US (CA): Local farm supplies between 500-900 pounds mushrooms weekly

"As land is super expensive in California we're growing products that are high producers to balance costs out. The good thing is that we can grow our mushrooms right. Occasionally, we're bringing in new mushroom cultures every time so we're always trying to play around with that as much as we can," says…

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Iceland: Fully automated farm growing greens for hotel chain

It’s autumn in Akureyri. The foliage on the forested hill behind Hótel Akureyri creates a copper-golden backdrop for the stately black-and-white building in the oldest part of town. The seasonal harvest is over, and soon enough, winter will arrive. Yet eternal summer is imminent at this hotel in the high…

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Growing against the odds: High alpine farming at Huidekoper Ranch

Though the views around Jackson Hole are ripe with beauty, the same can’t always be said for fresh produce. The arid and rocky environment of the Tetons, as well as the cold winters, have historically made growing fruits and vegetables very difficult. However, farmers and ranchers have worked hard to…

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US (OH): Microgreens are a growing business in Fremont

While most growing businesses tend to get larger, there's one in Fremont going a different route and instead thinking smaller.Joey Linder, the owner of The Green Door, has always had a green thumb. After having his first child, he and his wife wanted to hone in on a healthier diet. This led him to start…

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UK: Sisters sprout new business idea

The McCuaig sisters — Amy and Erin — grew up on a dairy farm in Shanty Bay, just a few minutes outside of Barrie, and although it’s been a long time since they had to get up at the crack of dawn to milk the cows or muck out the barn, the two are still putting to use all the hard work they learned as…

UK: Bristol farmers thrive growing indoors

While most supermarket herbs travel hundreds of miles before they reach our shelves, Alasdair Marchant's are grown and picked fresh in Bristol at his indoor farm on Chapel Street, in St Philip's Marsh, just down the road from Temple Meads. The 28-year-old sells flat-leaf parsley, dill, coriander, chives,…

CAN (NL): Crown Lands division hinders plans for vertical farm in rural community

A former oil worker says the provincial Crown Lands division has hindered his plans for a sustainable farm in a rural Newfoundland community. When Adam Furlong decided to purchase a house and 2.2 acres of land in Bloomfield, a small community on the Bonavista Peninsula, he thought he'd found the perfect…

Women in Agriculture: Meet Vanessa Rosewood

Locally grown food is closer to home than you think. Vanessa Rosewood (formerly Hanel), owner and founder of Micro YYC, has been providing microgreens to local grocery stores, restaurants, and farmers’ markets, all through the help of urban farming.   Specializing in microgreens, Micro YYC is a large-scale indoor…

A Scot in a kilt, growing microgreens in Sweden

Every Monday and Thursday, Graham sets off from his farm in Frillesås, Sweden, with a truckload of freshly harvested microgreens grown in his indoor vertical farm. Originally from Scotland, Graham turns heads when supermarket shoppers realize the man arranging his produce on shelves is dressed in a kilt.…

Slovakia: Farmer switches from aquaponics to hydroponics after investment

Filip Toška runs an aquaponic farm, Hausnatura, on the first floor of a former telephone exchange in Bratislava’s Petržalka district (Slovakia), growing salads and herbs. “Building a hydroponic farm is easy, but to maintain the entire system so that the plants have everything they need and will grow is…

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Growing saffron in a container farm

Software engineer Shailesh Modak from Pune came up with a unique business idea that couples hydroponics and his love for nature.  Though well-settled in the corporate world, Shailesh was intent on doing something that enabled him to follow his passion for agriculture. However, he knew of the uncertainties that…

CAN (NS): Planting seeds of change after leaving Chinese metropolis for Cape Breton

Urban Grow Farms co-owner Kalie Wang juggles being an entrepreneur, a toddler mom, and a full-time teacher at Nova Scotia Community College in Sydney. After leaving Lanzhou City in China, an industrial metropolis with more than 3.8 million people, to pursue a Master of Business Administration degree at…

US (OH): Growing customer base for microgreens grower

A self-described millennial, Shafer had been growing healthy microgreens, shoots of edible vegetables, fruits, and herbs, primarily for her own consumption. Last summer, she…

Neurodiversity in vertical farming: bringing an overlooked workforce to the forefront

“We want to demonstrate the importance of neurodiversity in the workplace, and now have 60 participants learning the process of agriculture. Our participants end up with excellent work experience setting them up for future employment,” says Jen Faust, Operations Director at Greens Do Good. Lisa Goldstein…

