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Dubai Will Soon Be Home To The World’s Largest Vertical Farm

Catherine Sherriffs

The vertical farming boom is real! With so many impressive ventures already in operation, the world’s biggest vertical farm is about to be built in Dubai.

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Tech Trends: LED Grow Lights Have Come A Long Way

Technology is modifying and improving almost all fields and businesses today, and the agriculture and growing industries are no exception. Recently, lights entered the game and modified the traditional understanding of growing, and today, LED grow lights are making a massive breakthrough on their way to setting a new norm. Here are the top 5…
September 11, 2018
Luis Rivera

Garden Culture Tours World’s First Commercial Rooftop Greenhouse

It’s not every day you get to tour a farm that has revolutionized the way food is grown and how people eat. Lufa Farms built the world’s first commercial rooftop greenhouse on an industrial building in Montreal, Canada. Depending strictly on hydroponics, crops are grown year-round and produce high-yields, feeding the city in an incredibly…
June 6, 2018
Catherine Sherriffs

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

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…
June 5, 2018
Catherine Sherriffs

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