Did you already catch our full story on Greener Roots in Nashville, TN in Issue 8? Well, we thought we’d give you even more to the story.
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Based in Nashville, TN Greener Roots Farm is pushing to have a major impact on the local food market through an innovative and sustainable approach to producing leafy greens and culinary herbs in a vertical farm with a custom hydroponic growing system. Greener Roots Farm worked with industry professionals like Hort Americas to bring their ideas to life. Read the whole article about Greener Roots Farm in Issue 8!
Issue 8 | January 2015 Click here to download the issue. Job layoff kick starts vertical farming venture After six years of college and landing a position with a large architecture and engineering firm in Nashville, Tenn., Jeffrey Orkin thought his career as a landscape architect was ready to take off. Then the recession hit. In 2009, after only 1½ years of employment, Orkin found himself jobless with limited prospects in his field. Orkin partnered with his similarly unemployed friend Cliff Jones to start their own company called Landscape Solutions (http://www.landscapetn.com). The company is focused on design-build for residential and commercial…
The University of the Virgin Islands is offering a 3-day course that will provide in-depth knowledge of the principles and practical application of the aquaponic system that has been developed at the University of the Virgin Islands. Participants will be introduced to the system design that maintains water quality by hydroponic plant culture (aquaponics), Fish production instruction will be conducted using both the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and red tilapia. Hydroponic plant production will focus on vegetables, culinary herbs and ornamental flowers. For more information, go to http://aquaponics.uvi.edu. Workshop Dates Maximum Participants February 4 – 6 , 2015 25 March 18…
The University of Arizona Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (CEAC) will be hosting the 14th annual Greenhouse Crop Production & Engineering Design Short Course from March 22 – 27, 2015 at the Westward Look Resort in Tucson, AZ. The short course will consist of three full days of lectures on the many aspects of controlled environment agriculture (CEA) and one full day of hands-on workshops on the campus of the CEAC. The course will feature 23 different lectures by over a dozen experts with over 250+ combined years of experience in hydroponic growing and CEA and 9 different hands-on workshops to…
The Hydroponic Greenhouse Tomato Production Intensive Course will be conducted Jan. 4-9, 2015, at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Hosted by the university’s Controlled Environment Agriculture Center, the course will focus primarily on hydroponic greenhouse tomato production. The course will be taught by hydroponic specialist and professor of plant sciences Pat Rorabaugh. Course participants will be provided a combination of classroom lecture and discussion and hands-on learning in a hydroponic greenhouse. Classroom topics include: greenhouse basics, production costs and supply sources, plant propagation, crop layout and scheduling, crop maintenance, plant nutrition, plant protection and food safety. Teaching greenhouse discussions…
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Urban Ag News Issue 6 | July 2014 Click here to download the issue. Includes: Bringing Locally Grown Food and Produce to Chicago Japan’s Plant Factories Providing Safe, Reliable Food It Takes Commitment to Grow Organically Is the Moon the Key to Sustainability on Earth? International Conference of Controlled Environment Agriculture
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Horticube XL was created for the specific needs of professional hydroponic growers, its modified cell structure and unique chemistry promotes faster, stronger root growth. Specialized density and drainage properties in a fine-cell design provide uniform moisture throughout the media – whether you use overhead irrigation or sub-irrigation. So nutrients are more readily available. New roots meet minimal resistance in XL’s cell structure. Push-outs are minimized, root penetration happens much faster, and secondary roots develop and grow much more easily. And a more vigorous root system means nutrients can be absorbed more efficiently, for stronger plants with faster growth. Learn how…
Green Pods represent a cost-effective and flexible alternative to traditional growth chambers and greenhouses for a wide range of applications which include vertical farming trials, tissue culture production, horticulture research, controlled environment agricultural applications and testing.
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