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“I sell as little as one ounce, or by the pound"

Joe Linder wants to offer his customers a teeny bit of help with their nutrition. But that little bit of help can have a huge impact on his customers' health because it is delivered in the form of microgreens, which Linder describes as a "superfood." On Feb. 28, Linder, who goes by the nickname "Joe…

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US (NJ): New hydroponic farm in Westfield growing produce, and business

It’s a business poised for growth. Redi-farms, an indoor, vertical, hydroponic farm at 610 North Ave. East celebrated its opening Thursday evening in the rear section of a century-old building previously owned by Handler Manufacturing. “Eventually, we’ll have six businesses all within this building, but…

British Columbia: Touch-free leafy greens poised to hit grocery shelves this month

“Oppy and UP Vertical Farms™ have partnered to bring fresh and nutritious greens to the market that will not only last longer but taste infinitely better,” says Aaron Quon, the Executive Director of Berries and Canadian Category Development at Oppy. Founded in 1858, Oppy is a distributor and marketer of…

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US (NY): Can hydroponic farms solve food access issues on East Side?

When temperatures dip below zero, it's too cold for farmers to grow fresh produce in Buffalo. But at Feed More Western New York, the food bank has found a way that helps bring food access to residents of Buffalo's East side and beyond. And it's an idea that is likely to sprout up elsewhere too. In…

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US (GA): Georgia boy looks to help hungry families through hydroponic farming

Past the living room chess set, on the way to the front door of a Gwinnett County home stands a farm tended to by the 12-year-old who lives there. Thanks to the 12 vertical farm stands donated by Lettuce Grow, Malon James has become Georgia’s youngest certified hydroponic farmer. “I grow a lot of produce…

“We bring the plant in and we just say, ‘how do we get the best results, period.’”

Farmers in Yuma, Ariz., like to tell visitors that they produce 90% of the country's winter greens. So if you're eating a salad in Buffalo, Boston, or Cincinnati, there's a pretty good chance the lettuce was grown near the U.S.-Mexico border with water from the Colorado River. In San Francisco, 650 miles…

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CAN (NS): Dartmouth hydroponics operation helps tackle food security challenges

After watching the base of a cut head of lettuce regrow in a regular-sized coffee mug, filled with only water and showered with sunlight, over the course of two weeks, Phil Hatcher had a revelation that would change his life. The idea grew in his mind how simple it would be to cut down on food waste and…

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US (CT): “We grow community:” How urban agriculture has sprouted in New Haven

In January, Dishaun Harris started selling containers of his organic microgreens at New Haven’s City Seed Indoor Winter Market.  Harris, a New Haven native, created the urban agriculture company Root Life after working as a farmer and environmental educator at Common Ground High School for three and a half…

Quick sneak peek into South Tyrol's vertical farm

With their start-up company "Profarms," Patrick and Ulrich, two vertical farmers from St. Pauls/Eppan in South Tyrol, want to change conventional agriculture by introducing CEA to the region. Their product is micro-greens. Their customers? Haute cuisine. 

US: Virginia family farm Solid Rock Growers adds greenhouse to vertical farm

Chad and Nicole Martin's Solid Rock Growers is a family business that moved to Grand Rapids four years ago. Twenty acres and an enormous pole building out in the country south of town provided just the space they needed. They moved north from the Twin Cities in search of a more rural life.  The pole building,…

UK: ‘Vertical farming needs to match field grown crop cost prices'

“It’s an exciting time here at Fischer Farms, there’s a lot going on. Our second farm, which has 25.000m2 of growing space is now ready. Investment in automation, and the installation of robots, help us consolidate labour costs. We’re very pleased with how the farm is looking.” says Tristan Fischer,…

Veteran-owned store featuring hydroponically grown microgreens coming soon to Slate Belt

A new spot for healthful, grown-on-site greens is blooming in the Slate Belt. David Derkits, owner of Bangor-based nuHydro Farms, is expanding the business to include its first brick-and-mortar store at 32 Main St. in downtown Bangor. Derkits has been operating the hydroponic farm - producing a variety…

US: Torrington's Casi Paraiso Organics grows healthy food, indoors

What happens when you put a 10-pound weight on top of a tray of microgreens? “It can make the seeds a little stronger,” said Genesis Bigos, co-owner with her husband, Jacob Bigos, of Casi Paraiso Organics. “You’ll actually see it push up the cinder block.” In a way, the Bigoses are the seeds, and the…

