IGrow PreOwned 8/9/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/9/18

Getting Creative – How City Farmers Find Space to Do Their Jobs

It’s not easy being a farmer. The days are long and many don’t make a living wage. Mental health issues are common amongst farmers, often due to mounting stress about money, weather, crop failure, and debt.

IGrow PreOwned 8/6/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/6/18

Understanding Urban Farming

Simply put, urban farming/agriculture allows your customers to grow and produce food in a city or a heavily populated town or municipality. Many times, this concept can be confused with community gardening, subsistence farming or homesteading, but the ideas are a bit different.

IGrow PreOwned 8/6/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/6/18

Emmy Win For Growing A Greener World – The Green Bronx Machine

On June 16, 2018, the long-running Sustainability Television Program Growing a Greener World® received a Daytime Emmy Award® for its breakthrough episode The Green Bronx Machine.

IGrow PreOwned 8/6/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/6/18

Oasis Biotech Unveils Evercress Produce Brand At Grand Opening

Leveraging the state-of-the-art technology at Oasis Biotech and its team of highly qualified agricultural experts, Evercress has big plans to redefine the meaning of fresh produce to Las Vegas.

IGrow PreOwned 8/5/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/5/18

St. Louis, Missouri -The Veggie Bike From Urban Harvest STL In JeffVanderLou On Saturdays

Urban Harvest STL believes that all members of our community should have equitable access to fresh, healthy food regardless of socioeconomic status, race or location.

IGrow PreOwned 8/4/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/4/18

Is the Farming Future of Las Vegas Indoors?

Contrary to a common misperception, there is farming in the Mojave Desert, despite water scarcity, blazing heat, and rock-hard soil.

IGrow PreOwned 8/3/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/3/18

15 Organizations Creating Edible Landscapes

The turfgrass found in lawns, parks, and schoolyards represents the single largest irrigated crop in the United States. Across the country, turf guzzles up 34 billion liters (nine billion gallons) of water per day, demanding 31 million kilograms (70 million pounds) of pesticides and 757 million liters (200 gallons) of gasoline annually.

IGrow PreOwned 8/3/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/3/18

Why Urban Farms Are The Future of Food Production

With almost eight billion people to feed, traditional agriculture is taking a toll on the planet. Luckily, new technologies in urban farming are changing the game. Now, food can be grown locally in places where it was previously impossible, without soil or light.

IGrow PreOwned 8/3/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/3/18

Produce Goes From Rooftop Farm To Table At Uncommon Ground

Above Uncommon Ground, a 2,500-square-foot rooftop farm allows the restaurant to harvest hundreds of pounds of organic fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices.

IGrow PreOwned 8/2/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/2/18

How To Go From City Living To Urban Farming In Six Months

Oliver Homberg and Matt Alto, two recent graduates of Northeastern, founded Boston Microgreens six months ago with little farming experience. But now they’re selling tray upon tray of tender leafy greens to home cooks and chefs from 30 Boston restaurants, including Uni, O Ya, Ostra, and Sorellina.

IGrow PreOwned 8/2/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/2/18

Vancouver To Develop Green Roof Policy

Green roofs — roofs that are partially or entirely covered by vegetation — can absorb rain, thereby helping to reduce combined sewage overflows. They can also absorb greenhouse gasses, helping to mitigate climate change, and clean the air of pollutants.

IGrow PreOwned 8/2/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/2/18

The Quirky Plan To Grow Fruit And Vegetables On Manchester City Centre Rooftops - Using Live Fish

Manchester’s city office blocks and apartment towers are powering a regional economy like no other. That much is obvious. But could they also be growing salads?

IGrow PreOwned 8/1/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/1/18

Why I’m Empowering A New Generation Of Farmers To Transform America’s Food System

Consumers across the world are demanding greater transparency into where and how their food is grown.

IGrow PreOwned 8/1/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/1/18

Brooklyn Pols Push For Green Rooftops

City Councilmember Rafael Espinal introduced a bill on Wednesday that would require new commercial buildings across the city to install green rooftops.

IGrow PreOwned 8/1/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/1/18

These Joburg Offices Now Have Farms Inside Them — And Workers Get To Harvest Lunch

Some South African office workers are picking their own herbs and vegetables for lunch, without ever leaving the office.

IGrow PreOwned 8/1/18 IGrow PreOwned 8/1/18

Developers Concerned By Councillor's Motion To Make Green Roofs Mandatory In Vancouver

Roofs with gardens and greenery on top could become a lot more common in Vancouver if a motion is successfully passed at city hall Tuesday — but developers are concerned that they weren't consulted first.

IGrow PreOwned 7/31/18 IGrow PreOwned 7/31/18

Watermelon, Corn Sprout From Broadway In Uptown Urban Farm

A group of Inwood bodega owners has turned a corner of sidewalk into an urban farm, amazing passersby with a bounty of food growing from tiny patches surrounded by concrete.

IGrow PreOwned 7/30/18 IGrow PreOwned 7/30/18

Vertical Farming Is A “Viable Solution To Growing Crops” Says Badia Farms Founder

The man behind the Middle East’s first commercial vertical farming facility has told Caterer Middle East that the method is a “is a viable solution” to the region’s farming problems.

IGrow PreOwned 7/30/18 IGrow PreOwned 7/30/18

You Can Farm Anywhere, Even Inside A Shopping Mall

Giuliano Bittencourt and Pedro Graziano launched BeGreen with the goal of producing sustainable and healthy food for the urban community, while simultaneously reducing the amount of food wasted along the supply chain. The urban farm uses hydroponic methods to grow fresh and organic produce and sells it locally.

IGrow PreOwned 7/29/18 IGrow PreOwned 7/29/18

Edmond, Oklahoma - Native NBA Player Officially Launches Hydroponic Farm In Edmond

It’s a hydroponic farm that literally sits in a shipping container. The crops grow vertically with filtered water and nutrients instead of soil and blue and red LED lights instead of sunlight.

Getting Creative – How City Farmers Find Space to Do Their Jobs

Understanding Urban Farming

Emmy Win For Growing A Greener World – The Green Bronx Machine

Oasis Biotech Unveils Evercress Produce Brand At Grand Opening

St. Louis, Missouri -The Veggie Bike From Urban Harvest STL In JeffVanderLou On Saturdays

Is the Farming Future of Las Vegas Indoors?

15 Organizations Creating Edible Landscapes

Why Urban Farms Are The Future of Food Production

With almost eight billion people to feed, traditional agriculture is taking a toll on the planet. Luckily, new technologies in urban farming are changing the game. Now, food can be grown locally in places where it was previously impossible, without soil or light.

Produce Goes From Rooftop Farm To Table At Uncommon Ground

How To Go From City Living To Urban Farming In Six Months

Vancouver To Develop Green Roof Policy

The Quirky Plan To Grow Fruit And Vegetables On Manchester City Centre Rooftops - Using Live Fish

Why I’m Empowering A New Generation Of Farmers To Transform America’s Food System

Brooklyn Pols Push For Green Rooftops

These Joburg Offices Now Have Farms Inside Them — And Workers Get To Harvest Lunch

Developers Concerned By Councillor's Motion To Make Green Roofs Mandatory In Vancouver

Watermelon, Corn Sprout From Broadway In Uptown Urban Farm

Vertical Farming Is A “Viable Solution To Growing Crops” Says Badia Farms Founder

You Can Farm Anywhere, Even Inside A Shopping Mall

Edmond, Oklahoma - Native NBA Player Officially Launches Hydroponic Farm In Edmond

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