Irvine, CA, September 2016 – Urban Produce, Orange County’s CEA indoor organic vertical farm has entered into phase two of its expansion program and is now looking to hire experienced CEA vertical growers to support its licensees worldwide. Prospective growers will attend Urban Produce University in Irvine, CA in preparation to deploy and work for one of our prospective licensees in China, Canada, Mexico and Japan in 2017. Since Urban Produce launched in January 2015, the company has seen significant growth and now looks to move into phase two of expansion based on the continued interest internationally. Urban Produce currently…
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Container Farms Sept. 4, 2016 Chris Higgins of Urban Ag News gives us an update on container farms around the world. About Green Sense Radio: Founding Farmer Robert Colangelo is also founder and host of the nationally syndicated Green Sense Radio show. Recorded live on the Farm, Green Sense Radio features entrepreneurs, innovators, academics, and policy makers who are making the world a better place. The program is heard coast to coast every week. Send us an email if you’re interested in sponsorship opportunities so your sustainable message can reach our millions of listeners! Click here to listen to the latest Green…
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SAN DIEGO, Calif. – More than 91 percent of consumers that purchase organic produce favor the current U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) policy that allows organic farmers to grow organic produce in containers, according to a survey conducted on behalf of The Coalition for Sustainable Organics. This November, the National Organic Standards Board, the body that recommends changes to the USDA National Organic Program, is scheduled to consider proposals that will restrict or prohibit container-production methods from organic certification. These survey results demonstrate the negative impact that a program ban on organic container-grown food could have on consumer perceptions of…
INUAg Awards Fundraiser by International Network for Urban Agriculture The International Network for Urban Agriculture advocates for urban farmers world wide. Join us as we announce the winners for the Leaders in Urban Agriculture Awards! Celebrate the farmers, activists, and community educators building better food systems. Tue, September 27, 2016 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM Revolution Brewing 2323 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL Each ticket includes unlimited beer and pub snacks from Revolution Brewery (Featuring vegetarian and vegan options from local farms). With live music from The O’My’s! Celebrating the 2016 Award Winners! Each year, INUAg provides funding to…
Hort Americas, a horticultural distributor in Bedford, Texas, offers a variety of LED and high pressure sodium light fixtures for both propagation and production applications. Hort Americas can provide its customers with a custom plan to meet their lighting needs. Lighting for vertical farms, multilayer production systems, propagation and tissue culture laboratories GE Arize Lynk produces the light intensity needed for typical indoor growing applications, including growth chambers and rooms, greenhouses, hydroponic, aquaponic and aeroponic facilities and vertical farms. These easy-to-install fixtures are available in 4- and 8-foot LED light bars. The fixtures can be daisy-chained from end to end…
Village Farms is pleased to announce the company will be participating in the 2016 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival at Walt Disney World Resort. Village Farms will be one of 30 global marketplaces at the popular festival that draws guests from around the world. The new Greenhouse Guru marketplace will feature a food and beverage kiosk serving up a number of tasty dish offerings made with Village Farms exclusive tomato varieties. Greenhouse Guru will also feature an exhibit on greenhouse growing to showcase the many environmental benefits of this method of farming. The 62-day event takes placeSeptember 14 through…
Consumers are increasingly looking for quality food which is healthy, safe and at the same time cultivated sustainably. Greenhouse hydroponic cultivation already uses water more efficiently than field based production systems. However large amounts of water are still lost in so called ‘open’ systems. Water use efficiency can be significantly improved by collecting drain water and reapplying it to the crop. GRODAN, Priva and Groen Agro Control have collaborated to produce The Best Practice Guidelines for Greenhouse Water Management. The guide has been written to provide greenhouse owners and managers with an overview of current best practice. It…
MANSFIELD,OH- NatureFresh Farms Mobile Greenhouse Education Center appeared outside Krogers at 1500 Lexington Avenue on Friday. The organization answered questions on how greenhouse vegetables are grown, fresh produce, and more. The Greenhouse Educational Center travels to retail stores, summer camps, and schools throughout eastern North America informing consumers about how greenhouse vegetables are grown. NatureFresh Farms is a vertically integrated greenhouse grower. To learn more about NatureFresh Farms, visit www.naturefresh.ca/GEC.
PROFIT and Canadian Business unveils the 28th annual list of Canada’s Fastest-Growing Companies – Kingsville ON (September 15, 2016) Canadian Business and PROFIT today ranked Red Sun Farms as one of Canada’s fastest-growing companies in the 28th annual PROFIT 500 List. Published in the October issue of Canadian Business and at PROFITguide.com, the PROFIT 500 ranks Canadian businesses by their five-year revenue growth. “Companies become a part of the PROFIT 500 through innovative thinking, smart strategy and sheer grit,” says James Cowan, Editor-in-chief of PROFIT and Canadian Business. “These firms demonstrate what Canadian entrepreneurs can achieve, both at home and…
By Dr. Jaimin S. Patel, Research Scientist at the Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Controlled environments, including greenhouses and indoor vertical farms, have become the next-generation agricultural systems for increasing crop production capacity year-round. However, plant pathogens invariably invade these controlled environments, causing severe losses. Every year several new diseases are reported on different crops and disease-causing organisms are responsible for significantly decreased crop production. Moreover, farmers who want to grow organic crops often find that it is especially difficult to manage plant diseases in controlled environments using organic practices. This year, I joined the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic…
After installing the first international Growtainer in the UK last year, GreenTech Agro is expanding its presence in Europe with the recent installation of another Growtainer at Spanish biotechnological giant Bioibérica. The Growtainer is the brainchild of Glenn Behrman, founder of GreenTech Agro and CEA Advisors. Two years after introducing his first Growtainers for sale in 2014, Behrman has now installed another EU Growtainer at the factory of leading Spanish pharmaceutical company Bioibérica in Pallafols, outside of Barcelona. Their enthusiasm for the Growtainer and vertical production has been driven by their interest in new, modern and sustainable indoor farming practices.…
A group of U.S. academics (Purdue University, Michigan State University, University of Florida, and University of Arizona) with expertise in growing and marketing crops in controlled environments is conducting a confidential industry survey on the production of leafy greens (lettuces, baby greens, herbs, microgreens, etc.) to guide them in the submission of a grant proposal to the USDA Specialty Crops Research Initiative (SCRI). Your input will help ensure our efforts are appropriately focused on research and outreach topics that can assist producers and suppliers in greenhouse and indoor production of leafy greens and potentially, related industries. At the end of…
Salad Bars in Public Schools Sept. 4, 2016 Chris Higgins of Urban Ag News gives us an update on putting salad bars in schools through Tour de Fresh. About Green Sense Radio: Founding Farmer Robert Colangelo is also founder and host of the nationally syndicated Green Sense Radio show. Recorded live on the Farm, Green Sense Radio features entrepreneurs, innovators, academics, and policy makers who are making the world a better place. The program is heard coast to coast every week. Send us an email if you’re interested in sponsorship opportunities so your sustainable message can reach our millions of listeners! Click…