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says Her Excellency during the 'Enhancing food security in the UAE' webinar"There’s still a lot to do before we transform our food systems together"
“The past months have been an experience with many lessons learned,” said Her Excellency Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri, Minister of State for Food Security at the UAE, during the Agritech – Enhancing food security in the UAE, today. While Her Excellency addressed the keynotes of the webinar,…
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GreenTech to take place again in September 2021
It will be a bit later than the previously announced dates in June, but coming September the suits can go back to the dry cleaners and it will really be time to say goodbye to your corona-hair. Then all growers, suppliers, investors and other stakeholders are welcome again at GreenTech. Physically in…
"This partnership introduces innovative technology to our facilities and team members"
ZipGrow has expanded its footprint, moving from leased premises to its own building at the corner of Cumberland and Seventh Street. The new building more than doubles the amount of space available to the manufacturer of the world’s most installed vertical hydroponic equipment. “Demand for our products…
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Inuvik community greenhouse hydroponics unit arrives
Lovers of leafy greens will soon have another option for fiber as Inuvik Community Greenhouse has acquired a long-awaited heated hydroponics container. Years in development and sporting the artwork of greenhouse employee Adi Scott, the re-purposed trailer is visible on the way into town. Community Garden…
The race is on to bring ‘red gold’ to Israelis
Platinum, gold, saffron - some of the most valuable materials in the world continue to be in high demand across markets all over the world. Saffron, which is the most valuable spice available in the world market, is ripe for disruption - and this company has set out to make it more accessible than ever.…
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Stephen Ritz brings his green bronx machine classroom to television’s “let’s learn”
This spring, Stephen Ritz, award-winning educator and founder of Green Bronx Machine, will delight children in 3-K through second grade when he brings his acclaimed classroom – and a cast of newly-created characters – to public television’s “Let’s Learn” series. “Let’s Learn” is a one-hour, daily…
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Vertical farm provides Gourmet Mushrooms to Suncoast
Friends and urban farmers Micheal Shea and Howard Schmidt are major mycophiles, aka mushroom lovers. So, to share their passion for fungi, Shea and Schmidt created Petrichor Mushrooms to provide gourmet organic mushrooms to the Suncoast. The idea for building a small crop community first took root while…
Study on volatiles of lettuce and chicory in aquaponics in association with their microbial community
In this work, an aquaponic cultivation system for Lactuca sativa (L.) and Chicorium intybus (L.) was compared to a hydroponic one, focusing on the main microbial populations…
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Future Fresh
Phillipines: Future Fresh has become the middleman between farmer and customer
Today, produce shopping has become about tapping, clicking, and scrolling through browsers in different hues of greens and reds for an experience of choice but also less contact. Direct-to-consumer startup Future Fresh takes it all the way back into the supply chain. Maintaining their own indoor farms, they…
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ColdAcre
CAN (YT): Tackling food insecurity above the 60th parallel
In the northernmost territories of Canada, agricultural development is underway but must contend with the cold climate, variable photoperiod and other environmental challenges. It comes as little surprise, then, that interest in controlled environment agriculture is on the rise. ColdAcre Food Systems is…
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Study on the effects of plant age and root damage on internalization of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli
This study examined the effects of plant species and age on the likelihood and level of internalization of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) in aquaponic and…
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Study on the effects of several parameters in an aquaponics system
In this paper, the application of the Adsorptive Stripping Voltammetry-Response Surface Methodology (AdSV-RSM) in the simultaneous determination of copper ions in an…
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Pakistan invests in aeroponic potato growth
Pakistan is poised to become self-sufficient in potato seed by mid-2022. The country is going to start producing high-quality, virus-free, third-generation potato seed. It…
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The stock market discovers indoor ag in a big way
Robinhood antics aside, there’s no hotter topic in finance right now than SPACs (special purpose acquisition companies), and even indoor agriculture has become caught up in the buzz. SPACs, or special purpose acquisition corporations, are a shell company that lists itself on a stock exchange and then…
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The ABC of PAR, PPF and PPFD
There is a myriad of factors for growers to take onboard when building a greenhouse or grow area. Firstly, there’s plant lifecycles and grow light positioning. Then, there’s heat and light spectrum, not to mention space and market. Little wonder taking on such a challenge can feel rather overwhelming, to start off with at…
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More UAE residents prefer locally-grown fruits and vegetables
