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Appleton native helps change Fox Valley’s food culture
Appleton Post Crescent On the heels of that experience, Tyink began working for urban agriculture companies developing urban gardens, including indoor hydroponic systems for food pantries and schools to use year-round. He says he was always working to make the systems … |
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How to become an urban farmer – Mountain Xpress
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How to become an urban farmer
Mountain Xpress Fifth Season Organic Gardening offers urban farming supplies and tools for indoor growing. Fifth Season also offers the ability to purchase supplies in larger quantities through its wholesale operation. More information is at fifthseasongardening.com. |
Newark steel factory to be reborn as world’s largest indoor vertical farm – Mother Nature Network (blog)
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Newark steel factory to be reborn as world’s largest indoor vertical farm
Mother Nature Network (blog) Although the origins of the mostly-accurate nickname are a bit hazy (its mostly credited to a prideful 19th century farm-owning politician from what’s now Cherry Hill), New Jersey is an agricultural powerhouse that, much to the surprise of those … |
Article Highlights Philips’ Work on LEDs for Indoor Agriculture – Electrical Marketing’s LiveWire (blog)
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Article Highlights Philips’ Work on LEDs for Indoor Agriculture
Electrical Marketing’s LiveWire (blog) Treacy highlights a prototype warehouse farm outside Chicago where Philips has been working with an indoor farming company Green Sense Farms to test and refine techniques for growing food in urban centers. The 30,000 sq ft facility has 14 25-ft racks … LED bulbs could foster an urban farming revolutionTreehugger all 2 news articles » |
LED bulbs could foster an urban farming revolution – Treehugger
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LED bulbs could foster an urban farming revolution
Treehugger Philips, the large electronics company that has been at the forefront of LED technology over the past few years, has been partnering with indoor farming company Green Sense Farms on a city farming project that has demonstrated the ability for LED bulbs … Article Highlights Philips’ Work on LEDs for Indoor AgricultureElectrical Marketing’s LiveWire (blog) all 2 news articles » |
World’s largest indoor farm putting down roots in New Jersey – People’s World
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World’s largest indoor farm putting down roots in New Jersey
People’s World With a long history of pollution, as well as corruption within the state environmental department, the Garden State’s nickname hasn’t been particularly well-earned. However, New Jersey’s city of Newark will soon be home to the largest indoor farm in … Say Hello To The (Soon To Be) World’s Largest Indoor Vertical FarmModern Farmer all 2 news articles » |
Govt-grown ‘strong’ Merino wool deal for Danish indoor shoes – Stuff.co.nz
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Govt-grown ‘strong’ Merino wool deal for Danish indoor shoes
Stuff.co.nz The New Zealand Merino Company (NZM) has inked a deal to provide strong wool from the Government’s farmer to a Danish company making indoor shoes. State-owned Landcorp will supply more than 90 tonnes of strong wool in a two-year deal to be … and more » |
Govt-grown ‘strong’ Merino wool deal for Danish indoor shoes – Stuff.co.nz
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Govt-grown ‘strong’ Merino wool deal for Danish indoor shoes
Stuff.co.nz The New Zealand Merino Company (NZM) has inked a deal to provide strong wool from the Government’s farmer to a Danish company making indoor shoes. State-owned Landcorp will supply more than 90 tonnes of strong wool in a two-year deal to be … and more » |
Say Hello To The (Soon To Be) World’s Largest Indoor Vertical Farm – Modern Farmer
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Say Hello To The (Soon To Be) World’s Largest Indoor Vertical Farm
Modern Farmer Some 15 miles from Manhattan, monster investors are setting up what will be one of the most impressive indoor urban farming units in history. It’s called AeroFarms. Vertical farming is typically done in tall buildings with lots of sunlight; abandoned … World’s largest indoor farm putting down roots in New JerseyPeople’s World all 2 news articles » |
LED Lights Are The Future Of Urban Farming&At Least If Philips Has Anything … – Co.Exist
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LED Lights Are The Future Of Urban Farming&At Least If Philips Has Anything …