US (FL): Family-owned hydroponic farm takes root in Naples

The family-owned hydroponic farm Naples Fresh uses recirculated water technology and science to grow lettuce in two huge greenhouses sitting on one acre. Their year-round production in a climate- and pest-controlled environment exceeds farms planting in dirt. “One acre produces 20% to 50% more greens…

US (MI): Container farm supplies salads, basil and edible greens to Grand Rapids

“Farmers today need to grow 70% more fruits and veggies for the world to be able to consume a nutrient-rich diet,” says Jill Frey, owner of Superbloom Farms in Grand Rapids. “That highlights the importance of alternative farming methods.” In November 2021, she bought a shipping container that had been…

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Philippines: 20-year-old agriculture student leads a youth urban farm in Taguig

There are many concerns regarding the age of today’s farmers, as well as the assumption that the youth are not inclined to take on farming as a career. However, Anna Beatriz Suavengco, the person behind TikTok’s Urban Farmer TV, breaks that assumption. As an agriculture student at the University of the…

CAN (NL): Couple grows lettuce with 'promising profit margins' in 325m2 farm

Lettuce, kale and sorrel neatly fill the space inside a building that used to be a schoolhouse on Fogo Island. These days it’s home to a business that’s proving hydroponics can be the means to produce local lettuce, year-round, in Newfoundland and Labrador. On Fogo Island, N.L., Jarrod Oglan, his partner…

UK: Making vertical farming accessible to all

“With our solutions and technology, our company is poised to play a major role in shaping the future of agriculture, making it a smart investment for anyone looking to get in on the ground floor of an exciting new industry,” says Paul Declan, manager of Vertiseed Farms. Vertiseed Farms is an agtech…

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US (IA): Dubuque man grows microgreens in his basement

Before he began growing microgreens during the summer of 2022, Dan Brimmer knew next to nothing about the plants. But after he tried one bite, he was instantly hooked. “I couldn’t believe how great they tasted,” he told the Dubuque Telegraph Herald. “The sunflower’s nutty. The speckled pea tastes just…

New Alberta strawberry grower opts for geothermal heat

Canadian company Freshbay is launching a large-scale, deep earth geothermal powered, 19-acre controlled environment agriculture (CEA) facility expected to begin operations in…

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US (VA): How growing food indoors may fix Arlington's empty office space issue

Amazon is setting up shop in Arlington, but the county still has serious economic challenges post-pandemic, including record-high empty office space. It's costing Arlington millions every year, and now there's an outside-the-box idea to turn things around. Growing food indoors. "I don't know if it's a…

UK vertical farm reports successful wheat trial

Agri-tech innovators, Fischer Farms revealed their first trial of growing wheat has been highly successful, making them the first vertical farm in the UK to cultivate the crop in a biosecure, controlled environment. Initial results have shown a seed-to-harvest cycle time capable of delivering five crop…

Voice of America features vertical farmer

As climate change is taking its toll on food production, growing food indoors under controlled conditions is becoming a viable alternative in cities across the U.S. That's why Voice of America has put the spotlight on this grower tackling food security with domestic production.   

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UK: Garage growers see microgreens business flourish

Richard Kennedy, from Goodworth Clatford, decided to change his life by rigging up a high-tech system to grow microgreens. Richard went through a life-changing experience when he had a liver transplant in 2015. Then when he returned to his job in the IT industry, he realized he wanted to do something…

UK: Meet the Leeds lads behind the Yorkshire Mushroom Emporium

Yorkshire Mushroom Emporium (YMA) was founded in January 2021 by five friends from school, following a lockdown walk exploring community gardening projects across the city. James Collin, Niall Johnson, Ed Elcock, Jonny Lines, and Callum Doherty wanted to be part of the revolution in the food system -…

Micro greens, big impact: urban farm generates wealth, food, and education in underserved part of Chicago

Sustainable agriculture is all the rage, but Garfield Produce in Chicago is adding a unique twist: generating wealth in an underserved community by creating jobs - especially for ex-felons.  “About 70% of inmates released from Cook County Jail move here to East Garfield Park,” explained Co-Founder Mark Thomas.…

US (FL): Salvation Army working toward hydroponic produce container

Downtown could be a site for a hydroponic container farm to grow kale initially, and additional produce later, for Salvation Army participants and its food pantry. The Salvation Army of Northeast Florida and city utility JEA are working on a deal with Boston-based Freight Farms to grow produce in “a…

