NASA offers a weekly update on what is happening aboard the International Space Station. Watch them talk about their pepper plants growing in space here:
Announcements
"Tweeting Growers"
Top 5 - yesterday
- India: “We’re setting up farms globally for a fraction of the costs”
- Ukraine: Using a bomb shelter to grow crops underground
- US (NY): Ellicottville Greens eyes to expand into Olean with 10 container farms
- US: Lettuce prices likely to rise again amid California flooding, experts say
- US (OK): 1000m2 aquaponic farm grows 150,000 pounds of fresh produce yearly
Top 5 - last week
- US (NY): Upward Farms to lay off 78 employees and close Williamsburg facility
- Soil and the future of vertical farming
- Latvia: “Container farms are everything you need, modular and affordable”
- Crash course on hydroponic farming in India
- US (CA): Local farm supplies between 500-900 pounds mushrooms weekly
Top 5 - last month
- Red dwarf tomatoes are thriving in space
- Italy: "Same productivity, but without the energy costs from artificial lighting"
- What happened with vertical farming and how can we fix it?
- Step aside, leafy greens – it’s high-value crops only in these space-bound pods
- How to buy quality grow lights and get the amount of light needed
Harvesting the first peppers in space
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