Co.Exist Philips isn’t the only major lighting player in the field—GE Japan partnered with a Japanese indoor farming group to open a huge farm last March but is working aggressively to become the market leader. The company’s city farming group aims to create … |
The Future – Indoor LED Grow Lights Will Help Mitigate Marijuana Industry … – The Weed Blog (blog)
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The Future – Indoor LED Grow Lights Will Help Mitigate Marijuana Industry …
The Weed Blog (blog) In Washington state, where legal pot farming is being rolled out more slowly, utilities don’t yet have estimates. But unofficial projections are still substantial. Gabriel Romero, spokesman for Xcel Energy Inc., the major electricity provider in … |
New revenue streams flow from aquaponics – Ag Journal
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New revenue streams flow from aquaponics
Ag Journal Indoor farming that combines aquaculture with hydroponics, the systems allow growers like Gavin and Marshea Vitt of Colorado Springs to create a fully recycling production system within a space the size of a large warehouse. Water from a half-dozen … and more » |
Farming’s old becoming new – Port Huron Times Herald
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Farming’s old becoming new
Port Huron Times Herald There were no nearby grocery stores to buy a gallon of milk, meat, medicine, or other everyday items. The farm did not have an indoor toilet, shower or gas heat. Busha loved the farm and farming because everyone was together. I never heard her complain. |
This Old New Jersey Steel Mill Will Become the World’s Largest Indoor Farm – Popular Mechanics
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This Old New Jersey Steel Mill Will Become the World’s Largest Indoor Farm
Popular Mechanics New-school urban farming is coming to an old steel mill in Newark, NJ, where a group of investors are putting together the largest vertical farm in the world. The plants are lit by LED and stacked not unlike servers in a server farm. The one-time … US: Newark vertical farm to take ‘precision and performance to another level’Fresh Fruit Portal all 3 news articles » |
Why Vertical Farming Could Be On The Verge Of A Revolution — And What’s … – Huffington Post
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Why Vertical Farming Could Be On The Verge Of A Revolution — And What’s …
Huffington Post On any given day on the fifth floor of the glass-walled Media Lab building, a team of 15 researchers led by Harper can be found operating the project’s small indoor vertical farm. The CityFARM team includes mechanical engineers, biologists, architects … |
‘Father of Vertical Farming’ shares views at Green Spirit Harvest Fest – Harborcountry News
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‘Father of Vertical Farming‘ shares views at Green Spirit Harvest Fest
Harborcountry News Despommier had earlier talked about a breakthrough in the pharmaceutical world involving indoor growing of a variety of tobacco that can be used to produce many vaccine doses for various illnesses such as influenza in a manner much more efficiently … |
‘Father of Vertical Farming’ shares views at Green Spirit Harvest Fest – Harborcountry News
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‘Father of Vertical Farming‘ shares views at Green Spirit Harvest Fest
Harborcountry News Despommier had earlier talked about a breakthrough in the pharmaceutical world involving indoor growing of a variety of tobacco that can be used to produce many vaccine doses for various illnesses such as influenza in a manner much more efficiently … |
‘Father of Vertical Farming’ shares views at Green Spirit Harvest Fest – Harborcountry News
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‘Father of Vertical Farming‘ shares views at Green Spirit Harvest Fest
Harborcountry News Despommier had earlier talked about a breakthrough in the pharmaceutical world involving indoor growing of a variety of tobacco that can be used to produce many vaccine doses for various illnesses such as influenza in a manner much more efficiently … |
Urban agriculture a possible solution to UAE food needs – The National
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Urban agriculture a possible solution to UAE food needs
The National Having the garden also helps to reduce the building’s cooling expenses and lowers the indoor temperature by as much as 10°C. At this week’s Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture conference, which concluded yesterday in the capital, urban … |
PZC OKs indoor agriculture – Journal Inquirer
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PZC OKs indoor agriculture
Journal Inquirer “But this does set the table for people who might want to do indoor gardening in any of the large, vacant buildings in that area,” he added, noting that indoor farming allows growers to control the environment, year-round, without being at the mercy of … |