Sector | Education and Research
UK: Wrexham campus launches vending fridges with free microgreens
US (ON): Pitch competition highlights Ontario’s agri-tech talent
CAN (ON): From single-use plastic alternatives to responsible farm AI, Ontario invests $ 7M in research
USDA awards $7.4M funding for innovation in regional school food systems
CAN: The Plant Center: A nexus for plant research at UGA
CAN (ON): Governments investing in horticultural research and innovation
NL: Plant researcher René Geurts elected EMBO member
Partial substitution of nitrate by chloride in fertigation recipes allows for lower nitrate input in hydroponic lettuce crops
Ireland: Two UL researchers awarded over €1 million in Department of Agriculture funding
CAN: New program offers fresh food sustainability in First Nations
Barbados and Canada to collaborate on agri-tech initiative
New food tech innovation center inaugurated in Singapore
Greenhouse production of baby leaf vegetables using rainbow trout wastewater in a high-tech vertical decoupled aquaponic system
CAN: OrganicLife piloting aeroponic gardens at London Middle School
President and CEO of Danforth Plant Science Center steps down
Aeres Group will help South Korea to make an international high-tech agricultural school
Ghana: STEM coach in Oti region appeals to government to include private schools
US (NY): Antonio DiTommaso named associate director of Cornell AES
soilless agriculture and aquaculture research
US: KSU announces 7 mln dollar federal grant award
South Africa: A six-month initiative to empower small-scale farmers
US (KY): Kentucky State University receives $7 million grant for agriculture research network
Optimizing nutrient utilization, hydraulic loading rate, and feed conversion ratios through freshwater IMTA-aquaponic and hydroponic systems
China-Romania joint lab for agriculture cooperation unveiled in Bucharest
CAN: How UGA plant geneticists are tackling the climate crisis
US (LA): Aquaponics lab start in five schools
How hydroponic gardens in schools bring fresh produce to students
CAN: UM Research to improve nutrition in Northern Manitoba receives new federal support
US (KY): University of Kentucky breaks ground on Agricultural Research Building
CAN (BC): Connaught Youth Center to build year-round garden with Co-op grant
US (NH): Hydroponics program to continue to grow at Merrimack Valley Middle School
Bridging the gaps in plant breeding training in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand
US: How hydroponic gardens in schools are bringing fresh produce to students
Are plants intelligent? It depends on the definition
US (PA): Students award $7,400 in grants to local nonprofits
US (VA): Teacher program makes horticulture ‘a lot more accessible’ in the classroom
Central China pushes ahead with agricultural innovation
St. Kitts & Nevis: Ag Department calls public to participate in hydroponics training
India: University to have a center of excellence on protected cropping
CAN: Grey River students adopt growing towers to STEM portfolio
6 and 7 June
Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge continues with Hackathon
US (WI): Waukesha North High School students make unique lunch with hydroponic garden
NZ: Te Puke mum and daughter share microgreen passion
Regenerative Ag and sustainable practices to build resilient food systems
US (FL): Commissioner Wilton Simpson announces applications open for aquaculture classroom systems for Florida educators
Virgin Islands: UVI officially opens aquaponics Facilities
Addressing the safety of new food sources and production systems
US (PA): Reading School District proposes aquaponics building
Far-red light in sole-source lighting can enhance growth and fruit production of indoor strawberries
New World Horti Center to be built in Shandong, China
Copper concentration thresholds for lettuce and tomato in hydroponics and peat-based media
Organic strawberry-growing cost study available
Integrating plant science research in other scientific fields
US (CA): Controlled environment agriculture courses offered online
Finnish grower and university launch strawberry R&D project
UK: Essex to sow the seeds of onion farming's future
Researchers breed tomato plants that contain the complete genetic material of both parent plants
Jamaica: Regional workshop helps communities attract sustainable development funding
Indonesia: UNNES hydroponic garden produces quality kale and spinach harvests
US (NY): LaGuardia Community College students begin cultivation of new urban farm on campus
US (TX): Students grow lettuce for entire school district at Hudson ISD
US (NB): Undergrad proves her worth in plant breeding lab
CAN (ON): Weston Family funded projects sees flourishing results from Innovation project
Equine students claim £5,000 prize pot
UK: A vertically farmed hydroponic fodder project and other bright ideas
US (MO): University Extension provides resources for specialty ag producers
Team develops technology for producing bioplastics from agricultural and food byproducts
US (NV): Student farmpreneurs kick off farmers market season
CAN (ON): Toronto university plant biologists use high-tech growth chambers to develop stronger crops
US: Collaboration expanded to bring indoor garden curricula to more communities
LED lights give strawberries special diet powers, reveal Scots researchers
Cotton sprouts as potential vegetable source:
Alterations in metabolomics and transcriptomics between light and dark growth conditions
US (NC): Local FFA chapter awarded $10,7k for on-site hydroponic program
Genetic gains underpinning a little-known strawberry
Purdue-USDA team develops fast-track process for genetic improvement of plant traits
US: $1M USDA training grant enables students to work in studies in aquaponics
CAN (QC): New ECP3 greenhouse unveiled at McGill university
Farming on Mars takes a ‘Giant Leap’: intercropping can be a game-changing method
Essex University adds on-site R&D facility worth £3m
“Investing in students and student-led initiatives drives innovation"
Hong Kong: New project launched at University to yield data
Seeds from China's space station tested
CAN (ON): Researchers take agri-food challenge to the next level
"'Innovation Brokers', mediators between research and businesses"
US (HI): Researcher recognized for work on improved crop growth, plant biology
US (NY): Library adds hydroponic garden to list of services
South Africa: Veggie garden at primary school flexes bright greens
Far-red and red:blue ratios independently affect yield, pigments, and carbohydrate production in lettuce
Zambian youth receive free training in smart, sustainable agriculture
Nitrogenous compounds:
Fish and plant growth impacted by hydraulic loading rates on aquaponic bed with açai seed
