The weather forecast in East Thetford on a recent Friday called for snow flurries, but stepping into a greenhouse on Dave Chapman’s Long Wind Farm evoked a very different season. The air was warm and ...
Imagine growing vegetables without even a handful of soil. That is the beauty of hydroponics.  It is a technique that feeds ...
MightyVine, a local grower of hydroponic tomatoes, has secured bank financing for a major greenhouse expansion as it strives to meet rising demand from restaurants and retailers. The deal with Rabo ...
On a warm afternoon in Kajiado county, Mariam Sunte bends over rows of young tomato plants at her farm in Rombo, Loitokitok, carefully inspecting their leaves.A few years ago, this routine was filled ...
On Scott Beylik’s 4-acre farm about 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles, rows of tomato vines climb wires strung from the beams of his greenhouses. There’s no soil, so the roots are submerged in little ...
In the near future, students and staff at Fresno, Calif., Unified high schools will be able to harvest their own lettuce, bell peppers and tomatoes from a very non-traditional farm located on their ...
O’NEILL — A computer-managed hydroponic tomato-growing operation near O’Neill is back in business. The operators of 21st Century Growers abandoned the premises on June 5, TierOne Bank officials said, ...
The latest salvo in the battle between traditional organic farmers — who grow in nutrient-rich soil — and soil-free hydroponic operators centers on a prohibited weed-fighting chemical. Soil farmers ...
TAYLOR RIDGE, Ill. — On Earth Day, April 22, students from Rockridge High School will host an interactive Agriculture Day and harvest the first haul from their inaugural hydroponic farm. For the last ...