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Data-Driven Cultivation: Crunching The Numbers In The Grow Room

Tom Forrest

Modern cultivation facilities are using future farming techniques that are driven by data! Novel digital technologies are helping farmers and home gardeners make smarter decisions and prevent expensive critical failures. From microclimate sensing to machine intelligence tools, this article will explore fresh technology being used in 2020. The overall goal of data-driven cultivation is to…

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Getting Protein By Eating Insects

When it comes to the food we eat, more and more people have environmental concerns, including a desire for fairer treatment of animals. For example, it is estimated that about one-third of North Americans avoid eating meat at least one day a week. Also, a survey carried out a few years ago reports that 56%…
November 16, 2020
Albert Mondor

Self-Sustainability In The Wake Of A Pandemic

As food vanished from the grocery shelves this spring, the seed market experienced a renaissance.  In both the United States and the United Kingdom, seed suppliers couldn’t keep up with a demand unforeseen since the Great Depression.  Pandemic gardens emerged across the globe, and social media influencers hocked home gardening in the age of the…
November 9, 2020
Andrew Abramson

Why Cover Crops Are So Essential To The Organic Garden

Mastering the art of organic gardening involves more than merely growing without chemicals. To boost yields, provide plant nutrients, and control weeds, diseases, and pests naturally, one must add various techniques to their growing regimes. Think compost, companion planting, crop rotation, and cover crops.   Aptly named, cover crops are sown to cover the soil with…
November 2, 2020
Catherine Sherriffs

Why Growing With Organics Isn’t Always Best In The Garden

Novice growers typically overestimate the complexity of hydroponics. They also invariably underestimate the complexity of organics. They misconstrue hydroponics as being for geeks in lab coats and organic gardening as the easy way to grow; just plant in some soil and let Mother Nature do the rest. Yeah, good luck with that. All Organic Or…
October 26, 2020
Everest Fernandez

Garden, Time, Observation: Three Keys To Successful Cannabis Breeding

Cannabis breeding allows home growers to create prized varieties that can sell for up to $10,000 or more per plant. It may seem like an intangible task, but it is much easier than one might think. All you need is a garden, time, observation, and a strong desire to create something new in cannabis genetics.  …
October 19, 2020
Tom Wall