Indoor Garden

Gardening isn’t always reserved for the outdoors. Follow our step-by-step guides to creating the perfect indoor climate, plant selection, and so much more!

Hydroponic Help: Government Grants For Farmers Making The Switch

Catherine Sherriffs

We love hearing from our readers, and just recently, we got a great question about what kind of government support there is for people looking to start farming with hydroponics. This is such a timely topic! The world’s population is currently at 7.6 billion people, and it’s projected to hit 9.7 billion by the year…

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New To Hydroponic Gardening? What Beginners Need to Know

Hydroponics is a technique used to grow plants in a nutrient-rich, water-based solution. There is no soil involved; instead, the root systems of the plants are supported in inert mediums like vermiculite, moss, perlite, peat, Rockwool or clay pellets. The basic idea behind starting a hydroponic garden is to allow the roots of a plant…
April 9, 2018
Michelle Whyte

The Many Advantages To Freight Container Farming

It wasn’t too long ago when freight container farming captured the world’s attention. It was more of an upcycling concept, and if memory serves correctly, first came to life in Scandinavia in 2012. The following year, Kate Hoffman brought the style to London with aquaponics in the box and a greenhouse on the roof. Her…
April 4, 2018
Amber

Science Discovers Wheat Crops Grow Faster Under LED Lights

It may sound crazy, but it’ll actually cut your harvest time in half! Crop scientists have recently discovered they can produce wheat faster by raising the grain under LED grow lights. It’s a timely discovery, with increasing global pressure to grow staple crops in a speedy manner. Such a method is essential to feed future…
April 2, 2018
Tammy Clayton

The Cost-Efficient Geothermal Greenhouse

In a bitterly cold climate, a geothermal greenhouse is the only cost-effective way to grow food all winter long. Most people use water circulation kept warm far below the surface to heat a structure, but there’s a little known method that uses only air. One that University of Nebraska scientists said would never work back…
January 29, 2018
Callie

The State of Indoor Farming

Tempted to start planning an indoor farming startup? Maybe you’re already working on such a project, or have recently launched the first phase of your operation. There are a few things you might want to know about the current climate in the indoor agriculture industry. These tips and insights from the world of ag finance,…
January 24, 2018
Agent Green