US (VA): "Copy-pasting 150m2-farms domestically as size and crops are profitable"

"I'm probably still supplying the most expensive basil in the area, but it's simply the best you can get around here. Though, if operation expenses rise, I might have to increase my prices anyways," says Zack Wilson, Founder of Future Fresh Hydro. The startup is a Sterling, Virginia-based vertical farm…

"A greenhouse is a very pleasant working environment"

Last August, a 500-square-meter hydroponic greenhouse was installed in Megadim, in the north of Israel, for the production of leafy greens. The greenhouse is owned by Johnathan and his father, Eli.  Johnathan is a soldier in the IDF, the Israeli army, and has PDD, a Pervasive Development Disorder, and after his…

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CAN (MB): Inventor comes up with homegrown solution for $5 lettuce

A Manitoba inventor has developed a homegrown solution to five-dollar lettuce. Neil Evenson is the founder of Radical Growing Company, which produces self-contained, do-it-yourself, single-plant hydroponic kits. Evenson is a design engineer by trade, but he loves to tinker in his spare time, and every…

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AU: Perfect produce with no sun or soil, but will high energy inputs be a threat to this indoor farm?

Not far from the fertile farmlands known as Australia’s salad bowl, rows of fruit and vegetables are being cultivated without sunlight or soil. Perfect-looking strawberries, tomatoes, baby cos lettuces, and coriander grow under moody purple fluorescent lighting. Here in the research wing of a 4000 square…

Combining vertical farming and greenhouse horticulture to decentralize lettuce production

The Salinas Valley, known as the "salad bowl of the United States," has been a vital source of lettuce and leafy greens for decades. The region has historically supplied most of the lettuce and leafy greens consumed across the nation. However, the recent disruption of supply chains, labor markets, water…

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Inside India's 'tallest vertical farm', growing 10,000+ plants in just 972 sq. ft.

Higronics', a supplier of vertical farm equipment, has recently added another project to its portfolio. Namely, India's tallest vertical farm, as they claim on YoutTube. As a result of constant research and development that is taking place at the company's research facilities, Higronics takes pride and…

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US (WI): Organic grower is planning five-story urban farm development in Milwaukee

A five-story urban farm development featuring an organic growing operation and other uses could be coming to Milwaukee's south side. Beyond Organic Corp. is proposing the 85,000-square-foot building at 716 W. Windlake Ave., just south of West Historic Mitchell Street. That's according to a new Common…

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"How betting the farm, and losing it, taught me an invaluable lessons in CEA"

"There is a lot of talk in the news about CEA operations, indoor farms, vertical farms, and even greenhouse operations closing their doors, facing economic uncertainty, and generally not living up to expectations–particularly investor expectations. NYC AgTech Week even hosted a panel discussion titled…

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Georgia: "When the chef changes the menu and wants different vegetables, we grow veggies accordingly"

In 2018, the agricultural entrepreneur Tusya Garibashvili co-founded 'Space Farms', an innovative project based in Tbilisi, Georgia. "Space Farms is an indoor vertical farm. Our facility grows vegetables across approximately 150 square meters. However, the growing area is only 60 square meters, as we…

Wisconsin agriscience teacher feeding students and training advanced farmers with zero-soil aeroponics

An encouraging story of advanced education in the heart of Wisconsin, AEssenseFresh delivered additional capacity this week to the AEtrium-2.1 SmartFarm operated by Tom Sebranek, Agriscience Teacher, for the continued expansion of his school’s advanced food production operation housed in a spare room at…

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US (MN): Fillmore County family grows acres of crop in shipping container

It's winter in Minnesota, but a Fillmore County family is growing acres of crops in a 40-by-10 shipping container.  It's the time of year when fertile fields are buried under snow and ice. In a sense, it's winter break for farmers. But not in the town of Wykoff.  "We've got a summer crisp and a romaine, and then…

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CAN (ON): "After doing all the research, I thought we can make a business out of this"

Veggies taste better and are better nutritionally when they are fresh. This is what Mark and Anne Rodrigue are doing with their business, Borealis Fresh Farms in Timmins. “It’s not a traditional farm,” he explained. “It’s an indoor farm.” The hydroponic farm first started on the back road around…

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Microgreens: The idea from Athens that took root in Crete

Eleni Tzambouraki and Alexandros Tatakis were introduced to microgreens by a friend from Athens. Alexandros and Eleni are simultaneously working full-time in the private sector. Yet they wanted to take a risk and give microgreens cultivation a try in Crete which are quite uncommon. They timidly began to…

