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Will Urban Agriculture Last? | Co.Exist | ideas + impact

Will Urban Agriculture Last? | Co.Exist | ideas + impact

via Will Urban Agriculture Last? | Co.Exist | ideas + impact.

ADELE PETERS 03.11.16 10:35 AM

Urban farming keeps growing: it’s now possible to buy your hyper-local lettuce from flatpack shipping container farms, hydroponic kits attached to unused wall space, old-fashioned community gardens, and state-of-the-art vertical farms run by robots. But a new studyraises a question—is growing food in…

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4 Genius Small Farm Inventions that Replace tractors

4 Genius #SmallFarm Inventions Replace #Tractors and Save Labor #UrbanFarm #tools #FarmHack

-Written by Matt Kochka

Every small farmer and urban farmer has inventions they plan on working on. Chances are, those radical farm tools are being made already.Labor saving tools are often built for large farms while small farms have rely on hand labor because machines are assumed to be unavailable. Here are a few tools, available now, that you never heard of but wished you had invented:

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A Primer on Vertical Farms Includes Grant Programs

@AttraSustainAg Pens Primer on #VerticalFarms. USDA GRANTS, Pros&Cons, Organic, Sustainability

ATTRA, a Program of the National Center For Appropriate Technology has published a complete primer for those interested in starting a vertical farm. It covers Pros and Cons, Organic Certification, Types of systems and Funding sources.

The publication includes funding sources like:

the USDA’s Specialty Crop Grant Program to work with a research institution and share results of research

USDA’s…

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MIT Media Lab’s Journal of Design and Science Is a Radical New Kind of Publication | WIRED

MIT Media Lab’s Journal of Design and Science Is a Radical New Kind of Publication | WIRED

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LAST FALL JOI Ito, the director of the MIT Media Lab, stood onstage during the Lab’s 30th anniversary celebration and made a declaration. “Connecting science and design is the future of the Media Lab,” he told audience members, many of whom are experienced in both disciplines. The subtext of Ito’s statement was that the world is quickly changing. Science, design, art, and engineering, long…

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Amazingly Simple Tools for a Biointensive Farm From a New Zealand Farmer will blow your mind. These human-powered hand tools can  prepare your gently till your soil,  prepare your planting beds, and protect your germinating seeds.

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Hydroponic Agriculture in Maine is Growing Great

Hydroponic Agriculture in Maine is Growing Great

Maine’s state motto is “Dirigo” which is latin for “I Lead.” At least three growers, all with different size hydroponic programs, are leading the way with Controlled Environment Agriculture in New England. These growers are overcoming the challenges of long winters and variable climate with greenhouses and super-productive hydroponic growing systems.

Backyard Farms, in the middle of the state,…

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