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A Focus on Lettuce | Vertical Farming
Lettuce is one of the most popular crops in the world. Most restaurants will have a number of lettuce varieties on their menu; most grocery carts will include a head lettuce or bag of mixed greens. Lettuce is relatively easy to grow and has a reasonably quick turn...
How To Start Growing With The Kratky Method
Farmer Brandon Youst from Veg2Bowl (a farm-to-food truck operation) is joining us on the Upstart U blog! Brandon uses the Kratky method (using a stationary solution with no pump) to grow greens for his food truck. In this post, Brandon is going to explain the...
How To Choose Fluorescent Grow Lights For Your Farm
Fluorescent lights can be an inexpensive lighting option for a small farm operation, but not every fluorescent light is the same. If you’re not using the right kind, you won’t have enough light to grow. When Should You Use Fluorescent Grow Lights? Most large-scale and...
Why Choosing Automated Dosing Systems is a Profitable Investment
Automated dosing systems can be expensive, which means they’re often an intimidating investment for small farmers. However, many growers note that their upfront investment pays off once they start saving on time and labor costs, especially if they’re beginning to...
The Top 5 Courses for Indoor Farmers
It has been a great year at Upstart University, thanks to our amazing community of farmers and students! We are thrilled to see so many people working together to improve the agriculture and food systems in their communities and to provide their neighbors with fresh,...
The 3 Most Important Factors for a Profitable Farm
Regardless of how you grow, the profitability of your farm will depend on three main factors: demand, viability, and profit margin. Lots of new farmers focus the majority of their efforts on their ability to grow a single crop and forget to do research on the other...
What You Need to Know About pH in Hydroponics
pH in Hydroponics When it comes to learning about hydroponics and aquaponics, it’s likely that you’ll run into a few unfamiliar terms. In particular, there’s a lot of mumbo-jumbo about pH—we know it’s important and we know that it affects the way our plants grow in...
As Foreign Nations Invest Big, the Farm Bill is an Opportunity to Demonstrate American Leadership in Indoor Agriculture
Editor's Note: This article was originally posted on Agri-Pulse by Matt Barnard, Paul Lightfoot, and Irving Fain. American farmers and agricultural companies have always been global leaders. This has never been as important as it is today. As billions of people...
How to Minimize Downtime Between Hydroponic Crop Cycles
While indoor growers enjoy the benefit of year-round harvests, they can still lose precious time when their system is empty between crop cycles. This is called downtime, and to indoor farmers, it represents an important profit factor. This post will help you manage...
3 Things to Fight For in the Farm Bill
The Farm Bill is moving in Congress and could impact your farm. As you may have learned in our previous post, Congress typically rewrites the Farm Bill every five years and is currently in the process of writing a new Farm Bill with the goal of passing it by the end...
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