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Did I Just Mention THE DROUGHT ...
As I was doing my morning reading today I came across this stark article in Slate by meteorologist Eric Holthaus that featured a foreboding depiction of a bleak future. Take a look at my blog entry...
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Bad Just Got Worse !!!
Just when we thought we were done talking about the drought, NASA releases this startling, no troubling picture of what the drought is doing to water supplies and possible impacts on global food...
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Localest Is Our New Word Describing Fresh Produce ...
Faye Mitchell, co founder of Local Greens could not put it any better about their status in the newly opened Berkely Whole Foods ... "We are proud to be their featured local produce farm. Together we...
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Help Local Greens Expand ...
Our Bay Area grower, Local Greens is trying to meet the unprecedented demand for their fresh and live foods in their marketplace. As people experience the difference between Local Greens produce and...
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Is the Sky Falling Yet?
We have been talking for so long about why indoor vertical food production MUST be implemented. Two weeks ago the Huffington Post talked of vertical farming and why we are on the verge of a...
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The Countdown is ON ...
The opening and unveiling to the world of the largest food producing wall in the world will be on May 1, 2015 at the Milan Worlds Fair. This photo at the left is an actual shot done this week showing...
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New Stores, New Products
Our Bay Area grower Local Greens has just announced availability of their produce in the Andronico's Community Markets, a wonderful food boutique providing a spotlight on local producers. This expands...
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How About Design Innovation
We have acquired a new capability of design innovation through Terra Farms India. The unique designs will enable our Urbafresh technologies an new dimension of visual design. This new capability...
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Help Us Continue To Grow and Serve
Local Greens is one the last two standing in a competition to obtain a grant from Whole Foods in a unique vote off. Please help Local Greens grow and deliver their unique brand of live fresh foods...
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Urban Farming Projected to be a Top Job
In a great article entitled, "The Top Jobs in 10 Years Might Not Be What You Expect" in Fast Company by Michael Grothaus, he highlighted Urban Farming as one of them. "Though technology continues to...
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Food Waste, Bigger Problem Than We Perceive
We waste a LOT of food, that is an understated and remarkably under appreciated fact. It seems that we, as a population in general believe that we waste less than the average and thus feel we are...
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Fresh and Live the Microsoft Way
I just read this wonderful article on the way Microsoft has taken on the challenge of providing the finest of fresh foods by going one better and using on site growing to provide live foods that go...
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Announcing Live Trays 2.0 ...
We are pleased to announce our New Live Trays that will be at Down to Earth Maui on Tuesday of this week. Our new Live trays are a culmination of months of tests and trials and create a new paradigm...
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Live Trays 2.0 are now LIVE ...
Here are the first photos of our display in the Down to Earth Maui store. Our first display of our Live MicroHerbs trays are now on display. We included 14 different crops with several pictures below....
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MicroFarms are Perfect for Micro Apartments
There has been a surge of renovation and construction featuring a new class of apartments for urban dwellers, micro apartments. These new breed of apartments create a much higher payback for...
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Sprouted Wheat Bread
Our wheat sprouting activity led to uncovering a recipe for turning our sprouted wheat berries into a wonderful loaf of sprouted wheat bread. One of our suppliers, Sproutlady Rita from Sprouthouse...
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Adding to Super Foods
Upland cress is one of the most nutrient dense microgreens to be found. Microgreens by their nature are superior to the mature plant matter because of the exceptional concentration or nutrient density...
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The Future of Food
A tantalizing look into a future was presented by a recent article in the South China Morning Post entitled "Diners of the future will feast on 3D printed food and 'bespoke' cuisine". The article...
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Fighting Effects of Air Pollution with Food
Much has been made of the health effects of broccoli. The super food label was bestowed on broccoli because of the amazing amount of benefits of eating broccoli. Early researchers from Johns Hopkins...
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Turnip Greens Qualify as a Superfood
While searching for crops that can make a difference we came upon a writeup that sung the praises of turnip greens. An entry on the Worlds Healthiest Foods website pointed out that turnip greens were...
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