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IGrow PreOwned 1/8/19 IGrow PreOwned 1/8/19

‘Farming 4.0’: In Space-Starved Hong Kong, The Future of Agriculture May Be In High-Rise Buildings, And Hi-Tech

At Farm66, workers in their 20s and 30s tend to neat rows of racks, each 30cm tall and 10 tiers high, filled with potted greens lit by low-energy light-emitting diode (LED) lamps and connected to fish tanks on the floor.

IGrow PreOwned 1/6/19 IGrow PreOwned 1/6/19

Playing "Happy Families" To Understand Urban Agriculture In France

We hear a lot about urban agriculture, but what is it exactly? How is it different from traditional agriculture? What is the difference between rural farms and urban farms?

IGrow PreOwned 1/5/19 IGrow PreOwned 1/5/19

Gulf Region, UAE: $1.2bn GCC Vertical Farming Boom Seen By 2021

Orbis Research said the region's vertical farming market is expected to reach $1.21 billion by 2021 at a compound average growth rate (CAGR) of 26.4 percent from only $380 million in 2016.

IGrow PreOwned 1/2/19 IGrow PreOwned 1/2/19

What's Wrong With Today's Food Supply Chain And How Do We Fix It?

Producing hyper locally allows us to deliver freshness and nutrients, instead of low quality produce that travels thousands of miles.

IGrow PreOwned 1/2/19 IGrow PreOwned 1/2/19

Urban Farms Could Be Incredibly Efficient—But Aren’t Yet

In some ways, hyper-local food is a counterculture movement, focused on growing herbs and vegetables in the same dense urban environments where they will be eaten. It trades the huge efficiencies of modern agriculture for large savings in transportation and storage costs. But is urban farming environmentally friendly?

IGrow PreOwned 12/31/18 IGrow PreOwned 12/31/18

How The Farm Bill Impacts Greenhouse And Indoor Growers

When President Trump signed the Farm Bill last week, it was the first time that indoor farmers have been included in the act’s provisions since its birth in 1933.

IGrow PreOwned 12/31/18 IGrow PreOwned 12/31/18

New York City School Opens Greenhouse Classroom

The greenhouse classroom will expand far beyond the educational auspices of the Urban farm: Students will learn about the science of sustainability and how to grow food with cutting edge technology.

IGrow PreOwned 12/30/18 IGrow PreOwned 12/30/18

Meet The Designer Putting Rooftop Gardens On Cars in NYC

By placing lightweight “green” roofs composed of plant life on the tops of cars and buses, Marco Castro Cosio’s Bus Roots aims to unlock an extra 1,000,000 square feet of green space in New York City

IGrow PreOwned 12/28/18 IGrow PreOwned 12/28/18

France: "Local Cultivation Is More Than The Right Postal Code"

"The French market is a very good market to cultivate for. There is a demand for a clean, sustainably cultivated quality product: the tomatoes must be red and of good taste."

IGrow PreOwned 12/24/18 IGrow PreOwned 12/24/18

Developer Plans $33 Million Indoor Farm, Microgrid Project In Former Paper Mill

A Rochester microgrid developer plans to build an up to $33 million indoor hydroponic farm and energy complex in a former paper mill on the Black River.

IGrow PreOwned 12/22/18 IGrow PreOwned 12/22/18

Brooklyn's Diversity Shines Through Urban Agriculture And Retail Trends

After having lunch at Whole Foods and observing the Gotham Greens greenhouse on the store's rooftop, the tour continued towards the Navy Yard to a simple red brick building with no other sign than "No Parking" on the garage.

IGrow PreOwned 12/20/18 IGrow PreOwned 12/20/18

Vertical Farm Company Raises $90 Million To Grow More Veggies In The Middle Of New York City

Vertical farming company Bowery has closed a $90 million fundraising round, allowing it to grow even more veggies in the middle of New York City. Google Ventures led the round, which was also participated in by Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.

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

Federal Farm Bill Expected To Benefit Urban Farmers In New Jersey

Menendez said until now, urban farmers have been excluded from federal programs and funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that have been designed for traditional farming.

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

IKEA and Tom Dixon Announce Urban Farming Collection

The project aims to motivate and enable a healthier and sustainable lifestyle for people in cities by making "homes the new farmland".

IGrow PreOwned 12/17/18 IGrow PreOwned 12/17/18

Jenny Quiner Brings Local Produce To Des Moines With DogPatch Urban Gardens

In the fall of 2015, Jenny Quiner launched Dogpatch Urban Gardens (DUG), the only for-profit farm inside Des Moines city limits.

IGrow PreOwned 12/15/18 IGrow PreOwned 12/15/18

Urban Harvest: Holyoke Freight Container Home To High-Tech Produce Farm

The inside of Holyoke Freight Farms looks more like a futuristic science lab rather than a farm. Sleek containers of romaine and butterhead greens hang vertically from the ceiling in neatly packed rows.

IGrow PreOwned 12/15/18 IGrow PreOwned 12/15/18

Hydroponic Farming Lets You Grow Your Food Indoors

Former college roommates Andrew Carter and Adam DeMartino started their own indoor farming business called Smallhold in 2016, with the aim of growing hard-to-find mushroom varieties they knew chefs were on the hunt for.

IGrow PreOwned 12/13/18 IGrow PreOwned 12/13/18

Europe's Largest Vertical Farm Is Out To Crack The Hydroponic Puzzle

JFC’s vertical farm is built in an old cold store, which high ceilings let crops grow over 17 storeys. The 5,000 square-meter production site is one of the largest in the world

IGrow PreOwned 12/11/18 IGrow PreOwned 12/11/18

German University Conducts Research On Urban Farming In Growtainer

The Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences received a growtainer at the beginning of the year, intended for research and teaching purposes.

IGrow PreOwned 12/11/18 IGrow PreOwned 12/11/18

JD.com Opens High-Tech Indoor Farm In Beijing

The $3.56 million factory, situated in Beijing's Tongzhou district, is one of the country's largest at some 11,000 sq. meters and can produce vegetables in a clean and controlled environment.