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More With Less — Cedar Sol Hydro Farm

August 30, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

In Northern Michigan, two former school teachers quit teaching school when their son was born six years ago and started a farm using vertically stacked hydroponic units to grow vegetables as Kristine Morris reports for Morning Star Publishing,
Sol Hydro offers sustainable farming in limited space on a clean and attractive plot of land about 10,000 [...]

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Is Organic Hydroponic Gardening Truly Organic?

July 29, 2010 Farm/Garden Politics

nna Hart writes for OrganicSpringtime.com,
Hydroponics is defined by Merriam Webster Online Dictionary as: “the growing of plants in nutrient solutions with or without an inert medium (as soil) to provide mechanical support.”
Can hydroponic gardening qualify as organic hydroponic gardening? Some organic gardeners believe it cannot, since it uses no soil. Good soil is required, they [...]

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Hydroponic Growing Means Local, Pesticide-Free Food Year-Round

July 19, 2010 Environment

Alexandra Gross reports for Emagazine.com,
Inside Donato’s House of Greens in Woodbury, Connecticut, are rows of vibrant green buttercrunch lettuce. They aren’t much different from other lettuce heads, except they are ready for sale in only four to five weeks rather than 60 days, come with an attached dirt-like root bulb for longer storage life and [...]

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Growing Vegetables In The Australian Desert, Thanks To Desalination Technology

July 11, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

Nigel Austin reports for Adeliade Now,
The multi-million-dollar greenhouse in the South Australian desert will be run on desalinated water and is expected to create up to 100 jobs within two years.
A revolutionary seawater greenhouse project on the eastern shore of upper Spencer Gulf, 20km south of Port Augusta, is nearing completion in an ambitious approach [...]

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Subway Sandwich Shop In Japan Growing Fresh Veggies With Instore Hydroponics

July 6, 2010 Hydroponics

The Mainichi Daily News reports,
Sandwich chain Subway Japan Inc. opened a new restaurant on July 6 in Tokyo’s Marunouchi district featuring organic vegetables grown in-store.
The new outlet is dubbed the “Subway Yasai Lab Marunouchi Bldg.” In the middle of the 20-seat store, chemical-free lettuce is hydroponically cultivated on two 150-centimeter-wide, 41-centimeter-long shelves in a glass [...]

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Cheap Do It Yourself Hydroponics

June 29, 2010 Hydroponics

Hydroponics is more technical than growing in soil. It is a good idea to experiment with a simple, under $60 do it yourself unit before spending money on more elaborate systems. The important thing when making a do it yourself system is always use food grade plastic. Cheap non food grade plastic can leach harmful [...]

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Urban Gardening: Rooftop Hydroponics

June 22, 2010 Farming & Agriculture

Ned Madden reports for TechNewsWorld.com on the rooftop urban gardening trend,
In densely populated metro areas, any space that’s suitable for gardening is probably also very attractive to developers looking to build structures on it instead. However, some city dwellers with persevering green thumbs have looked skyward, using the latest in hydroponic technology to put vegetable [...]

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Urban Farming With Hydroponics In The City

June 17, 2010 Environment
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Hydroponic Strawberries

June 7, 2010 Garden Blog

At the Urban Hydroponics Growers Union, their post today is of some hydroponic strawberries that are just starting to produce. The plants are a healthy deep green and full of flowers. What is unique about this growing operation is that they are using Light Emitting Diode lighting. Within the indoor gardening community there is a [...]

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From Hydroponics to Aquaponics

June 2, 2010 Aquaponics

I would like to welcome Sylvia Bernstein to The Growing Edge. I first met Sylvia when she was working for the AeroGrow company as they were rolling out their best selling tabletop product, The AeroGarden hydroponic system. I also listened to her give presentations at hydroponic conferences and was impressed with the passion she put [...]

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