IGrow PreOwned 10/17/18 IGrow PreOwned 10/17/18

A National Security Perspective On Vertical Farming

With vertical farming, the output of food is significantly larger than horizontal farm land. So fully understanding the need to militarily protect vertical farms as a critical national asset, greater output means much greater sustained deterrence.

IGrow PreOwned 10/16/18 IGrow PreOwned 10/16/18

Economics of Urban Ag

Targeting high-value, niche markets or products, and adapting a social business model can help urban greenhouses derive profit.

IGrow PreOwned 10/16/18 IGrow PreOwned 10/16/18

Locally Grown Foods: Fresh, Delicious And Nutritious

So what nutritional benefits does local food offer and how does Skyscraper Farm distinctively provide those benefits?

IGrow PreOwned 10/16/18 IGrow PreOwned 10/16/18

Greenroofs.com Featured Project October 15, 2018

With extreme governmental support to provide healthier living spaces in the tight quarters of the very built-up island nation and create a City in a Garden, it’s no wonder their plans are to have 200 hectares of greenroofs and walls in place by 2030 -that’s 2 million m2!

IGrow PreOwned 10/15/18 IGrow PreOwned 10/15/18

Farming The Cities: An Excerpt From Nourished Planet

The following is an excerpt from Nourished Planet: Sustainability in the Global Food System, published by Island Press in June of 2018. Nourished Planet was edited by Danielle Nierenberg, president of Food Tank, and produced with support from the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition.

IGrow PreOwned 10/14/18 IGrow PreOwned 10/14/18

Urban Farm Offers Women A Place To Live & Work After Getting Out Of Prison

While working at Bellfound Farm, the women will also receive mental health counseling, coaching and skill development training.

IGrow PreOwned 10/13/18 IGrow PreOwned 10/13/18

International Student Challenge “UrbanFarm2019”

This challenge, open to University students from several disciplines and from all over the world, will address the design of urban agriculture projects in three Italian Cities (Bologna, Belluno and Conegliano)

IGrow PreOwned 10/13/18 IGrow PreOwned 10/13/18

Vertical Farming: The New Way of Urban Life

With cities growing bigger by the day, finding farmland is becoming a prevalent problem. To solve the food shortages that the whole world is facing, vertical farming seems like a surefire solution

IGrow PreOwned 10/12/18 IGrow PreOwned 10/12/18

Dubai Government Agrees On Deal To Start Up 12 Vertical Farms In The City

The ministry will allocate 7,600 square metres of its land in the city to encouraging the growth of the thriving industry after reaching an agreement with Shalimar Biotech Industries.

IGrow PreOwned 10/12/18 IGrow PreOwned 10/12/18

A Mount Rainier Maryland Native Is Building A Greenhouse On An Empty Lot To Start An Urban Farm

In 2016, Doug Adams bought some land next to his childhood home in the heart of Mount Rainier and began growing food in container gardens. Now he’s ready to get a lot more ambitious for what he calls New Brooklyn Farms.

IGrow PreOwned 10/11/18 IGrow PreOwned 10/11/18

Quincy, Illinois - Barb Wehmer Has A Suggestion When Space Is Short But Gardening Interest Isn't.

"What I really love is teaching children how to garden and farm at school. They can take that knowledge home to their families," she said. "Kids have to learn now everything comes from the grocery store."

IGrow PreOwned 10/7/18 IGrow PreOwned 10/7/18

Neighbourhood Watch: Farming Grows Sense of Community At Dubai's Sustainable City

The growing eco-development, surrounded by desert on the outskirts of Dubai near Emirates Road, is fast becoming famous for its harnessing of the environment to power modern life.

IGrow PreOwned 10/7/18 IGrow PreOwned 10/7/18

This Automated Indoor Farm Is Growing So Fast, It Makes You Think This Thing Might Work

Around two years ago, the then 10-person team of Bowery, an indoor farming startup, started growing a small array of leafy greens out of what was once a shipbuilding yard in Kearny, New Jersey.

IGrow PreOwned 10/6/18 IGrow PreOwned 10/6/18

‘Nagarkrishi’ Spreads Urban Farming in Dhaka

A group of friends launched the start-up while they were studying in Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University in the capital.

IGrow PreOwned 9/30/18 IGrow PreOwned 9/30/18

Sarbanes Announces Federal Grant to Support Maryland Urban Farming and Environmental Education Program

Funding Will Help Local Nonprofit Provide Hands-On Urban Farming Classes and Environmental Learning Experiences for Maryland Students

IGrow PreOwned 9/30/18 IGrow PreOwned 9/30/18

Farming In A Box Comes To Downtown Holyoke

A new project in urban agriculture is launching in western Massachusetts.

IGrow PreOwned 9/29/18 IGrow PreOwned 9/29/18

AccorHotels Now Using 600 Onsite Urban Food Gardens

Hospitality giant Accor Hotels has announced that it is on track to install urban fruit and vegetable gardens at 1,000 of its 4,500 global hotels by 2020