Pentair is Closing Urban Organics: A Pioneering Aquaponics Venture
Pentair is closing Urban Organics, a pioneering aquaponics venture that in six years had become a darling of Minnesota’s sustainable-food community.
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BCS Specialized Tractors & Attachments Now at Atlanta Community ToolBank
Through efforts made by a team of organizations who found each other via this year’s AgLanta Conference, the Atlanta Community ToolBank has acquired two BCS all-gear driven, walk-behind tractors and several attachments for the community’s gardening and landscaping needs.
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Automation: The Final Frontier of Vertical Farming
Vertical indoor farming is poised to become a transformational and indispensable part of our food system — and system-wide automation is the key to unlocking its full potential.
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This Robot Harvests Tomatoes Without Bruising
This robot can pick tomatoes without bruising them and detect ripeness better than humans.
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10 Reasons You Should Give Urban Gardening A Try
Everyone deserves healthy, nutritious food, and you do too.
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Growing More With Less: The Past, Present and Future of Greenhouses
Explore the evolution of greenhouses—from ancient tech to modern CEA—highlighting their role in sustainable food production and resource efficiency.
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11 Crops Across The US That Are Affected By Climate Change
From Apples to Popcorn, Climate Change Is Altering the Foods America Grows
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Is Robot Farming Just A Niche Market?
Robot farming startup Iron Ox has started selling its produce in California. Though only a trio of greens are being sold at a single store in San Carlos, California.
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Gotham Greens To Open New Greenhouse In Rhode Island
According to a press release, urban grower Gotham Greens is opening a new 110,000-square-foot facility in Providence, Rhode Island.
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Meet New York's Cutting Edge Mushroom Cultivators
With their world-first technology and democratic approach, New York mushroom cultivators, Smallhold, are putting farming in the hands of anyone, everywhere.
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Feeding Food Security: Why Smart Cities Invest in Urban Agriculture
3 cities that took the urban agriculture torch and ran with it.
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How To Stay Innovative In Vertical Farming: An Interview With CEO of Crop One
Agritecture’s Henry Gordon-Smith recently interviewed the CEO of Crop One Holdings , Sonia Lo. Crop One Holdings is an indoor vertical farm operation behind the FreshBox Farms product line.
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Philadelphia Names First Urban Ag Director To Implement The City's Urban Ag Plan
Philadelphia has named city planner Ashley Richards as its first-ever urban agriculture director. Richards will direct the creation and implementation of Philadelphia’s forthcoming urban agriculture plan.
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Spreading Hydroponic Farming Technologies Across India
Farms 2050 and AmHydro partnered to develop effective controlled environment agricultural (CEA) facility that provides local growers with the ability to produce large volumes of nutritious, high quality crops, all while using 95% less water than conventional farming techniques.
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New York City Passes Bill Requiring Green Roofs On New Buildings
Green roofs may soon be required on all new buildings in New York City.
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5 Things I Learned at Agritecture’s Commercial Urban Farming Class
I didn’t know what to expect when I walked into Agritecture’s renovated garage with hydroponic systems and plants sprouting up in every corner, but I knew that I was going to learn from some of THE best in the business.
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Canada's First Net-Zero Vertical Farm
U of T Scarborough is about to get a lot more cutting edge, and way, way more green. Toronto will soon be home to a net zero vertical farm and living lab.
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Can Epigenetics Help Grow Food More Efficiently And Combat Global Hunger?
A group of scientists have discovered a new way to regenerate flowering plant tissues, opening possibilities of mitigating global food shortage problem.
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How To Grow Happy Snails In A Greenhouse
Taylor Knapp is one of just a few snail farmers certified by the United States Department of Agriculture. He is the owner of Peconic Escargot, located in Cutchogue on Long Island’s North Fork, and home to about 70,000 petit gris snails.
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Middle School Students In NYC Grow Produce For Their School's Cafeteria
A garden without dirt? With the help of Teens for Food Justice, middle school students help harvest produce for their school’s cafeteria.
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Building A Local Food Movement: Key Lessons from AgLanta Conference 2019
Cocktails and Broken Bread: Key Lessons from AgLanta Conference 2019!
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The Advantages Of Blockchain And Applications For Hi-Tech Farming
Within the agriculture industry, blockchain has the power to build trust for consumers and farmers alike.
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EXCLUSIVE: 'JUNGLE GREENS' Brings Vertical Farming To Portugal
Living greens, microgreens and aromatic herbs farmed inside a store, for the first time in Portugal!
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The Healing Powers Of Plants
There is no magic pill that will make us healthier, improve our happiness, reduce our stress, and enhance our lives… but what about a plant?
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How to Promote Sustainability in Rural America
What can lessons from the urban agriculture movement teach us about promoting sustainability in rural areas?
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Advice to AgTech Startups From A Ventures Analyst
Agritecture interviewed Elaine Qiu, the Ventures Analyst at Plug and Play (PnP) Ventures, before the AgLanta Conference 2019.
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From Beef to Basil: How Kayla Waldorff of Autogrow became a family unicorn
Agritecture interviewed Kayla Waldorff of Autogrow, sponsor of AgLanta 2019!
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Here's Why the CEO of Brooklyn-Based Smallhold Keeps Coming Back to Atlanta
Agritecture interviews Andrew Carter, CEO of Smallhold, before the AgLanta Conference 2019!
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