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Sector | Grower in the Spotlight
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Investors claim mismanagement as Thai greenhouse venture goes up in smoke
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Philippines: Good Food Farm to open on July 23rd
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From livestock to mushrooms
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US (VT): Grower finds relief in mushroom growing
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UK: Blenheim Estate starts gourmet mushroom farm in Oxfordshire
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Interstellar Lab announces research team appointments, opening of first BioFactory
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US (NY): Urban Fields Agriculture farm development well underway
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Retired teacher shows it's never to late to go microgreens
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“Selling directly to consumers was challenging as interest didn’t translate to sales”
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US (NJ): Greens do Good faced downtime, but community jumped in
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India: Grower turned to hydroponics to avoid soil-borne diseases
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US (ME): “The magic happens with a supportive culture”
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CAN (ON): “One of the most difficult things to do is finding new methods to old realities"
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US (KY): Open field grower turns to container farming
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How one woman turned a food desert into a deep well of opportunity
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CAN (MB): 'Restaurants are excited to work with us as other lettuce was so expensive'
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CAN (NB): UNB graduate brings hydroponic farming to Blacks Harbour ‘food desert’
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US (IL): An abundance of market opportunities for mushrooms in Chicago
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CAN: New program offers fresh food sustainability in First Nations
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From food scraps to shrooms
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Malaysia: Cultivating urban farming among Pasir Gudang folk
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Not just coin farming: Is San Salvador ready to farm something beyond crypto?
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Australia: Proposed law to donate surplus food a “game-changer” says mushroom farmer
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Commercial stock photos of farmworkers found lacking
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"It's important to be agile"
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Belarus: Transforming a small metalworking enterprise into an urban farm
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US (CT); Milton couple taking homegrown microgreens to market
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US (WA): Healthy soil supports healthy plants, which are more resistant to pests
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Tropical fruit produced in France using aquaponics and residual heat
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Iceland: Mushrooms and microgreens grower caters to local restaurants
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The benefits of hybrid farming: Breeding indoors, finishing off outside
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Hello little Dex!
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CAN (ON): "We have resorts calling us so we will be on their menus for the summer season"
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“It’s like a constant science project”
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Jamaica: “I can farm commercially without having to go out and seek a full acre of land"
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Opportunities in micro-propagation: Growing Wasabi in Scotland
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“We all have the same goals of figuring out how to feed people in a better way”
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"To extend the shelf life and go further with our exports, we have launched a line of live sprouts"
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CAN (AB): Red Deer Food Bank to develop indoor food farm
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Bees, robots and solar to sustainably grow strawberries indoors
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CAN (ON): Greenhouse on Nipissing First Nation will help address lettuce shortage
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US (GA): Home farmer shines light on mushroom
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Young nigerian farmer grows mushroom business
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Malaysia: Turning idle land into lettuce farm
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“Our next challenge is not unit economics but scale”
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“I started doing microgreens maybe four or five months after I started growing mushrooms”
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ZA: Sustainable farming hub at UJ rolling with urban agriculture
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Van Vugt Kruiden grows along with client demand
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AUS: Vertical farm eyes global expansion plans
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FAO, Canada launch $14.6M climate-smart farm project
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Dubai farm offers a pick-your-own strawberry experience
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US (AL): Salads 2 Go set to offer locally sourced options
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Leaving Big Pharma for mushroom farming
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"We're catering 100+ restaurants in the Brussels area"
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US (MS): "Many restaurants in the area serve our produce within 24 hours of being harvested"
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One day, your jeans could be grown in a greenhouse
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From a “scrappy” research project in Scotland to global Giga Farms
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Ghana: Vertical farm entity flourishes in Accra
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No ag skills didn't stop these Malaysian entrepreneur to grow microgreens
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CAN: Mushroom kits now available in 67 Costco across Canada
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Turning mushroom passion in $200,000 per year
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US (WI): Grower pursues microgreen passion
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US (MN): Learning more about hydroponics with Rahe of Sunshine Farms
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"We know how to create a level playing field for vertical farmers, now the UK government is taking our advice"
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India: Producing 54,000 kg of mushrooms in 5,000 sqft
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US (NY): "It allows us to harvest about 800 heads of lettuce per week for the community"
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Spain: "We chose strawberries for product differentiation"
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US (LA): Urban youth loan borrower grows lettuce and a passion for hydroponics
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Spain: Save water, drink beer
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"We aim to present microgreens more as a delicacy than as a decorative item"
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Farming locations migrate and product innovation continues
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New micropropagation lab to produce up to 24 million plants a year
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Indian entrepreneur sells 50kg of microgreens monthly
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BDO Canada ICSS' Partnership with Altario School
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Next Big Thing Welsh contestant went from growing mushrooms in his bedroom to running a thriving business
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S.A.: From fleeing Zimbabwe to owning one of Cape Town’s best known vegan spots
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US: New wave mobile mushroom farming comes to Southeast D.C.
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FAO to celebrate the International Year of the Woman Farmer in 2026
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Add fresh greens to any meal with water lentils. Vertical farming’s new superfood?
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Slovakia: 80% automation and high profit margins. Will saffron crack the code?
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