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UK: BBC series 'The Chronicles of Belfast' features urban mushroom farmer Terry

This is the fifth installment in the critically acclaimed ‘Chronicles’ series by Waddell Media, which has included ‘The Chronicles of Mourne,’ ‘The Chronicles of Erne,’ ‘Chronicles of the Glens’ and last year ‘The Chronicles of Strangford.’ The series highlights the importance placed on sustainability…

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CAN (AB): Couple turns basement into a farm

A local couple has found success in a new pastime that pays off in fresh produce. After building a hydroponic garden in their basement, Angelo and Teresa Gentili have been keeping themselves, their family, and friends eating fresh home-grown vegetables all year round. "There's a difference when you pick…

US (IN): Grower receives grants for hydroponic towers

On a Thursday morning last August, Crothersville FFA members had an extra ticket to the Indiana State Fair and asked Adviser Linda Myers to take it. They asked again that…

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US (WI): Sparkling diamond grows in inner city

In the heart of Milwaukee, houses form rows, street after street. Along railroad tracks, buildings stand, some vacant. Cars and trucks whiz past on their way to other places. Pavement, street lights, and signs stand where – until the past couple of hundred years – nature flourished. Along North 31st…

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Cape Verdeans embrace aeroponics to boost produce

The 48-year-old Silva is well known on the music scene in Cape Verde as Havy H, but now he is the face of the introduction of aeroponics in the archipelago. "I will summarise what really caught my attention. This was agriculture, with 90% less water and 90% less soil. So I, being a Cape Verdean, said:…

US (WA): Urban farm flourishing in a parking garage

Located in Washington, DC, Little Wild Things Farm is inspiring the next generation of farmers to build a brighter and more sustainable agricultural future. They produce soil-grown microgreens, micro herbs, hydroponically grown salad greens, and edible flowers on a less than one-quarter acre farm in the…

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US (OH): Urban agriculture looks to new foundations in Toledo

A group of crop agitators led by state Sen. Paula Hicks-Hudson gathered Friday at Grace Community Center in Toledo to discuss urban food production. The tables of extension agents, teachers, and urban food producers exchanged ideas on how to reclaim concrete and more economically churn Toledo soils. “We…

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NZ: Small update on Hamilton's first large-scale vertical farm

New Zealand’s first large-scale vertical farm in Hamilton, Greengrower, is an exciting breakthrough for the country’s farming scene.  Starting up just five years ago, chief executive Tom Schuyt’s vision for Greengrower was born during his time working in the produce industry, where he was exposed to the challenges…

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US: A closer look at Bowery's technology

“We’re designing and building smart, controlled-environment farms that use a combination of our proprietary operating system and technology. We’re 100 times more productive while using a fraction of the resources,” says Justin Frankert, vice president of robotics for hardware and automation at Bowery…

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CAN (AB): The couple behind Vertical Roots' site in Edmonton

Mike and Becky Newhook never dreamed they'd become farmers. Now, the couple owns and operates a container farm business in south Edmonton, a thriving operation that's become even more competitive because of inflation and supply chain shortages.  "Five years ago, if you had told us we were going to be farmers,…

Thai plant factory expanding beyond borders while adding new crops

“Wangree Fresh was designed for education, tourism, and visiting. We’ll have a vegetable shop and a restaurant and provide visitors with a chance to enter the farm and see exactly how it works,” says Krisana Tamvimol, founder and CEO at Wangree Fresh, a plant factory that cut its ribbon in Thailand in…

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SA: First harvest from Fort Ikapa Koba-Tlala vegetable garden

What started over five years ago as an effort to create gainful employment for part-time soldiers whose only income came from call-ups has now seemingly become a project embraced by the landward force of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF). 4 Logistic Support Unit of the SA Army Support Formation is…

A Palestinian engineer-turned-farmer excels in innovative agriculture in besieged gaza

A’ed Awni Abu Ramadan is a Palestinian engineer who studied Civil Engineering in the United States. However, Abu Ramadan now works as a farmer, as he inherited his love for the land and agriculture from his parents and grandparents.  “I translated my passion for agriculture into developing the family farm,…

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Australia: Inside Sydney's vertical farm based in a carpark

Reuters IMPACT made a short video on a vertical afrm based in Sydney. Noah Alessandro, founder and CEO of Urban Green Sydney takes us on a tour of his farm which is based in a carpark.  The farm targets restaurants, wholesalers, and more recently home consumers. UGS produces living microgreens, pre-cut mixes…

