The Annual Growing Green Awards

The annual Growing Green Awards of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) recognize individuals who have demonstrated original leadership in the field of sustainable food. Through this national award, NRDC recognizes extraordinary contributions that advance ecologically-integrated farming practices, climate stewardship, water stewardship, farmland preservation, and social responsibility from farm to fork. The 2013 Growing Green Awards honored an outstanding individual […]

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Food Crisis: The Problem & The Solution

The Problem Yuck – A 4th Grader’s Short Documentary About School Lunch – Trailer by maxwellproject A brave fourth grader goes undercover to reveal the truth about the food service program at his elementary school. The Solution Food For Thought at The Grow Haus Check out the full article here. The Grow Haus is an […]

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Striving to Achieve Success in the Greenhouse Industry

Industry consultant Bryan Hart talks about what it takes for growers to run a successful business and issues they are facing regardless of where they are located. By David Kuack Bryan Hart is a greenhouse industry consultant who has 24 years of experience working as a consultant and/or grower. He has worked with growers in […]

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A Guerilla Gardener in South Central L.A.

Ron Finley: A guerilla gardener in South Central L.A. Filmed Feb. 2013 • Posted March 2013 • TED2013 Ron Finley plants vegetable gardens in South Central L.A. — in abandoned lots, traffic medians, along the curbs. Why? For fun, for defiance, for beauty and to offer some alternative to fast food in a community where […]

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Aquaponics: Surf and Turf

by spectrummag All over the upper Midwest region of the United States, indoor aquaponics farming is catching on. Fish and plants are living and growing together in old warehouses and abandoned factories. In Chicago, The Plant is growing up in an old meat packing facility and testing LED grow lights and new control schemes. In […]

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Community Gardens

A community garden can draw people together around two common focal points: beauty and good food. Positive garden activity creates safer communities.The criminal element can be driven out of a neighborhood by turning a trash-strewn vacant lot that is home base for illegal activity, into a place of beauty filled with positive activities. When neighbors […]

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Greenhouse Lighting Options

When it comes to using supplemental lighting on their crops, growers have options whether they’re trying to achieve a photoperiodic or a growth response. By David Kuack An increasing number of growers are using supplemental lighting for photoperiodic control and for accelerating plant growth. Growers have a variety of options when it comes to the […]

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Going Green in Ohio

Green City Growers Green City Growers Cooperative, Inc. is a 3.25-acre leafy greens, hydroponic greenhouse in the Central neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. The greenhouse, which officially opened on Feb. 25, 2013, has 15,000 square feet of packinghouse and office space, and is currently producing bibb lettuce, green leaf lettuce, gourmet lettuces and basil. >>> More […]

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Rios Libres: Environmental Dispatches

Rios Libres: Environmental Dispatches – Episode 2, The History from Patagonia Episode 2 of the short online series “Rios Libres: Environmental Dispatches”. In this episode we explore America’s love affair with the dam, its outdated technology, and what damming the river would mean logistically for Patagonia and its inhabitants. At what cost does this industrialization […]

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Growing Green

By David Kuack Tim Blank has grown many food crops from around the world in many types of hydroponic growing systems. Now his mission is to educate urban and commercial growers on how to be successful producing more food in less space using vertical aeroponics. Tim Blank knows a thing or two about hydroponic food […]

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Gotham Greens

Gotham Greens is the first commercial-scale rooftop hydroponic greenhouse in the world. By going vertical in the city, Gotham Greens is using less water, eliminating pesticides, putting an end to fertilizer runoff and leading the way to a sustainable agriculture future in the sky. Gotham Greens from Dark Rye on Vimeo. Learn more at www.gothamgreens.com […]

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Seeds of Tomorrow Project

Title: “Seeds of Tomorrow” Project Director: Fernando Apodaca Producer: Todd Hannigan Executive Producers: Houweling’s Tomatoes, Impact Ministries, Kubo Sustainable Greenhouse Products To donate or get involved, please visit www.houwelings.com. Thank you.

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Vertical Farming

An Efficient and Cost-Effective Alternative to Traditional Farming By David Kuack   With the increasing impact that climate change is having on traditional farming, David Proenza and his company Global Foods determined vertical farming could be an efficient and economical alternative to traditional food production methods. Like other farmers, David Proenza, president of Global Foods […]

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Educational Video: Managing Light in your Horticulture Crops

Greenhouse growers know the importance of light, but few know how light really effects their crop and how that effect can dictate yield and plant production. This video dives into understanding the basics about light and how plants grow, including daily light integral (DLI). >>> For more from Issue 2

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