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Video: Hydroponic Growing of Lettuce And Spinach On PVC pipes

Dec 6

Dec 6 Video: Hydroponic Growing of Lettuce And Spinach On PVC pipes

Hydroponic, Video

The hydroponic growing of fresh fruits and vegetables offers a great solution to have a constant supply of veggies for both family and commercial purposes.

Farms In The City: How A Chinese Firm Uses Tech To Boost Yield

Dec 2

Dec 2 Farms In The City: How A Chinese Firm Uses Tech To Boost Yield

Urban, Indoor Vertical Farming, Hydroponic, CEA

In the next 15 years, over 200 million Chinese are expected to move from rural areas into urban and suburban environments.

Prince Edward Officially Opens New Hydroponics Unit

Dec 1

Dec 1 Prince Edward Officially Opens New Hydroponics Unit

Hydroponic, Farming

First of its kind in Cheshire, the new hydroponics unit will grow plants without soil by using mineral nutrient solutions in water solvent.

New Hydroponics Project Lets Students Learn As Crops Grow

Nov 29

Nov 29 New Hydroponics Project Lets Students Learn As Crops Grow

Hydroponic, Farming, Education

The Adventurarium in Gillette is growing plants and feeding many of its animals through a new hydroponics room.

Technology Distilled To Grow The Hydroponics Industry

Nov 25

Nov 25 Technology Distilled To Grow The Hydroponics Industry

Hydroponic, Farming, Video

CEA harnesses technology to grow plants like vegetables and ornamentals in conditions maximizing the efficient use of water, light, labor and space.

Local Startup Making High-Tech Gardens Grow

Nov 21

Nov 21 Local Startup Making High-Tech Gardens Grow

Hydroponic, Systems, Restaurant

“We want to make advanced, controlled agriculture accessible to more people,” said Alexander Olesen, Babylon Micro-Farms co-founder.

Green Life Farms Announces Innovative Partnership with Hydronov for Sustainable Ag-Tech Greenhouse

Nov 20

Nov 20 Green Life Farms Announces Innovative Partnership with Hydronov for Sustainable Ag-Tech Greenhouse

Greenhouse, Hydroponic, Farming

Green Life Farms has selected Hydronov, a Pranger Company, to design, construct and provide technology for its state-of-the-art hydroponic farm in Boynton Beach, FL.

Tips On Designing The Best Hydroponics System

Nov 2

Nov 2 Tips On Designing The Best Hydroponics System

Hydroponic, Farming

To design the best hydroponics system, one must look at the host of factors contributing to plant growth, roughly these are the environment, temperature, nutrient delivery and protection from damaging agents.

Oct 29

Oct 29 North Carolina Indoor City Farm Nears Completion of Phase 1

Indoor Vertical Farming, Hydroponic

The motto for Your Local Greens is "Live Better Than Organic", which the company says goes beyond the grow-room to include the use of non-petroleum, plant-based packaging for all of its microgreens, and recycled packages for its lettuces

New Hydroponics Approach Draws £500k Seed Funding for Welsh Startup Phytoponics

Oct 28

Oct 28 New Hydroponics Approach Draws £500k Seed Funding for Welsh Startup Phytoponics

Hydroponic, Technology, Indoor Farming

The Aberystwyth-based company was co-founded by Adam Dixon and Luke Parkin in October 2016 with the aim of delivering hydroponic systems designed to produce better crop yields than are possible through conventional greenhouse-based methods.

iGrow News: Informing The World On Vertical And Urban Farming Ecosystem

Oct 22

Oct 22 iGrow News: Informing The World On Vertical And Urban Farming Ecosystem

Indoor Vertical Farming, Hydroponic, Urban

Herbert H. Kliegerman is the founder of iGrow.News and serves as its media curator, information editor and publisher. For more information, please write to Herb@iGrow.News. Follow on Twitter @iGrow.News.

Green Things Are Sprouting High In The Sky In The Joburg Inner City

Oct 20

Oct 20 Green Things Are Sprouting High In The Sky In The Joburg Inner City

Urban, Hydroponic, Rooftop Farm

The JICP has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the City’s Department of Social Development. They both have a common purpose, namely, creating jobs, developing youth, ensuring food security and resilience as well as providing access to entrepreneurial opportunities.

Self-Assembly Greenhouse To Be Launched In USA

Oct 19

Oct 19 Self-Assembly Greenhouse To Be Launched In USA

Hydroponic, Greenhouse

“North America is looking for better solutions for local produce, so-called farm to table produce”, says TAP’s CEO, Avner Shohet. “People are looking for fresh products that leave less of a carbon footprint.”

How Urban Farms In New York Schools Are Raising Food To Fight Inequality

Oct 16

Oct 16 How Urban Farms In New York Schools Are Raising Food To Fight Inequality

Indoor Vertical Farming, Hydroponic, Education

As part of a nonprofit program called Teens for Food Justice, a handful of schools in Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Manhattan have turned spare classrooms, unused science labs, and, in one case, an empty closet into urban hydroponic farms, an experiment in self-sufficiency, science education, and food equity.

Oct 11

Oct 11 Strange-Looking Hydroponic Farm In Forbes Is Fully Functioning Experiment

Indoor Vertical Farming, Hydroponic

The Forbes hydroponic farm may look like a portal to another universe, but its purpose is to show students that crops can grow anywhere by demonstrating hydroponics, or the cultivation of crops using nutrient solutions instead of soil.

Education Matters: Students Grow Food Hydroponically

Oct 10

Oct 10 Education Matters: Students Grow Food Hydroponically

Hydroponic, Farming, Education, Video

Oct 8

Oct 8 TotalGrow Turns Greenhouse Into Year-Round Operation

Hydroponic, Farming, LED, Lighting

During the cold, dark months of January and February, the greenhouses of Mud Lake Farm were formerly dormant. Most of the staff was on temporary layoff awaiting a return to work when the longer daylight of spring made the farm bounce back to life.

How Do You Grow Vegetables In The Desert?

Oct 6

Oct 6 How Do You Grow Vegetables In The Desert?

Hydroponic, Indoor Vertical Farming, Desalination, Video

Amjad Alkhal, who works as an agricultural engineer at Emirates Hydroponics Farms , uses a hydroponic farming system - an innovative method of growing plants without soil - but instead using a liquid nutrient solution.

A New Hotel Design Featuring Breeding Tanks Full of Fish And Vegetable-Filled Vertical Farms — Take A Look

Oct 4

Oct 4 A New Hotel Design Featuring Breeding Tanks Full of Fish And Vegetable-Filled Vertical Farms — Take A Look

Hydroponic, Aquaponics, Hotel, Indoor Vertical Farming

It is unclear if the Aquaponic Experience Hotel will ever be created, but the competition finalists will all meet with industry experts to discuss developing their ideas further.

Oct 1

Oct 1 UK: Start-Up Secures Funding To Launch Commercial Scale Trials For Hydroponic Growing System

Hydroponic, Farming, Growing System

Phytoponics, a multi-award winning start-up specialising in the development of hydroponic deep-water culture technology for sustainable agriculture has secured £300,000 in new funding following on from the £200,000 it raised earlier this year.