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Food Bank Partners with Vertical Farm

June 24, 2025 Grozine Contributor Comments Off

Feed the Need in Durham’s Feed Durham pilot will address community food insecurity through innovation and technology, employing non-traditional modes of food production and supply. Through the partnership with Mighty Harvest and their vertical farming technology, the project will cultivate an internal method of food production that will provide local, sustainable, and environmentally friendly sources of fresh produce to the Market Food Banks, increasing healthy food for more than 700 families per week.

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Aquaponics West Virginia

June 23, 2025 Grozine Contributor Comments Off

While the facility has undergone changes in management over the past few years, it has effectively remained operational and relatively successful each of those years and looks as if its future operation could be even more successful.

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Hydroponics Rwanda

June 16, 2025 Grozine Contributor Comments Off

This stark projection underscores the urgent need to adopt sustainable and innovative agricultural practices to close the gap between food demand and land availability. Hydroponics not only conserves valuable farmland for essential food production but also addresses key drivers of soil erosion, specifically overgrazing and deforestation for pasture.

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Growing Aeroponic Vegetables, Part II

June 13, 2025 Erik Biksa Comments Off

Our aeroponic system supported outstanding crop health and rapid growth. The bare roots remained resilient even during cold spells when root zone temperatures dropped to 2°C during peak dark hours in the greenhouse. To offset heating costs, we used a low-wattage aquarium heater in the reservoir, allowing us to warm the root zone without needing to heat the entire greenhouse with high-wattage devices.

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Mobile Vertical Farming EV Trucks

June 9, 2025 Grozine Contributor Comments Off

Each unit can yield approximately 3,000 pounds of fresh produce per year—enough to feed up to 40 people. These mobile farms will cut water usage by up to 90% and deliver affordable vegetables to consumers and businesses.

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Forever Green Farms California

June 5, 2025 Grozine Contributor Comments Off

With Imperial County’s high unemployment rate hovering near 16%, Cooper hopes to transform the agricultural workforce through training and sustainable practices. He warns of trends of Artificial Intelligence and machinery replacing humans in the sector, stating, ”The current farm industry or the farm worker industry, the way that we know it, is being rapidly eliminated by ag technology and machinery. So the current workforce will be eliminated in the next 15 to 30 years.”

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Future Controlled Environment Agriculture

June 3, 2025 Grozine Contributor Comments Off

Scientists reveal futuristic farming technique that may solve two global problems at once: ‘Can revolutionize food production’ Future Controlled Environment Agriculture | Calvin Coffee | IMAGE: Scientists reveal futuristic farming technique that may solve two […]

DWC Hydroponics

May 29, 2025 Erik Biksa Comments Off

Gone are the days of wrapping lab beakers in foil and using cotton plugs to support plants. Today’s systems are far more refined—but DWC remains accessible for DIY enthusiasts thanks to its simple design and use of widely available materials.

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Auburn University Vertical Farming

May 26, 2025 Grozine Contributor Comments Off

The farms are part of Auburn’s FoodU program, an innovative sustainability program to source hyper-local foods grown by students trained in high-tech production methods. Four of the six containers are used to grow produce using hydroponic technology, while one of the new containers serves as a vertical propagation unit.

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Trade War Vertical Farming

May 21, 2025 Grozine Contributor Comments Off

Since Trump’s 25 per cent tariffs were put into place in February, the B.C. Centre for Agritech Innovation (BCCAI) has continued to invest millions into agriculture technology projects. “This is something that the government did a really good job in, like, enabling small farmers to actually build something that will be beneficial for them and for the consumers,” said Dhaliwal.

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