Articles Tagged with ''sustainable farming''

Center for Produce Safety awards $200K to research project studying effectiveness of various agriculture water treatments

The project signals CPS’s entry into solving the safety of water applied to fresh produce crops.
November 19, 2019
The Center for Produce Safety (CPS), Woodland, Calif., funded its first-ever research project to study the effectiveness of various agricultural water treatments, awarding $200,000 to a team led by Channah Rock, associate professor of soil, water and environmental sciences and water quality specialist at University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.
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Gotham Greens opens largest urban agriculture campus

Gotham Greens' produce is grown using hydroponic systems in 100% renewable electricity-powered greenhouses that use 95% less water and 97% less land than conventional farming.
November 14, 2019
Gotham Greens, Brooklyn, N.Y., opened its largest greenhouse in Chicago.
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Study: Canadians want to be better connected to their food

Two new tracking trends identified in the data are Canadian consumers’ moderate-to-strong concerns relating to food fraud (91%) and concerns with misleading food labels (89%) for the purpose of marketing.
November 13, 2019
Research from the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity’s (CCFI) 2019 Public Trust Research Report shows that while 91% of Canadians claim to know little, very little or nothing about modern farming practices in Canada, 60% of survey respondents, or three in five Canadians, are interested in knowing more about agriculture and how their food is produced.
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Study: Global vertical farming market shows steady growth

Optimum usage of vertical space and energy utilization, ease in monitoring and harvesting of crops and limited availability of arable land are driving growth in the global vertical farming market.
November 13, 2019
The global vertical farming market generated $2.23 billion in 2018, and is estimated to generate $12.77 billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 24.6% from 2019 to 2026, according to a report by Allied Market Research, Portland, Ore.
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Scientists warn about current, impending, potential damage on Earth

With the exception of stabilizing the stratospheric ozone layer, since 1992, “humanity has failed to make sufficient progress in generally solving these foreseen environmental challenges, and alarmingly, most of them are getting far worse,” the study says.
November 7, 2019
Twenty-five years ago, the Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, Mass., and more than 1,700 independent scientists penned the 1992 “World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity,” which called on humankind to curtail environmental destruction and cautioned that “a great change in our stewardship of the Earth and the life on it is required if vast human misery is to be avoided.”
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Plenty to build new flavor-focused vertical farm

The farm, approximately the size of a soccer field, is scheduled to begin development later this year, and in full operation late 2020.
October 29, 2019
Plenty, South San Francisco, selected Compton, Calif., for its next vertical farm.
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Gotham Greens opens new state-of-the-art greenhouse

Once open, the greenhouse will also serve as a resource to educate local residents and visitors on the benefits of sustainable, indoor farming.
October 29, 2019
Gotham Greens Holdings, LLC, Brooklyn, N.Y., announced plans to open a state-of-the-art greenhouse in the Denver, Colo., area in early 2020.
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