Jun 22

Jun 22 Can Vertical Farming Feed The World And Change The Agriculture Industry?

Indoor Vertical Farming, Sustainability, Urban, Technology, Video

While vertical farms can help with local hunger issues and sustainability, there are some barriers that may keep them from gaining worldwide traction. The cost of setting up a vertical farm can be prohibitive. Conservative estimates put the initial start-up cost at around $110,000, but there are estimates upward of millions of dollars.

May 9

May 9 Food Security In The UAE

iGrow News

Food Security, Sustainability

With increasing concerns over climate change, urbanization and overpopulation in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), there is a major issue that is on the table of all Gulf countries — food security

Apr 29

Apr 29 Japan Plant Factory Association Announces Innovative Approach To Sustainability With Plant Factories With Artificial Lighting (PFAL)

iGrow News

Sustainability, Artificial Intelligence, Agriculture

A New approach to sustainability with plant factories was announced this month by Toyoki Kozai, Japan Plant Factory Association (NPO)

Apr 8

Apr 8 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Sustainable Agricultural Systems

iGrow News

USDA, Food, Research, Sustainability

Applications to the FY 2019 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative - Sustainable Agricultural Systems (SAS) Request for Applications (RFA) must focus on approaches that promote transformational changes in the U.S. food and agriculture system within the next 25 years

Mar 31

Mar 31 Watch: This Futuristic Vertical Farm Would Farm Fish, Bugs And Plants in The Middle of The City

iGrow News

Superfarm, Sustainability, Video

French design company Studio NAB has come up with the idea of creating a large vertical farm called the Superfarm to promote sustainable living.

Mar 30

Mar 30 NatureFresh™ Introduces New Sustainability Initiatives and Team Member

iGrow News

Greenhouse, Sustainability

On April 3rd to 4th, NatureFresh™ Farms will be sharing their achievements in sustainable development by featuring their new eco-friendly compostable tray at this year’s Canadian Produce Marketing Association convention & tradeshow

Jan 29

Jan 29 Bristol Startup LettUs Grow Attracts £1M Funding To Develop Sustainable Farms For Future

iGrow News

Indoor Farming, Sustainability

Innovate UK has endowed LettUs Grow with £399,650 to manoeuvre a £700,000 project enabling food security in the emergent challenge of climate change

Jan 5

Jan 5 One of The Largest Living Things Even Bigger Than Previously Thought

iGrow News

Sustainability

This makes the enormous honey mushroom, which mostly consists of an underground network of tendrils wrapped around tree roots, heavier than three blue whales.

Nov 12

Nov 12 Seeds&Chips

iGrow News

Environment, Food, Food Security, Global Food Innovation, Sustainability

“We believe that technological innovation can create a better, safer, and more resilient food system to fight hunger for everyone”

Nov 10

Nov 10 VIA 57 West

iGrow News

Architecture, Green Roofs, Sustainability

VIA 57 West, a decidedly fantastic architectural mash-up with resident connection to views and nature

Oct 30

Oct 30 A Year After Passing “Green Roof” Law, Denver Suddenly the Focus of 20-Year “Cool Roof” Debate

iGrow News

Policy, Green Roofs, Sustainability

New law would force affected property owners to choose between creating green space, installing solar panels and saving energy.

Oct 28

Oct 28 Can Cities Produce Enough Food To Feed Their Citizens?

iGrow News

Urban, Rooftop Farm, Vertical Farming, Sustainability

As cries for local food ring louder and louder, many have begun looking to flashy new urban farming missions: rooftop gardens, vertical farms inside abandoned factories or warehouses, that kind of thing.

Oct 28

Oct 28 'The Next Evolution of Farming Has Already Begun'

iGrow News

Urban, Sustainability, Indoor Farming, LED, Hydroponics

The world population continues to grow with ever-increasing urbanization predicted to reach 80 percent by 2050. The U.N. predicts that human population will reach nearly 10 billion by 2050. This increasing population is also growing richer — and hungrier.

Oct 25

Oct 25 Metropolitan Areas Are Becoming Significant Sources of Sustainable Produce

iGrow News

Urban, Farming, Sustainability

One-in-five cities in the United States produce enough eggs and milk to feed their residents; another one-in-ten could completely satisfy local demand for fruit and vegetables using what they grow within their metropolitan boundaries.