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Pilot Farms: An Innovative Approach for Sustainable Agriculture and Community Engagement
Pilot farms is an innovative approach that involves setting up model farms to test and demonstrate new techniques farming, technologies, and practices.
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Exploring the Future of Agriculture: A Deep Dive into Robots
From automation, seeding, transplanting, harvesting, weeding, and pest controlling, robots in agriculture can make a significant impact.
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A Vision for Technology in Regenerative Agriculture
This article takes a closer look at regenerative agriculture's impact on farmers, it's expected growth and perception within the investment community.
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The Best of Both Worlds: Hybrid Farms are Bridging Agriculture Systems
Hybrid farms offer a sustainable and innovative approach to agriculture that can help meet the growing demand for food while reducing the environmental impact of farming. By combining multiple growing techniques, farmers can reap greater environmental, economic, and social benefits than through any
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Hurricane-Proofing Farming In Puerto Rico
Natural disasters are worsening. Here’s a company building more resilient cities with urban agriculture.
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One Of India's Biggest Aquaponics Farms Employs 80% Women
Indian aquaponic growers have big plans for organic produce.
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Aquaponics Presents A New Way To Grow Sustainable Fish And Veggies
The world’s wild fish stocks are decreasing, and the production of farmed fish has doubled in the last 15 years. By moving these farms onto land, commercial-scale aquaponics operations could revolutionize food production, using less space, water, and energy than ever before.
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Swansea City To Transform City Block Into An Urban Farm
A futuristic "living" building that will be home to plants, vegetables, fish and people has been given the go-ahead by Swansea councilors.
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Why Vertical Farming Is A Fast-Growing Sector In The UK
Being able to produce crops 365 days a year, without the need for pesticides or much human intervention, while being unaffected by the weather appeals to the UK population.
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Farm Facility in Calgary Combines Hydroponics and Aquaculture to Raise Leafy Greens and Fish
The new Deepwater Farms facility in southeast Calgary produces fresh, local food daily using technology that some believe could be the future of agriculture.
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Designs for the World's First Aquaponic Hotel
Varinot & Varinot Architectes, a firm based in France, wants to apply this closed loop model to hotels by recycling rainwater throughout the building.
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Ripple Farms Wins Ontario’s Social Enterprise of the Year Award
Ripple Farms Inc. , an aquaponic urban farm in Toronto, has just received the Startup Canada Social Enterprise of the Year Award for their innovative approach to spreading food access and education.
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Danny Kovach: Greenhouse Builder at Day, Food Systems Visionary at Night
In Vancouver, Canada, Danny Kovach is a visionary working to make his city a better place to live. At his job with BC Greenhouse Builders , Danny designs and sells custom greenhouses for a variety of customers. And outside his job, Danny is an avid member of coFood Vancouver , a neighborhood c
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6 PLACES WHERE SOIL-LESS FARMING IS REVOLUTIONIZING HOW WE GROW FOOD
Hydroponic systems are becoming ever more prevalent to grow food. But where, and how they are being used varies widely across the planet. From desserts right into your home, hydroponic farms are revolutionizing the way that we think about and grow food. These are the 6 key areas where this change is
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Survey Says That Shipping Container Farms are Most 'Overhyped' Technology
The data mavens at Agrilyst have done it again! The 2017 State of Indoor Farming Report provides insight from 150 indoor farmers about their operations, priorities, and even their perspectives on various technologies. Be sure to read the whole report to gain insight on what's working and what's not
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NEW AFFORDABLE BRONX DEVELOPMENT WILL FEATURE A ROOFTOP AQUAPONICS GREENHOUSE
The new Bedford Green House development will feature a number of unique and innovative elements including a rooftop aquaponics greenhouse, a living green façade, a community playground, and custom artwork from the Bronx community.
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LOOKING FOR A SERIOUS CRASH COURSE IN HYDROPONIC GROWING?
“ Growing Without Dayli ght ”, a 10-module E-learning course led by instructors at Has University in the Netherlands, is for people currently involved or looking to get into plant production all over the world and who wish to learn more about growing in a controlled environment. The course is fle
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BROOKLYN IS INVESTING MILLIONS INTO STATE-OF-THE-ART URBAN AGRICULTURE EDUCATION
Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams provided his plan for over $7 million in his capital budget investment for Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) to add seven new schools to his “ Growing Brooklyn’s Future ” initiative, which has brought cutting-edge technology to cultivate urban farming education in cl
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Why we need to fix our homes to fix agriculture.
I founded Just Grow to start somewhere; to raise awareness about the global threat that is conventional agriculture. Our first product is part form, part function, and is powered by aquaponics. It is named Malawi, to pay homage to one of the oldest and largest freshwater lakes in the Great Rift
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CONGRESSIONAL URBAN AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION ACT COULD HELP ELIMINATE URBAN FOOD DESERTS AND STRENGTHEN URBAN AG
To date, little has been done at the federal level to help bolster urban agriculture in cities across the US. But with agriculture currently on the agenda as the next Farm Bill reauthorization quickly approaches, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) introduced the Urban Agriculture Production Act &
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How to feed a hungry city
How does Toronto's garden grow? With fish farms, rooftop planters and vegetable patches all in a row. The city has become a leader in urban agriculture, but there's worry public awareness is lagging as new projects struggle to take root.
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Finland: School uses LED grow lights to teach biology
The latest novelty from this Northern European country is the introduction of the phenomenon based approach to primary education in place of the traditional, subject based approach. A school in the municipality of Espoo is leading the way in this kind of progressive education and re-inventing the wa
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