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Vertical Farms In China Provide Food For 36,000 DAILY

Farmers in Zhejiang Province have designed 'smart' vertical farms which allow vegetables to be grown without much soil or sunlight. Plants are provided with nutrient solutions through an intelligent control system. A shorter growing season and a ban on pesticides also make smart farms more environmentally friendly.

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

Combining Geothermal Heat With Super-Fast Internet

The geothermal heat project Nature’s Heat in Kwintsheul is running at full speed to the satisfaction of the nine growers connected to the project.

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

Veganism Boom Leads To $1.2 Million Seed Funding Growth For High-Tech Garden Startup

"Natufia Labs' dynamic team has a groundbreaking impact on producing fresh food and changing the ways people consume it," shares Juho Risku, partner at Butterfly Ventures. "Natufia Labs is changing the traditional agriculture model, which has $10B+ in annual revenue in the United States alone."

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

Pure Flavor® Aims To Create Conversation At PMA Fresh Summit With 7 New Products

“We are bringing new products to market that will help our retail & foodservice customers grow their business.

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

Education Matters: Students Grow Food Hydroponically

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US (MA): Horticultural Lighting On Show At Tech Festival

OSRAM will bring its technology to Boston’s City Hall Plaza in early October as the Gold Sponsor of HUBweek, a weeklong festival and civic initiative that explores the intersections of art, science and technology.

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

Humans And Food Are Part of Our Water Cycle

Water is the basis of all life on Earth. Treating and managing water in a sustainable and integrated way helps maintain water quantity and quality for a variety of uses, including agriculture

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

How Do You Grow Vegetables In The Desert?

Amjad Alkhal, who works as an agricultural engineer at Emirates Hydroponics Farms , uses a hydroponic farming system - an innovative method of growing plants without soil - but instead using a liquid nutrient solution.

IGrow PreOwned 10/5/18 IGrow PreOwned 10/5/18

Will America's Future Farmers Be Robots?

After raising $6 million and tinkering with autonomous robots for two years, Alexander's startup Iron Ox says it's ready to start delivering crops of its robotically grown vegetables to people's salad bowls.

IGrow PreOwned 10/2/18 IGrow PreOwned 10/2/18

Does It Make Economic Sense For You To Install Grow Lights?

As light emitting diodes (LEDs) become more efficient and more affordable, an increasing number of greenhouse and plant factory growers will consider installing LED luminaires to light their crops.

IGrow PreOwned 10/2/18 IGrow PreOwned 10/2/18

See How People Are Using FarmBot

Below are three video stories that chronicle how a young family, a university professor, and a non-profit are all using FarmBot in unique ways. Each video is a little long (~8 minutes) so you might just want to watch the one that sounds most interesting to you.

IGrow PreOwned 10/2/18 IGrow PreOwned 10/2/18

Iowa Family-Owned Restaurant Embraces Hydroponics

There weren’t many restaurants around them that offered plant-based foods and this realization helped spur the inspiration to create Junction 21.

IGrow PreOwned 10/2/18 IGrow PreOwned 10/2/18

FOR SALE - November, 2016 Freight Farm - Computer Controlled Hydroponic Grow System - Colorado

The Leafy Green Machine is a complete hydroponic growing system built entirely inside a shipping container with all the components needed for commercial food production. The system is designed and engineered for easy operation, allowing users of all backgrounds to immediately start growing.

IGrow PreOwned 10/1/18 IGrow PreOwned 10/1/18

Lef Farms Introduces Fusion, A Fresh New Take On Standard Spring Mixes

“Our goal was to introduce a new mix that captures the hearts and taste buds of those looking for something simple but something that still carries a unique flavor and texture profile they can’t find in an everyday mix”, affirms lef’s President and CEO, Henry Huntington.

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

Second Greenhouse Heated By Cryptocurrency Mining

We have taken everything we have learned from the construction of the first BlockchainDome and used this knowledge to make the implementation of this subsequent BlockchainDomes faster, cheaper and of better quality," stated UnitedCorp CEO Benoit Laliberte.

IGrow PreOwned 9/24/18 IGrow PreOwned 9/24/18

Record Harvest At Antarctic Greenhouse

It has been yielding herbs, lettuce and freshly harvested vegetables to the 10-member overwintering crew in the Alfred Wegener Institute’s Neumayer Station III for the first time since the beginning of 2018.

IGrow PreOwned 9/22/18 IGrow PreOwned 9/22/18

Hydroponic Farms Become Produce Alternative For Local Businesses

A couple of places around the city will soon be farming indoors when their hydroponic gardens from Babylon Micro-Farms are installed. Babylon Micro-Farms is a company that focuses on bringing fresh produce to the table using hydroponic control technology.

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South Korean ‘Smart Farm’ Built Inside Former Road Tunnel

A South Korean company is operating the country’s largest indoor “smart farm” inside a former road tunnel.

IGrow PreOwned 9/21/18 IGrow PreOwned 9/21/18

New Forum With CEA Scientists

Join three CEA scientists (Chieri Kubota, Erik Runkle and Cary Mitchell) who are organizing an online monthly forum series, called ‘Indoor Ag Science Café’.

IGrow PreOwned 9/19/18 IGrow PreOwned 9/19/18

Grow Your Veggies At Home, Without Soil

With rising concerns over food safety and security, planting your own vegetables makes perfect sense and City Farm co-founder Jayden Koay believes that growing your own food at home will be the trend of the future for urbanites.