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Comment on The Biggest Challenge for CEA, LABOR by urbanagnews

urbanagnews — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 00:07:26 +0000

Thanks so much for your comment, Paul. We would be happy to explore partnership opportunities with you. Please email us at info@urbanagnews.com.

Thanks!

Comment on The Biggest Challenge for CEA, LABOR by Paul Begue

Paul Begue — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 17:09:53 +0000

I love this article. Timely, pertinent, a little scary. I am the operations and training manager for an Urban Aquafarm & training center in New Orleans, La. Our goal is to train local folks (within 3 states) with the skills necessary to become technicians. We are open to any ideas or partnership opportunities. Thank you very much for taking the time to write this article. I will cite this often when discussing the “need” with local government groups.

Comment on The 2023 Controlled Environment Agriculture Market – How are we evolving? by urbanagnews

urbanagnews — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 02:27:09 +0000

In reply to Ryan Porter. We appreciate your response, Ryan! There's always a chance for growth and improvement. Very cool to see what you're working on. Keep up the good work!

Comment on The 2023 Controlled Environment Agriculture Market – How are we evolving? by Ryan Porter

Ryan Porter — Wed, 04 Oct 2023 15:52:36 +0000

I appreciate your balanced perspective on the challenges and opportunities within the agriculture industry. It’s refreshing to see that you view the information presented not as “doom and gloom” but as a call to action and a chance for growth and improvement. Your points about keeping investment dollars within the U.S. and nurturing local industry and talent are crucial to our leafy green market and the US economy. Emphasizing the need for American-led companies in horticulture is essential for expertise development and ensuring competitiveness. The discussion you raised on the high costs associated with U.S. CEA businesses highlights areas that require attention and innovation, such as scalability, labor access, and distribution efficiency. Addressing these challenges can pave the way for a thriving industry that not only meets the demands of changing consumer preferences but also contributes positively to the environment and local economies. We’re actually working on similar CEA technologies over on our website: https://Freshalternative.farm

Comment on Moleaer launches the Bloom™ nanobubble generator by niveta

niveta — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 10:29:59 +0000

Can i use for irrigation of cereal crops without drip ie normal irrigation
What is the cost of the nano bubble generator

Comment on How do you overcome the environmental challenges of indoor farming? by Chris Higgins

Chris Higgins — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 22:46:13 +0000

All of the photos in this article are provided by the University of Arizona.
Universities measure the lights to insure accuracy in data. These photos should not be seen as commercial designs.

Comment on Functional Food Facts: Garlic does not cure COVID-19, but it does have other benefits by urbanagnews

urbanagnews — Tue, 06 Jun 2023 22:40:29 +0000

In reply to Kris Page.

Kris, thanks for the great question.

What we know is that two cultivars of the garlic species, Allium sativum L. are widely available. Other varieties do exist but they are not as far as we know commercial. These two species are the common white (softneck) variety and a purple (hardneck) variety which you are more likely to find in a specialist store. The sulphur content is responsible for garlics main medicinal properties but recent studies revealed higher saponins exist in purple garlic with better health potential. We also advise not to remove the outer tunic of purple garlic as this contains bioactive compounds. That said, eating any type of raw garlic will help as an anti-inflammatory since Allicin looses its beneficial properties after heating. Here’s a couple of links if you would like to delve more into the subject:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc//PMC6152257/

https://garlics.com/blog/purple-garlic-and-white-garlic/

Comment on Functional Food Facts: Garlic does not cure COVID-19, but it does have other benefits by Kris Page

Kris Page — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 21:12:50 +0000

Which garlic variety is best?

Comment on Wait…What, Grapevines can benefit from CEA? by urbanagnews

urbanagnews — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 23:03:35 +0000

In reply to Udi Zur. Hello Udi, Thank you for highlighting the error, we have updated the article with references to statistics.

Comment on Wait…What, Grapevines can benefit from CEA? by Udi Zur

Udi Zur — Fri, 26 May 2023 05:21:20 +0000

In reply to urbanagnews. One mistake that should be corrected.. Netherlands hardly grows any grapes and definitely there is no Dutch wine export of any kind.

Comment on Wait…What, Grapevines can benefit from CEA? by urbanagnews

urbanagnews — Wed, 24 May 2023 01:15:37 +0000

In reply to Terry Rohrer.

Hello Terry, we can reassure you the article was not generated by AI and was written by our functional food expert and grower, Janet Colston.

Urban Ag News presents the latest developments in the Controlled Environment Agriculture industry and many of our feature articles define CEA technologies. Check out this great description of CEA:

https://urbanagnews.com/blog/exclusives/you-know-what-a-greenhouse-and-vertical-farm-are-but-what-is-controlled-environment-agriculture-cea/

Comment on Wait…What, Grapevines can benefit from CEA? by Terry Rohrer

Terry Rohrer — Tue, 23 May 2023 12:38:13 +0000

All those words and not one hint at what CEA is. Makes you think ChatGPT wrote this and doesn’t yet understand the first think about communication.

Comment on History of the Tower Garden® by Sebastian Enea

Sebastian Enea — Sun, 21 May 2023 19:21:55 +0000

Hi, I need to talk to someone from your team who is manufacturing these towers.

Comment on Growing Power: An Urban Farmer and an Urban Agriculture Legend by ogwang johnson

ogwang johnson — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 08:08:43 +0000

am ogwang Johnson an agricultural officer from Uganda east Africa ,i learnt about your organization from u-tube and i got interested in project and i wanted to learn more. it is very interesting. is there away i can visit your farm