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Cultivating Profits in a Compact Crop

Modern Farmer

Small footprint, big potential “Microgreens” is a term used to describe the tender, edible seedlings of various herbs, vegetables and grains typically seeded in shallow, soil-filled trays, grown under natural or artificial light, then harvested within two weeks of germination. Microgreens at Kupu Place. Photography by author.

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Agritecture’s Top 10 Blog Posts of 2022

Agritecture Blog

Discussions around labor development, technology innovation, and industry movement appear to be the most engaging. Is Cold Plasma the Next Big Technology Breakthrough in Indoor Ag? Cold plasma technology has established uses in traditional outdoor agriculture, but its uses have not been explored in indoor agriculture until recently.

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Exemplary Approaches to Hybridizing Agriculture

Agritecture Blog

Various technologies and methodologies have begun to crop up over the last decade, presenting themselves as “silver bullets” to this food system problem. So, while these solutions may make sense for some countries with more efficient technology, more developed markets, and low arable land, in other countries they would not.

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Early-Stage Agrifood Investment in Africa is Taking Off. What Could This Mean for CEA?

Agritecture Blog

A recent report by McKinsey revealed that while Africa has large amounts of untapped agricultural land that could be used to increase production, much of this land is in unreachable areas. The lack of infrastructure, conflict zones, forest cover, and large conservation areas has made lots of arable lands inaccessible.

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Colorado’s Groundwater Experiment

Civil Eats

The breadth of the problem prompted President Biden’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology to issue a warning in December, calling the crisis “an all-hands-on-deck moment for groundwater sustainability.” more reliant on imports.

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Transforming the Baltic and North Seas with Algae-Based Solutions

Food Tank

AlgaeProBANOS wants to help businesses sustainably harvest algae, market it, and sell it to populations. Algae also offer environmental benefits: The organisms can capture carbon dioxide from the environment, acting as a carbon sink , according to the Carbon Capture Science & Technology journal.

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Our Summer 2024 Food and Farming Book Guide

Civil Eats

Over the past 20 years, aided by leaps in technology, botanists have uncovered plant behaviors that challenge our very idea of what a plant is. The book spotlights Quabbin Harvest, a food co-op in downtown Orange, Massachusetts, a former mill town that has seen better days. Obviously, they’re alive—but how alive, exactly?

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