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US (CA): Meet Jonathan Jones of Delta Microgreens

With their cotyledon leaves packed full of flavor and nutrition, microgreens are not every farmers' market shopper's usual staple. Luckily for us, if you stroll down the producer aisle of the Napa Farmers Market, you can meet Jonathan Jones of Delta Microgreens.With an ever-present smile, abundance of…

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Inside the UAE's indoor saffron farm

“We overtook this farm only last year, in April 2021, when it was basically a barren land, with just one greenhouse,” says Masood Hashim, group CEO, SNASCO Holding — Veggitech’s parent company — while walking us to the control room where saffron corms were being cultivated. “We also have four other…

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US (MO): Growing mushroom from a basement to a full-fledged urban farm

MyCo Planet, an urban mushroom farm in North KC, emerged from a basement. Robin Moore’s basement, specifically. When Moore could not purchase the mushrooms she sought to cook and consume, she resorted to growing them on her own.  “I’ve always loved digging in the dirt, although I’m a rare breed—I love to clean,…

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UAE: “Growing in soil is more expensive, but the plant is so much better”

“Almost everything sold in stores is grown hydroponically, but we are growing in soil which makes New Leaf one of the farms that are truly contributing to a clean and highly nutritious food supply,” says Adam Pitts, Founder of vertical farm New Leaf. Farm manager Ian Geronimo, and New Leaf founder Adam…

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Fox Urban Farms plants the seeds for hydroponic farming in Winchester

Good things are growing in Winchester these days. And it feels a bit sci-fi. If you frequent downtown, you might have noticed what looks like two shipping containers sitting on a gravel lot at 1001 S. Loudoun St. During the past few weeks, a transformation has been unfolding inside the structures. John…

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CAN (AB): Solar-powered farms yield 12k heads of lettuces per month

A vertical farm located on Retreat Road intends to bring the most nutritious and delicious vegetables to plates around Cochrane, Alberta, along with a mission to be sustainable and environmentally friendly.  Farmer and owner of Good Life Farms Inc. Chad Randal said his closed environment system is capable…

Chile: 10% more expensive than supermarkets but product quality makes it worthwhile

“Building a vertical farm is not rocket science. With all of the information available online and a little creativity, you don’t need a lot of money to begin a small operation,” says Alberto Riesco, founder of Verde Vertical, a vertical farming company located in Puerto Varas in Chilean Patagonia.   Alberto Riesco…

Singaporean becomes biology teacher to pass on his love for plants

The 37-year-old biology teacher at Commonwealth Secondary School has been featured several times for spearheading environmental initiatives there, as well as conducting wildlife rescues for creatures that wander onto its premises. Tan started studying Life Sciences and specializing in Biomedical Science…

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US (VA): How two Alexandria brothers transformed an abandoned data center into an indoor farm

A farm replacing a data center in Northern Virginia — is that even possible? This reversal of development trends happened in September when Beanstalk Farms, the brainchild of Alexandria brothers Mike and Jack Ross, opened at what was an abandoned data center in downtown Herndon. Beanstalk is no ordinary…

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With no soil or growing seasons, this Ontario startup is working to feed a hotter world

A London, Ontario, agriculture technology company has announced an ambitious new plan that will see its operations move from a former cereal factory to a local mushroom farm, where it will expand production and create a zero-waste farm system it says will help feed an increasingly hotter world.  Farmia first…

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UAE: The rise of “Farming as a Service”

“We work with standardized, modular boxes of 14.8 x 3.2 x 3.6 meters, which contain a sink, nursery, and prepping area. With this, we can produce a minimum of 10 kilograms per day,” says Maan Said, Founder, and CEO of CRYSP Farms. Maan Said CRYSP Farms is based in Dubai and offers “Farming as a Service,”…

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US (NV): Small family farm in Moapa meets high demand

The Mesquite Community Farmers Market held in December was a big hit. A huge turnout of local residents came to the event seeking farm-fresh produce. At the very center of the event were Kirsten and Alex Pope, owners of Ika Greens, a family-owned farm operation in Moapa. The Popes were truly the rock…

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“The goal of this facility is really to bring people in and teach them about mushrooms"

Four Star Mushroom (FSM), a Chicago-based mushroom company, is using controlled environment agriculture to decentralize food systems in urban areas. After its first three years of operation, the company is undergoing a major expansion and hopes its new facility will help connect even more people to…