Announcements
"Tweeting Growers"
Top 5 - yesterday
- US (PA): Marketing campaign started to fill vacant Fifth Season facility
- US (FL): Researcher awarded $50,000 grant to study food production in space
- CAN (ON): Partnership to teach neurodivergent adults how to grow microgreens
- US (MO): Hannibal Career and Technical Center to expand agriculture program with new building
- Vertical farm in Poland - what can be grown there?
Top 5 - last week
- Bioponics: An organic closed-loop soilless cultivation system
- US: Cutting utility costs by 50% while co-generating electricity and hot water
- The key to optimum management in hydroponic systems
- UK: 'Using 50% less lighting and 50-75% fewer space requirements'
- Developer tries to cultivate new life for Braddock vertical farm after its sudden closing
Top 5 - last month
- Singapore: Man charged for running investment scam on hydroponics, aquaponics farming
- “Our vertical farm ensures a regular income for producers while saving natural resources”
- NZ: Man 3D prints hydroponic setup to counter expensive systems
- UK: Aeroponic rolling benches result in uplift of 22% compared to hydroponics
- Bioponics: An organic closed-loop soilless cultivation system
Greenhouse Manager
The New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station at the University of New Hampshire is searching for the next manager of the Macfarlane research greenhouse facility. The manager will be responsible for facilitating the set up and managing the daily care of research in the greenhouses, oversee research plant management, ensure and maintain the greenhouse facility’s physical infrastructure, train and supervise staff and ensure safety for all users of the greenhouses, and manage finances and responsibly steward operations. This position is critical to ensuring high quality of agricultural research, teaching, and outreach at the state’s flagship university.
The NH Agricultural Experiment Station is the state’s leading public research and innovation unit for supporting the Granite State’s agricultural, food, and natural resources industry and communities. The University of New Hampshire actively promotes a dynamic working environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds support the University’s goals of developing the workforce of tomorrow and ensuring the success of all of New Hampshire’s communities through research and outreach.
