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The first full day of being in the light, compare to yesterday's photo and see the color starting to emerge in the tray ... leaves are emerging, the first pairs. Stems are getting longer and...
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only 5 days now and the little brocolli plants are looking fabulous ... Delete the scoop?
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On Westfield London’s opening day, more than 150,000 shoppers flocked to see Europe’s largest inner-city retail complex: 17.5 hectares with almost 280 shops, 50 restaurants and a 14-screen cinema. Delete the scoop?
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Rick Passo's insight: http://indooragnv.com/ On April 24, 2013, Seedstock, the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development, and Nicola Kerslake of Real Assets Junkie co-hosted the inaugural Nevada Indoor Agriculture Conference at the Historic... Delete the scoop?
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Urban farming at Muir Ranch on John Muir High School campus Delete the scoop?
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Using technology to transform food production in the urban environment ...
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see our new offering of Garden Towers that combine media based vertical growing and vermicomposting ... vermiponic vertical system that is completely off grid ... Delete the scoop?
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Architects have come up with spectacular concepts for vertical farms that would grow crops in city skyscrapers. Delete the scoop?
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The sprouts are now ready to emerge and see the light ... growth on the tallest of sprouts is to the top of the tray which means approx 2" high. Kinda like we humans, the plants now need to get...
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the first crop is now ready to face the light ... Delete the scoop?
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A Mediterranean diet with added extra virgin olive oil or mixed nuts seems to improve the brain power of older people better than advising them to follow a low-fat diet, according to new research. Delete the scoop?
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New research suggests that a compound abundant in the Mediterranean diet takes away cancer cells' "superpower" to escape death. 
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Read more about Spanish ketogenic meditteranean diet and read the full paper that reveals significant points of the research. Delete the scoop?
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Seamless and GrubHub, two of the biggest food delivery services in the US, have just announced they'll be merging into a combined company, with the name Delete the scoop?
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Overfishing has reduced fish populations and biodiversity across much of the world’s oceans. In response, fisheries are increasingly reliant on a handful of highly valuable shellfish. However, new research shows this approach to be extremely risky. Delete the scoop?
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Nevada is trying to grow more food locally, using hydroponics, greenhouses, and other indoor-farming techniques Via Rick Passo Delete the scoop?
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Microgreens - a product and growing process that anyone can do AND everyone should eat ... Urbaform has been searching for kit that will allow an entry point for all who have interest in this...
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have been looking for a kit to grow highly nutritious and tasty microgreens for a long time ... Urban Hydro Greens has partnered with Urbaform to offer a home kit to introduce people to growing and consuming these incredibly nutritious addition to any diet ... check it out !!! 
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EAT Club, which is launching in private beta today, has a unique spin on the way that users get lunch. Delete the scoop?
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Bay Meadows, billed as a "progressive new urban village," is starting to take shape in San Mateo, south of San Francisco. (RT @meredithnadine: I hope green walls are the new 'in thing', I just love them! Delete the scoop?
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Spanish company, Arup, is piloting a new form of green building which uses algae to generate biomass and heat as a renewable energy source. (Urban Reforestation Delete the scoop?
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Boston grows regs for urban agriculturalists Boston Herald New rules for farming in the middle of Boston — intended to expand urban agriculture while bringing some order to burgeoning inner-city bucolicism — are going up for public review and... Delete the scoop?
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The Garden Tower is a revolutionary self-contained vertical garden / composting system capable of transforming home gardening, urban gardening, and making a difference. Garden Tower Project is...
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Urbaform is now highlighting an incredible vertical tower design that utilizes worms to create the growing nutrients ... great design and alternative design using worms to process your food waste to support healthy new plants ... Delete the scoop?
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What happens to the 40% of food produced but never eaten in the U.S. each year, the mounds of perfect fruit passed over by grocery store shoppers, the tons of meat and milk left to expire? (What a great use for spoiled food. Delete the scoop?
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Wow ... 3 days out and almost 100% germination ... they must like it up here. Fine roots are appearing on most plants and heights approaching 1" seems common. Tomorrow will be the day we open...
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one more day in the darkness ... before we turn this into a green mat ... Delete the scoop?
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Using LED lighting instead of traditional high pressure sodium lights to grow tomatoes in greenhouses during the winter could cut costs and boost local food production. Delete the scoop?
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With incredible advances in space exploration, the idea of harvesting crops and planting gardens in space is leaving the realm of science fiction and becoming a reality. Research in astrobiology, a.k.a. Delete the scoop?
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Using technology to transform food production in the urban environment ...
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