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August 10, 2015
A recent report from NASA has seen the International Space Station (ISS) occupants eating some ‘home-grown’ red Romaine lettuce which has been cultivated as part of an experiment aboard the space station. Unsurprisingly, they are growing under a mix of red and blue LED grow lamps, but interestingly, they have also included some green LED lights
August 1, 2015
Yet another company to enter the domain of indoor vertical farming but with a twist is the appropriately named Freight Farms. They have opted for a more portable version of the indoor farm by housing it within the common shipping container. The containers use hydroponic technology, and as we know, this can bring about savings
July 21, 2015
These days everybody, it seems, is opening an indoor farm! The US company, AeroFarms, is the latest enterprise to hit the news with their soon-to-be biggest indoor vertical farm in the world. As with other iterations of the indoor farm, the idea behind it is to provide more nutritious fresh produce to the local population
July 14, 2015
If you are the DIY-er type (and you also happen to have a 3D printer lying around), then you might be interested in the ‘Mini-Farm Grow Box’ concept from FoodRising.org where you essentially build your own compact hydroponics system from common household parts and a little bit of 3D printing. As an ‘open-source’ project, the design