Efficiency
A rosy future for urban farming?
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
The future of vertical farming may lie not in soaring urban skyscrapers lit by the sun, but in large suburban warehouses awash in pink LED light , according to Purdue University's Cary Mitchell.
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Insulated glass minimizes shadow in new Syngenta facility
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Syngenta’s new Advanced Crop Lab houses 30 climate-controlled growth environments in all-glass greenhouses and insulated glass walls that provide a nearly shadowless indoor environment.
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Greenhouse film shifts light to boost yields
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
PhotoFuel's P-Film greenhouse cover has growers thinking pink. The cover is designed to shift the wavelengths of light entering the greenhouse, giving plants more light from the portion of the spectrum they need to thrive.
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LEDs improve greenhouse's crop vigour
Tuesday, 14 May 2013
When Barnes Greenhouses' vernalized perennials began displaying weak stems, extended internode length and lack of colour after transplant, the solution was straightforward: the plants needed more light.
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A fourth greenhouse at Thanet
Friday, 10 May 2013
May 10,2013 – The growers at Thanet Earth produce consistently great quality tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers for the UK’s best-known retail shelves. The site has proven its ability to grow tomatoes 52 weeks of the year and boasts the longest UK seasons on cucumbers and peppers. This is all credit…
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