Kevin Stewart interviews Eric Spell, President of AgCareers.com about the agriculture labour market and the shortage of skilled labour. The traditional pipeline of kids growing up on farms is a smaller pool that a couple of years ago. Also the demographics are changing – 60% enrolled in the college of agriculture are female. Also discussed […]

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The Plant is a non-profit/for profit organization that is looking to rebuild the urban surroundings of Chicago. It has taken an old warehouse and is in the process of transforming it into a zero impact, fully self sustainable, method of food production, waste management, and energy production. This episode highlights the aquaponics portion of the […]

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The realities of factory farming are presented thru this video/song titled “Opus One” by Madison Park, found on the CD, Boutique. This video was created to demonstrate a mild reflection of how 97% of animals are raised for food. Although referred to as factory farming, there’s nothing that resembles “farming” about it… Animals are raised […]

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There is a new hydroponic farm that is certified vegan. The name of this farm is Metropolis Farms and is located in Philadelphia. This method of farming could possibly how all of our food is grown in the future. Music: Triumphant Return by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://audionautix.com/ […]

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John Edel, a Chicago entrepreneur, has transformed an 87-year-old abandoned meatpacking facility into the nation’s first vertical farm. His goal is to bring large-scale, net-zero-waste food production right into the middle of the city.

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The best way to meet with farmers is on their own turf. Many farmers in Kenya are members of dairy associations and/or farmer self help groups that hold regular meetings where they invite local service providers to train the farmers on new products or farming methods that will improve their livelihoods. This even was at […]

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Volm is now bringing more to “the table” as part of its continued effort to help packers move produce from the field to the market shelf. The recent packaging portfolio expansion focuses on Pouches for fresh produce, Metalized Poly for eye catching packaging and innovative styles of Vertical Form, Fill and Seal bags. Micah Johnson, […]

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Healthy girls 10 days into bloom. No longer using bushmaster and allowing the plants to grow a little fuller. Video Rating: / 5

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We are developing the perfect blueprint for city farming. vertical farming at our new GrowWise Center on the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. It is the largest research facility of its kind with a total growing surface of 234 square meters. GrowWise stands for a smarter, more sustainable way of growing vegetables for […]

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Fish Feeding at Ripple Rock Fish Farms…www.ripplerockfishfarms.com Video Rating: / 5

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http://www.rasnsw.com.au Introducing Vertical Farm Systems. How does the system work? What are the benefits? Please POST this video on Facebook, TWEET about it on Twitter or SHARE through other social media. Thanks for viewing. The Royal Agricultural Society of NSW http://www.rasnsw.com.au

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