FARNEK

UAE: "Perhaps one day we may be able to supply the surrounding communities"

“It was not unusual then for our team to identify rooftop potential,” says Ryan Mitchell, Worker Welfare Manager at Farnek. “We had seen the potential for similar applications on other client projects and so jumped at the opportunity to challenge ourselves, with our own building.” The rooftop farm is the…

AmplifiedAg / Square Roots

Building a multi-tenant platform

“With massive demand in the US and globally, we’re able to sell indoor farms and our holistic operating system across the world,” says Don Taylor, CEO of AmplifiedAg. AmplifiedAg develops proprietary indoor farm electronics, hardware and software, and also upcycles decommissioned shipping containers into fully functional farms.…

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Detroit Lakes Boys & Girls Club enjoys its first harvest from hydroponic garden

Detroit Lakes Boys & Girls Club members and staff will be enjoying the fruits of their own labors this summer, in the form of freshly grown crops from the club's new hydroponic garden. The first crop of lettuce grown in the garden was served up to club members on Wednesday, May 12, just under four weeks…

Aquaponics project launched at primary school in Namibia

On Tuesday, the Environmental Investment Fund of Namibia joined the Hanns Seidel Foundation (HSF), the parliament of the Republic of Namibia, Embassy of Finland, and Think…

Study on aeroponics root chamber temperature conditioning design for mini-tuber potato seed cultivation

The aeroponic plant root environment has a significant role in producing high-quality seed tuber potatoes. However, in lowland and tropical regions, the aeroponic system cannot yield high-quality potato seeds because the average environment temperature year-round is high. In a high-temperature…

How to successfully invest in indoor farming

Indoor vertical farms are the new kid on the block, with commercial production farms being less than 15 years old. One vertical farm's startup has raised over $250 million, and another has a valuation of over $1 billion. Are vertical farms hype, urban legend, or a good investment? Here are a few points…

Light Science Technologies

The science behind 'cultivating perfection'

For a long time, creating the perfect plant recipe has been a mere pipe dream for indoor growers as they look to achieve optimal crop yield while reducing CAPEX and OPEX costs.​ While CEA is still relatively embryonic in its development, already there has been an advancement in creating the perfect…

Flashy promotion opportunity for vegetable shelf?

Imagine if we could promote the vegetable shelf this way!  

"Do you know how your produce is packaged?"

Consumers have a love-hate relationship with product packaging. On the plus side, it can help a product retain its quality and flavor, improve shelf life and build brand loyalty. Thoughtfully packaged products and food items are often pleasing to the eye and it’s easy to gravitate toward them.  On the flip…

The benefits of stone wool growing media in vertical farming

Vertical farming is on the rise around the world, not least because it supports a number of major societal trends such as local sourcing and sustainability. In this article, Tico van Leeuwen explains why the right growing medium plays an important part in creating the optimal conditions for a strong and…

Yonhap / Koreabizwire

Korea: New recycling technology developed for hydroponic culture fluids

A South Korean research team has succeeded in developing a circular-type hydroponic system that can be used for vertical and smart farms. The Korea Institute of Science and Technology announced that researchers had developed a new method of effectively managing the number of microbes in a circular-type…

FPC Future

Protected production: Glasshouse and vertical farming

FPC Future and FPC Careers are two co-located events aimed at the fastest growing sector of the fresh produce industry and are taking place at The Lincolnshire Showground on November 4. Organized by FPC and LIAT, the two events address the future of the industry and how that will look. FPC Future, with…

Recognizing the potential of the coconut substrate

Ceasar Sustainable Invest BV (CSI), recently announced its partnership with Tropical Green Exports, recognizing the potential of the coconut substrate sector as an economic driver in the North.  Tropical Green Exports specializes in manufacturing, supply, and distribution of export quality coco peat used in…

How much time do we spend eating and drinking?

As can be seen below, the differences per country are significant. French people set the record, spending 2 hours and 11 minutes on their food and drink. The Belgians come 12th with 1 hour and 32 minutes and the Dutch have gained the last position with only 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Awty school receives grant for carbon-neutral container farm

Teachers and students alike at The Awty International School are excited about the possibilities a carbon-neutral container farm brings to their campus. Awty received a $135,000 sustainability grant from the Green Mountain Energy Sun Club to implement the container farm that now provides fresh produce to…

Bignewsnetwork.com

Agricultural technology introduced in Japan

Located in Southwestern Japan, Ishigaki Island is famous for its emerald sea and amazing nature. Monsoon has been a hard challenge for agriculture here, but, the island now has delicious fresh vegetables and fruits to enjoy the cool climate. "This is plant factory system for Asian monsoon area, it…

Organiko

The macro benefits of microgreens

The spotlight over the past year-and-a-half has been on the city's health consciousness. Microgreens which are fast emerging as nutritional value- adds. While microgreens are easy to grow at home, for some like Yamini Yagnamurthy, they've also grown into a business this past year. Yagnamurthy's Stomato…

Peru's largest vertical organic garden donates its vegetables to soup kitchens

Peru's largest vertical organic garden is located in 685 m² of El Aire park in Surco. The garden has more than 600 linear meters of panels with 11,000 pots made out of…

Ariane Tech

"Ditching the soil and bringing a laptop"

A new veteran-owned farm in Moneta is revamping traditional farming with advanced technology to serve up the freshest greens all year long. Ditching the soil and bringing in a laptop, there’s a new hydroponic farm in Moneta. Using selective lighting, Vittone Farms is growing 6,000 greens a month in a…