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Top 5 - yesterday
- New collaboration for indoor farms in the Middle East and North Africa
- Brazil: How tissue culture techniques can aid vertical farms becoming more efficient
- Understanding the difference between microgreens, baby greens, and adult greens
- NZ: Indoor farm in Hamilton commences operations
- Local Bounti secures up to $145M of additional financing
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
- India: “We’re setting up farms globally for a fraction of the costs”
- 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
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Other news in this sector:
- 2023-03-15 Pelemix acquires Even-Ari Green
- 2022-12-21 Jiffy coir pellets for Sri Lankan vertical farm
- 2022-12-07 Towards peat-free potting soil and substrate
- 2022-11-24 Coco substrate: a sustainable choice
- 2022-11-14 Ireland: Addressing the challenges related to peat supply in horticulture
- 2022-09-29 How lightweight expanded clay comes in beneficial
- 2022-09-19 How to maintain the proper pH of a growing medium
- 2022-08-30 Response to Defra announcement on the sale of horticultural peat
- 2022-08-29 UK bans peat sales for amateur gardeners
- 2022-08-22 “Our densely-woven bamboo mats are entirely biodegradable and sustainable”
- 2022-08-19 Developing a sustainable growing media through gelponics
- 2022-07-22 How to propagate seedlings in Jiffy Peat
- 2022-07-19 Growcoon wins innovation award at the Salon du Végétal
- 2022-07-07 Stabilized organic substrates now TŪV biobased certified
- 2022-07-05 UK: Scaling up the peat-free growing media of the future
- 2022-06-30 ZipGrow and Growfoam partner up to improve distribution of carbon-neutral substrates
- 2022-06-22 Fibredust's Anar facility in India expands
- 2022-03-31 "Easier, faster and better root development from day 1"
- 2022-03-29 High young plant density doesn’t have to be efficient, and here’s why
- 2022-03-24 BionFarming explores 100% cradle-to-cradle growing mediums in vertical agriculture