‘Beacon of hope’: Jacksonville nonprofit launches seventh aquaponics urban farm The mission is to grow fresh produce and fish year round and provide specialized job training Jacksonville Aquaponics Farming | Beth Reese Cravey | A Jacksonville nonprofit opened a state-of-the-art aquaponics urban farm to grow fresh produce and fish year round and provide specialized training for low-income people. The new farm at FreshMinistries‘ Weaver Center for Community Outreach on A. Philip Randolph Boulevard is part of the nonprofit’s ongoing initiative to combat world hunger. In ..read more

Urban League in St. Louis is first in the country to have a greenhouse, hydroponic farm at its headquarters Gov. Mike Parson and local leaders gathered Tuesday afternoon for the ribbon cutting. Urban League Hydroponic Greenhouse | Justina Coronel | ST. LOUIS — There’s exciting news happening in north St. Louis City. The Urban League in St. Louis unveiled a brand new facility to help solve our region’s food crisis. It’s the first and only Urban League in the country to have a greenhouse and hydroponic farm at its headquarters. The project is called George Washington Carver Urban ..read more

Easy Greenhouse Automation We installed smart greenhouse controls from GrowDirector into our hydroponic greenhouse to help optimize the growing environment for better crops and reduce the amount of time we needed to spend on redundant tasks. We also added a smart reservoir controller to our aeroponic system to monitor conditions in the root zone and have the ability to make automatic or remote adjustments as necessary.  Here’s a quick list of tasks we wanted to automate for our greenhouse: Ventilation Our greenhouse uses roll up side walls and motorized shutters for effective passive ven ..read more

Purdue workshop series to highlight hydroponics and greenhouse crop productionPurdue Hydroponics Workshop Purdue Hydroponics Workshop | Purdue University | IMAGE: Home and commercial growers are invited to join the Purdue University Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture for the Hydroponics for Everyone workshop series. The series will be led by Krishna Nemali, associate professor of horticulture and the controlled environment agriculture Extension specialist. (Photo provided by Krishna Nemali) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Home and commercial growers are invited to join the Purdue Uni ..read more

‘It’s Not Rocket Science’: Farmer Uses Hydroponics to Grow Strawberries & Turn His Life Around Hydroponics Farming Indi | Shivani Gupta | A couple of years back while switching channels, Dheeraj Verma came across a television programme that showcased how Israel has pioneered hydroponic farming – an innovative and efficient way to grow crops without needing soil. This soil-less farming technique piqued the interest of the Barabanki district farmer. “Israel has been extremely progressive in farming despite having a dry climate, limited water resources, and high population density,” he tells ..read more

Hydroponics STEM program fosters crop of young gardeners, scientists Hydroponics STEM Program | Lina Tran | IMAGE: Mitchelle Lyle tends to plants growing in a hydroponics unit at her home. A new crop of gardeners is growing in Milwaukee. The hydroponics STEM program introduces high schoolers to agriculture, nutrition and careers in science. It started out focused on Milwaukee’s Amani neighborhood, where residents often have limited access to grocery stores with fresh produce. After its first year, the program is now growing to a second classroom in Muskego Way. Amani native Mitchelle Lyle, rec ..read more

Going dark: Company explores indoor vertical farming without light Heterotrophic Growing | Aaron Gonzalez | IMAGE: Square Roots’ initiative explores the potential of growing plants without light, aiming to reduce the energy demands of indoor vertical farming significantly. New York-based controlled environment agriculture company Square Roots has unveiled a program that aims to remove lighting from commercial indoor vertical farming systems to reduce energy demands and costs. Through partnerships and focused research, the company says it is exploring techniques like heterotrophic growing to op ..read more

Made in Idaho: GreenWave Hydroponics Greenwave Hydroponics Idaho | KIVI Satff | Video: A family owned hydroponics business is keeping fresh lettuce and herbs stocked throughout the Treasure Valley year round. GreenWave Hydroponics uses running water to give their crops the nutrients they need to grow. FRUITLAND, Idaho — A family owned hydroponics business is keeping fresh lettuce and herbs stocked throughout the Treasure Valley year round. GreenWave Hydroponics uses running water to give their crops the nutrients they need to grow. No pesticides or chemicals are used in the process The water ..read more

Indoor farms are remaking the produce market — at a cost to the planet Amid drought and record heat, high-tech greenhouses and vertical farms boast of being a more climate-friendly way to grow. But they come with an environmental toll. Indoor Farming Environmental Cost | Anna Phillips | Image: Leafy vegetables grow indoors this month at Eden Green Technology in Cleburne, Tex.. (Nitashia Johnson for The Washington Post) No one would argue that the climate in North Texas is ideal for growing lettuce, a crop that thrives when there’s a chill in the air. But the region’s broiling summers are of no ..read more

Fernie hydroponics farm to open in Spring Evergreens Farm Local Hydroponics | Ryley McCormack | A Fernie-based indoor hydroponics garden is set to begin operations in the spring. Evergreens Farm will be operated by Wildsight Elk Valley, with Sami Biernan at the helm as lead grower. “The main goal is to create more access to food-growing spaces and local food year-round,” said Biernan. “It’ll be located on the same land that our community garden currently is.” Evergreens Farm uses an indoor hydroponics system to grow crops, which Biernan said comes with a few advantages. “It’s a remarkably reso ..read more