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Top 5 - yesterday
- How growers are future-proofing with flexibility and innovation
- Philippines: Pampanga farmers urged to switch to in demand, high-value crops
- Research as a Service at a fraction of the cost revealed at Indoor Ag-Con 2023
- Next-gen vertical farming, sensors and energy generation showcased to US Midwest State Legislators
- Floating farms are transforming life on India’s waterways
Top 5 - last week
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
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How to keep your growing environment clean
"We see most growers struggle in the air exchange between different environments, the make-up air from outside, low airflow, and lack of purification. In order to solve these hurdles, clean PPE and SOPs are required to reduce cross-contamination between plants, rooms, and the entire building. With the…

Anu awarded a nearly $1 million competitive grant to work on Rotary Aeroponic Cultivation Chambers
Heliponix LLC, doing business as Anu™ (previously gropod®), has been awarded a Phase II National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for $970,993 and $75,000 in matching funding from Elevate Ventures. Anu will continue its research and development work on multispectral…

UConn researcher invents ‘Plant Factory’ for urban agriculture
With urbanization increasing worldwide, the popularity of urban gardening is on the rise. People are growing food on rooftops, balconies, and backyards – but how about in abandoned warehouses or basements? Professor Xiusheng (Harrison) Yang in the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources has…

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US (PA): Fifth Season brings in chief restructuring officer amid company shutdown
The seeds of vertical farming robotics startup Fifth Season might once again see the light of day after the company's sudden shutdown last fall if efforts from a new independent board of directors and a chief restructuring officer prove successful. But what those seeds produce and who might be tasked…