini-mart. Poverty and food deserts are closely intertwined.

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Very Local Greens' Very Urban Farm

Very Local Greens’ sustainable space offers a hydroponic, climate-controlled system that grows its herbs and various greens in vertical towers, watering and feeding them on a schedule. It can help 500-1,000 heads of lettuce grow per week.

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Urban Agriculture Program Helps UW-Madison Students Take Farming To The City

Urban agriculture is a very specific term defining a very broad field: agriculture, from gardening to raising livestock, in a city or suburb surrounding an urban space. It is a practice that has spread over time — but it all started in Madison

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First US Vertical Farm Receives GAP Certification Three Story Greenhouse Vertical Harvest of Jackson Hole

Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) is a voluntary audit that verifies that fruits and vegetables are produced, packed, handled, and stored as safely as possible to minimize risks of microbial food safety hazards.

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Hong Kong's Rooftop Farms May Not Be Lucrative, But Are A Hit With Overworked Residents

High above downtown studding the city’s skyline. Hong Kong’s bustling, traffic-clogged streets, a group of office workers are toiling away not on a corporate acquisition or a public share offering but on harvesting a bumper crop of lettuce atop one of the skyscrapers

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Rules For Food Safety

Food safety usually intimidates the beginning grower. Cost. Regulations. Liability!. There is a lot to think about.

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How You Can Respond to Complex Consumer Demands for Fresh Veggies

Demand for greenhouse-grown produce is steadily rising, with sales in the U.S. expected to reach more than $4 billion by 2020, according to a report by Rabobank’s Food & Agribusiness Research & Advisory group.

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FreshBox Farms Names Randy Frederick National Accounts Director

FreshBox Farms, among the nation’s most efficient vertical farming operations, has named Randy Frederick its National Accounts Director.

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Microgreens In The Marketplace

You always have to do research on local Microgreens. Don't ever forget that. Researching on what microgreens are available in the local marketplace can determine where you fit in.

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Envisioning Innovation Buyer Building Mixed-Use Community Center At Former Polartec Plant

Among those expected to set up shop at IndusPAD is Beyond Organic, a Dutch indoor agriculture company, which is working to open a 30,000-square-foot hydroponic vertical farming facility to produce a range of lettuces and herbs.

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There’s An Urban Farm Hiding In Brookline Village

Unbeknownst to passersby as they make their way down Route 9 by Brookline Village, is that tucked away in one of the tall, grey buildings that line the road are vibrant microgreens, growing in carefully maintained grow tents.

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Green Roofs Improve Our Lives. Why Don't We Have More of Them?

Green or “living” roofs — those partially or completely covered with soil and vegetation over a waterproof membrane — provide multiple benefits to individuals and communities.

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Fishers Startup Says Its Indoor Veggie Farms Can End Hunger

Fishers entrepreneur is bringing farms into the kitchen. And the garage. And the closet. And anywhere else at home one might have room indoors for small planters of lettuce, carrots or tomatoes.

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Homegrown Solutions: The Rise And Rise Of The Microgreen

If you want to give it a go, companies such as Urban Cultivator are now making it easier for people to grow their own microgreens at home. Hailing from Vancouver, Canada, the team behind Urban Cultivator have developed small-scale indoor hydroponic units to bring the benefits to the masses.

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The Scope of Growth In Organic Farming In India

The last couple of years have seen a massive growth of demand in the organic food industry, especially in the urban and fast-growing markets of India.

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Canada: ‘Seed Voyage’ App Connects The Home Grower With The Urban Consumer

Our platform is designed with one thing in mind – to connect growers and eaters so that they can buy and sell their locally grown produce.

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Future Cities Have Green Roofs

Green roofs can provide several benefits, not only to the building itself but also to the city environment.

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Farms Atop Skyscrapers Gradually Taking Root In Hong Kong

High above downtown Hong Kong’s bustling, traffic-clogged streets, a group of office workers was toiling away on harvesting a bumper crop of lettuce atop a skyscraper.

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South Bronx Social Entrepreneur Henry Obispo Creates a Green Revolution and Sustainable Design, in Collaboration With Suny Farmingdale Students, for BORN JUICE

Mr. Obispo focuses on creating a hyperlocal system, where food is grown and harvested by local youth, used and produced in food served to the community by a local workforce, in the quest to reverse many of the health disparities in one of the largest food deserts in the country.

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Urban Farming Campuses To Bring Food Closer To Consumers

A FIRST-generation Melbourne farmer wants to share his knowledge on urban farming by building a university-like campus in every major Australian city.