Touch the Soil News #1852 (Feature Photo – Indoor Microgreens – CCA SA 2.0 Generic) Urban farming pioneer Mary Ackley, started her urban farm in 2014. Now, almost 9 years later she employs 5 more people. Working on less than one-quarter acre, the operate out of an old parking garage in Washington D.C. You can…
Touch the Soil News #1660 (Feature Photo – Jake Counne of Backyard Fresh Farms – of Backyard Fresh Farms and Indoor Ag-Con) Chicago Tribune journalist Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz brings us the story of how a former real estate developer looks to transform a closed Target Store into an indoor vertical farm. You can read the story…
Touch the Soil News #1602 (Feature Photo – A Micro Grid – By U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District – Ribbon cutting for new solar microgrid at Fort Hunter Liggett, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=52215098) GreenBiz journalist Sarah Golden brings us the story of microgrids and indoor agriculture. Microgrids are just that – smaller electricity generating…
Touch the Soil News #1544 (Feature photo – Abu Dhabi – CCA 3.0 Unported) The Khaleej Times brings us the story of the building of the world’s largest indoor vertical farm, all under artificial LED lights. The $40 million dollar facility will be located in Abu Dhabi – one of the world’s most famous metropolitan…
Touch the Soil News #1480 (Feature photo – Lettuce Greens – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic, Oregon State University) FastCompany brings us the latest in the vertical and indoor farming trend. The story features Bowery Farms. Bowery has attracted millions of dollars of venture capital in its vision to grow big. You can read…
Touch the Soil News #1301 (Feature photo – Indoor Vertical Farming – CCA SA 3.0 Unported) Agriculture consultant Peter Tasgal writes for AgFunder on the economics of vertical indoor farming. The economics – given the significant costs – are not as positive as one would suspect. From a price point, conventional outdoor production of growing…