When Covid-19 struck, it brought one factor into sharp focus: immunity. It was found that people with weak immunity suffered severely from the virus. The message was clear,…
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New clamshell retail pack for premium lettuce
Church Brothers Farms developed a new clamshell for its Little Gem lettuce that protects and showcases the premium variety at retail. The new patent-pending four-count clamshell is designed to protect the unique properties of the compact-sized lettuce while providing more product visibility on shelf. The…
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PlantPaper U1 has achieved Plastic Free Certification
"Certified Plastic Free plug system sets new world standard"
PlantPaper U1 has achieved Plastic Free Certification, making them among the first plug system in the world with the global standardised Plastic Free Trust Mark from the organisation A Plastic Planet. The Plastic Free certificate provides growers, distributers, and consumers with complete confidence that…
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Optimizing insights in business activities with new software ABS
ABS Production is new, web-based software solution for seed production and multiplication companies developed by Agro Business Solutions (ABS). "With ABS Production one can manage relations like customers and growers, contracts, fields, varieties, lots, field inspections and quality results," the team…
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FFAR pioneers vertical farming to grow food in nontraditional spaces
The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) is awarding a $1,061,576 grant through its Precision Indoor Plants (PIP) consortium to Sky high: Vertical Farming, a…
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Grōv technologies and Hunter Ridge Dairy to build ten olympus tower farmsAdvancing sustainable dairy production
Grōv Technologies today signed definitive agreements with Colorado-based Hunter Ridge Dairy to build ten Grōv Olympus Tower Farms as part of the new Grōv-Hunter Ridge feed center, a controlled environment feed production facility designed to advance sustainable dairy production. The ten Olympus towers…
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High school students learning high-tech plant growing techniques
Bishop Walsh School is teaching students through hands-on experience about the efficient ways plants can be grown. The school recently acquired a ZipGrow Tower through federal…
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Joined up thinking: food & energy grids
It may not always feel like it at this time of year, but on our planet we are blessed to bathe in a constant and abundant stream of energy and warmth. Effectively, all of this energy comes from the sun before being transformed, stored, or used in some way. From the organic matter that once formed our…
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Canadian Grocer
“It’s a fabulous idea if you have space and capital”
In some Canadian grocery stores, when consumers ask where their leafy greens come from, the produce manager can just point a finger. Having vertical farms in-store “gets agriculture closer to city dwellers (and) gives customers the sense the grocer is very much intertwined with the rest of the supply chain,”…
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Letsgrow.com celebrates 20th birthday
Twenty years of working with data in horticulture
2021 is a special year for LetsGrow.com. The company from Vlaardingen, specialized in collecting, visualizing, and analyzing crop data, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year! The entire year 2021 will therefore be dedicated to this anniversary. Has LetsGrow.com really been working with data in…
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Enza Zaden
Enza Zaden expects breeding will play an important role in the future of indoor farming
“In general, at Enza Zaden we see a difference between genetics for greenhouses and vertical farming, especially for high yielding required products,” says Anh Nguyen, Portfolio Manager at Enza Zaden. “It depends on the growing setting of the crops. We think that improved varieties, specifically for…
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New water-powered chemical injector introduced
Dosatron International, LLC, with corporate offices in Clearwater, Florida, is excited to officially launch the New 40 GPM series of water-powered chemical injectors. The Dosatron D40MZ series is water-powered, so no electricity is needed, and includes three models to choose from. The D40MZ2 with a dilution…
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Revolution farms launches new products
“Variety is the spice of life"
Revolution Farms, an indoor greenhouse farm in Michigan, is launching four new products in independent grocery stores in the Detroit Metro area and West Michigan this month, including three bold salad mixes and a whole head, living lettuce. The three new salad mixes include: BAM! Baby Kale, POW! Superfood Mix and Zesty Zing…
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JD Corporate
China: plant factory sparks children's interest in agriculture
JD hosted nearly 100 primary school students and their teachers for a field trip at its hydroponic plant factory in the Tongzhou district of Beijing. The event was part of a larger program that started last year in which JD offers the plant factory as a high-tech educational facility for elementary and…
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Support throughout operations with full approach on indoor farming
GrowGroup IFS introduces the GrowGroup Grow Container Systems “GCS 40HQ” for small container cluster farms, research & development, schools & universities and pilots for new indoor farms. With this new solution now GrowGroup IFS can also support small farms in an accessible way with their approach. This…
