Update on lawsuit to revoke certification for organic producers

PRESS RELEASE – A friend of the court brief filed jointly by the Coalition for Sustainable Organics, the Western Growers Association, the Aquaponics Association and the Scotts Company was formally accepted this past week by the judge in the case seeking to compel the U.S. Department of Agriculture to initiate the formal rule making process to revoke certification of […]

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FFAR’s Precision Indoor Plants Consortium Launches Initial Lettuce Project

Lettuce is the third most consumed vegetable in the US. However, as a perishable product, much of the produce is not marketable because lettuce leaves discolor after harvest. In fact, 46 percent of head lettuce and 55 percent of fresh romaine and leaf lettuce is wasted. The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) is providing a […]

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Spread food against hate

Spreading Food Against Hate

He uses the power of art to erase every taste of hate from his city walls, in the hope of educating cities and citizens to respect. Why food? In Italy food is tradition, culture and pride. Most of all, food is spending time together: food is who they are, sharing and happiness. Cibo is spreading […]

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Make Hump-Day, HEMP-DAY

Hemplet Farms will host a Webinar on December 2nd: 12:00pm–1:00pm CST. Registration is FREE. Space is limited, sign up today! Visit Eventbrite to register for this content rich event. For more information contact Christian Lee via email at Christianl@hempletfarms.com Our webinar series is a great way to keep up to date on the latest regulations, […]

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Vinnova grants Swegreen and research partners 9,1 MSEK funding for an AI-driven vertical farming project

Swedish AgTech rising star Swegreen, together with research partners RISE and Mälardales University, secures funding from Vinnova, for a 9,1 MSEK project aiming to develop further Swegreens’ platform for AI-driven vertical farming, and to evolve a digitalized supply chain from farm to fork. The research partners Swegreen, Mälardalen University and RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, […]

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New Modular Scalable Indoor Vertical Farm Design

Green Sense Farms has been an early adopter and pioneer when it comes to indoor vertical farming. We built our first 20,000 sq. ft. indoor vertical farm in 2012 in Portage, IN. Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) has changed greatly since that first farm and so has our company. We started our journey focused on operating […]

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AppHarvest and Save the Children team up to provide East Kentucky Kids hands-on education in growing food, eating healthy

1,600 Children Receive Hydroponic Grow Kits as Part of Grow Green Eat Green Project BEREA, Ky. — Save the Children today announced a new partnership with AgTech leader AppHarvest to help educate children across Eastern Kentucky on how to grow their own nutritious food and the importance of healthy eating. Through the Grow Green Eat […]

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Hemp Propagation with Allison Justice – Podcast Episode #5

GroAdvisor today announced the release of their fifth episode of The Greenhouse and Indoor Cultivation Podcast.  In this episode, Dr. Allison Justice, hemp and cannabis consultant, and owner of The Hemp Mine, a 40-acre hemp farm, discusses best-practices for greenhouse hemp propagation and more. Through research and education, Dr. Justice is elevating the standards of cannabis […]

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University of Florida releases new video: Five Tips on Pesticides, Water Quality, and $$$

Water quality expert Dr. Sarah White, Professor and Nursery ExtensionSpecialist from Clemson University, describes how water quality affects pesticide efficacy and the bottom line in this new YouTube video (https://youtu.be/HH7Fo5rLSZM). Do you know how the pH of water in your spray tank affects the effectiveness of pesticides? How can you modify water quality for better […]

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AppHarvest Plants First Tomato Crop with Harvest Expected in Grocery Stores Early Next Year

AppHarvest today announced it has planted its first tomato crop at the company’s high-tech controlled environment agriculture facility in Morehead, Ky. The crop is scheduled to be harvested and available at leading U.S. grocery stores in early 2021.  The Morehead facility spans 2.76 million square feet, the equivalent of 45 football fields. It’s the first […]

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Don’t miss the Agritecture Xchange virtual conference

Agritecture Xchange is a virtual conference connecting key innovations in the field ofAgTech to the future health of our cities. In the faceof climate change, rising populations, rapid urbanization – and a global pandemic – cities face increasing pressure to forge new partnerships and attract innovative solutions to guarantee thefood security of their residents. Unique […]

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Greenhouse & Indoor Cultivation Podcast

GroAdvisor today announced the launch of their “Greenhouse & Indoor Cultivation Podcast”. Commercial growers and cultivation business owners of all crop types are tuning in to learn strategies to grow their business, get the most out of their cultivation systems, and advance their horticulture career. In the first four episodes, already released on Apple Podcasts, […]

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Village Farms’ Clean Energy Subsidiary Renews and Extends Vancouver Landfill Gas Contract to Transition to Renewable Natural Gas Model

Press Release – Village Farms International, Inc. (“Village Farms” or the “Company”) (TSX: VFF) (NASDAQ: VFF) today announced Village Farms’ wholly owned subsidiary, Village Farms Clean Energy, Inc. (“VFCE”), has renewed and extended its existing contract with the City of Vancouver under which VFCE receives landfill gas captured by the City of Vancouver at the City’s landfill site in Delta, BC (the “COV LFG […]

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The NGA Show and Indoor Ag-Con to Co-locate events in May 2021

Las Vegas events will provide retailers with access to indoor farming resources The NGA Show, the leading trade show and conference for independent grocers, and Indoor Ag-Con, the premier agriculture conference and trade show for the indoor and vertical farming industry, announced today that they will co-locate in 2021 for the first time. The combined event will be held […]

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