The development of new urban agriculture technologies, such as vertical and smart farms, has accelerated rapidly in recent years. These technologies are based on hydroponic cultivation in which plants ...

The units can grow salad greens, tomatoes, chili peppers, herbs, and eggplant. And they require little work from you and your brown thumb. Growing food indoors usually happens at a small scale: If you ...

LocalSprout co-founder Mitch Hagney in the green house Credit: Matt Stieb In an entrepreneur’s uniform of jeans, T-shirt and slipshod beard, LocalSprout co-founder Mitch Hagney walks me into his ...

These smart farms can grow a variety of crops and fresh produce, regardless of the time of year or weather conditions, and are connected to the Framhand app which can monitor air and water quality by ...

With the world’s population expected to hit 9.1 billion by 2050, coupled with the growing effects of climate change on our ability to grow crops, a company out of Barcelona has proposed a solution to ...

MORE communities including schools in Johor are set to implement smart hydroponic and solar system farming to strengthen renewable energy adoption and urban agriculture. The Universiti Teknologi ...

WESTBROOK, Maine (WMTW) — Through towering windows, a glimpse inside the Westbrook facility reveals busy workers in the final stretch of preparing for a soon-to-open vertical farm in the heart of one ...

Tucked in the very back corner on Firefly Distillery’s grassy lawn sits a next-generation hydroponic farm inside a shipping container: King Tide Farms, owned and operated by lifelong Charlestonian ...

HOLMDEL, N.J. – In the dead of winter, when fresh, homegrown herbs are hard to come by, chef Chad Spencer can take comfort in knowing he'll have a steady supply of basil and marigold for his cafeteria ...