IGrow PreOwned 3/6/19 IGrow PreOwned 3/6/19

Urban Farmer Turns to Crowdfunding to Support Growing Business

A loan would take too long to help, and when someone suggested crowdfunding, the urban farmer saw how much further that small business support could go.

IGrow PreOwned 3/5/19 IGrow PreOwned 3/5/19

The Farmhouse Concept Combines Modular Homes With Vertical Farms

Precht – the architecture studio of Penda co-founder and Chris Precht and his wife Fei – has developed a concept for modular housing where residents would produce their own food in vertical farms

IGrow PreOwned 3/4/19 IGrow PreOwned 3/4/19

Green Roof Ecology Students Design Projects For NYC Urban Rooftops

The fall 2018 Green Roof class projects were especially wide ranging and ambitious-and included two different green wall design proposals, a soil stormwater absorption experiment, a printed guide to common plants found on New York City green roofs, climate data analysis of microsensors installed on green roofs at both Brooklyn Grange and The New School, and a go-to all-purpose website about green roofs in the city.

IGrow PreOwned 3/2/19 IGrow PreOwned 3/2/19

What Plantagon’s Bankruptcy Could Tell Us About the Future of Large-Scale Vertical Farming

Via a mix of agriculture, technology, and architecture, the company planned to build farms in office towers, underground parking garages, and on the facades of existing buildings

IGrow PreOwned 2/25/19 IGrow PreOwned 2/25/19

Russia-Based iFarm Secures $1 million To Take Its Urban Farming Solutions To The Next Level

Moscow-based iFarm Project has raised a $1 million round led by Gagarin Capital in support of their urban farming technologies. The iFarm Project’s fully automated vertical farms and year-round greenhouses enable fresh produce to be grown directly in the city, close to consumers.

IGrow PreOwned 2/23/19 IGrow PreOwned 2/23/19

Vegetables Are Being Grown Underneath London in a WWII Bunker

There is a thriving subterranean farm powered by renewable energy in an old World War II bunker in South London, 108 feet below the pavement.

IGrow PreOwned 2/23/19 IGrow PreOwned 2/23/19

Year-Round Produce Cultivates Employment, Food access, And The Economy In Michigan

Along with his business partner Mark Coe, Seng plans to freeze between 1.5 and 2 million pounds of Michigan fruits and vegetables this year with the underlying philosophy that "no one should be raised in this country without knowing what a blueberry tastes like."

IGrow PreOwned 2/22/19 IGrow PreOwned 2/22/19

Vertical Farming: Pick-Your-Own Fruit And Veg At Retail Parks?

Is there a business case for wide scale commercial vertical farming in the UK or will it remain a niche opportunity for high-end restaurants and retail? This is the challenge to be discussed by early adopters at the Agri-Tech East conference‘Bringing the outside in - Innovating for Controlled Environment Agriculture’ next month (19 March).

IGrow PreOwned 2/21/19 IGrow PreOwned 2/21/19

South Africa To Construct Rooftop Gardens In Johannesburg

According to Future Farms, the company contracted for the project, The basis of the farms is an A-frame holding 600 plants, grown with nutrient film technique (NFT)

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

On Rooftops And In Tunnels, City Farms Lead Food Revolution

There are already plenty of urban farming projects around the world, particularly in the US, Japan and the Netherlands, ranging from aquaponics – urban fish and plant farms – to vertical farming, where plants are grown in stacked trays, a method Growing Underground also uses.

IGrow PreOwned 2/18/19 IGrow PreOwned 2/18/19

The NYC Agriculture Collective: Third Annual Fresh In February Event

The NYC Agriculture Collective would like to invite you as a fellow farmer to our third annual Fresh in February event, hosted by us and taking place on Thursday, February 28th, 2019 from 6:00-9:30 pm at Project Farmhouse

IGrow PreOwned 2/18/19 IGrow PreOwned 2/18/19

We Need To Prioritize Urban Farming In City Planning

The new faces of farming — millennials, career changers, refugees — are all looking for opportunities, and many of them want to farm in urban places, next to their customers

IGrow PreOwned 2/14/19 IGrow PreOwned 2/14/19

'Europe's Largest' Vertical Urban Farm Arises In Sweden

In the future, Grönska wants to continue investing and expanding its activities to other cities in Sweden and even other countries. This could include the Netherlands, Japan and the US

IGrow PreOwned 2/13/19 IGrow PreOwned 2/13/19

Franchise Farms: Champion or Disrupter of Grocery Stores?

The primary value proposition of indoor farming operations is clean produce that does not carry pesticide residues.

IGrow PreOwned 2/13/19 IGrow PreOwned 2/13/19

What Is Hydroponics - And Is It The Future of Farming?

Hydroponics offers one particular advantage over traditional growing methods. Through careful manipulation and management of the growing environment, including the amount of water, the pH levels and the combination of specific nutrients plants can be encouraged to grow faster

IGrow PreOwned 2/13/19 IGrow PreOwned 2/13/19

Green Roofs Absorb Rainwater, Grow Food

In an urban environment, you don’t have that many spaces to choose from, and so rooftops are just unutilized space, said Caitlin Arlotta, a graduate student in the schools Urban Agriculture program. So it’s a really good way to not have to restructure your city necessarily and be able to incorporate green roofs.

IGrow PreOwned 2/12/19 IGrow PreOwned 2/12/19

Urban Agriculture Gives Paris Space To Breathe

In the last few decades, manmade surfaces have taken over green space, leading to urban heat islands and more pollution in the air. It’s left Paris, like many other big cities, with higher urban temperatures and a greater risk of flooding as rain can no longer be absorbed into the ground