Growing Methods

There are many different ways to successfully grow your own; explore different options and choose what’s right for you with our complete guides.

Lufa Farms: A Model For Feeding Cities And Reconnecting People To Food

Catherine Sherriffs

Fixing a broken food system and reconnecting people with the food they eat is no easy task. But Lufa Farms in Montreal is doing it. With three rooftop greenhouses spread out across the city, Lufa has 140,000 sq. ft. of growing space dedicated to feeding the city. Look for our upcoming blog on how it…

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Quality Over Quantity: Modern Farming Company Changing The Foodscape

Quantity over quality; that just about sums up today’s food industry. We want lots of food, we want it fast, and we want it cheap. So, we turn to mass-produced foods that are often genetically modified and full of chemicals, herbicides and other things we shouldn’t be eating. And Then There’s The Weather… We put…
May 30, 2018
Catherine Sherriffs

Hydroponic Help: Government Grants For Farmers Making The Switch

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…
April 11, 2018
Catherine Sherriffs

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