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Top 5 - yesterday
- US (NY): Upward Farms ceases all vertical farming operations
- US (GA): Hardee Fresh closes $56 million for new 30,000m2 vertical farm in Americus
- US: Virginia senator Mark Warner visits AeroFarms' Danville facility
- US: Bowery partners with sweetgreen to supply its new bowls
- What does ChatGPT know about co-creative urban farming and vertical farming?
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
Hydroponics
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The truth about starting a microgreens business
There's a ton of info on microgreens out there, and most of it is inaccurate, says Donny Greens YouTube channel, who claimed they had run a microgreen business. "Learning to grow microgreens has transformed my life, and I'm now teaching you stuff I wish I knew before starting a business." In the video…
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Identifying lettuce accessions for efficient use of phosphorus in hydroponics
In this study, 12 lettuce accessions were grown in four experiments in a nutrient film technique system. In the first two experiments, the treatments consisted of two P concentrations (3.1 and 31 mg·L 21). Lettuce cultivated with 3.1 mg·L 21 of P had a variable shoot and root biomass, root-shoot ratio, P…
How hydroponics is one of the solution to the world's water crisis
In this YouTube video, you'll see a conversation between Lydia Smith and Federico Marques, CEO/Founder of Moonflower Farm, regarding the upcoming global water crisis. They discuss food supply chain issues, food waste, sustainability, urban farming, microgreens, commercial farming, nutrition, and education.…
Malaysia: Hydroponic farm in Kuala Pilah offers fresh vegetables and farming lessons
Seeing the various types of fresh hydroponic vegetables at Aininaz Farm and the view of the greenery in the area makes one feel like being in the Cameron Highlands. The farm is located on Jalan Sungai Dua, Kampung Kuala Dioh, but what is unique about Aininaz Farm is that visitors go there not only to buy…
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ICYMI: Youth and hydroponics – a perfect match
Traditional farming methods won’t attract young people for very much longer. Agriculture is changing, and South Africa’s food producers are aging, paving the way for young people to be at the heart of hydroponics initiatives in the country. These were the words of Dr. Fikile Qwabe, acting chief director…
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"We are our city's only farm that specializes in hydroponics"
Houston, Texas farmers Kevin and Alicia Stump came to Western North Carolina seeking large parcels of land for sale to farm, and when they had no luck finding land, they knew they had to seek an alternative to their traditional farming methods. In September 2021, Stump Farms was born as the Stumps…
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US (MI): Hydroponic gardens spawn sustainability and nutrition conversations at hospital
Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital in Larium, Mich., recently served up free salads for all diners all day. That day marked the first harvest from the hospital’s hydroponic garden, and staff were excited for customers to try the leafy greens they’d grown. In addition to the cafe line, lettuce was also given out…
