What are the production and training issues facing controlled environment agriculture growers?
Ohio State University professor Chieri Kubota is focused on helping to resolve the production and training challenges facing controlled environment growers.
Trying to produce vegetables...
What does the future of conventional agriculture look like? Does it include vertical...
Leading Japanese indoor ag tech companies to visit the heart of U.S. agricultural research and biotechnology community to attend controlled environment networking event.
If you...
Japanese Ag Tech Visits Heart of U.S. Agribusiness
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
JC Raulston Arboretum in the York Auditorium
North Carolina State University
4415 Beryl Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27606
Urban Ag News and the Japan Plant Factory...
The benefits of supplemental CO2 are worth the cost
Originally published in Issue 8
The benefits of supplemental carbon dioxide (CO2) on greenhouse crops are easy to quantify. Faster production times, higher yields and...
How do you create a sustainable, economical vertical farm?
Princeton University’s Vertical Farming Project aims to improve the sustainability of vertical farm production systems for commercial growers.
The lack of accurate information related to...
Is the future of farming in public schools?
Originally published in Issue 13
By Jennifer Prescott
On a chilly February 26, excited student greenhouse ambassadors of PS84 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn greeted a host of...
Growing in the Bahamas isn’t always paradise
Originally published in Issue 16
Lucayan Tropical Produce has been growing greenhouse vegetables in The Bahamas for 12 years, but it has taken some adjustments...
Market diversification enables MightyVine to supply multiple clients
Originally published in Issue 16
Although MightyVine has only been growing greenhouse tomatoes for a year, its sister companies have enabled its product to be...
Helping school children eat healthy
Originally published in Issue 15, October 2016
Chris Higgins, general manager at Hort Americas, talks about why he and his company are involved with Tour...
Growing in a “perfect” greenhouse climate
Originally published in Issue 16
Although it may be difficult to create the perfect greenhouse climate for growing plants, there are variables growers can control...
Urban Agriculture Production Act could help eliminate urban food deserts
Urban Agriculture Production Act offers growers, retailers and consumers opportunity to produce, market and purchase locally-grown food.
Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) introduced the Urban Agriculture...
Developing the right light recipes for greenhouse vegetable crops
Originally published in Issue 15
Canadian researchers at the Harrow Research and Development Centre are working with growers to determine which horticultural lights are the...
For hydroponic educator, innovation is a way of life
Originally published in Issue 15
By Sidsel Robards
Not many teachers can come back to school telling students that their summer vacation included a visit to...
Determining the potential benefits of LEDs on plants
Originally published in Issue 15, October 2016
Researchers at Wageningen University in the Netherlands are studying the effects of LED lights on the growth, flowering...
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