The College of Southern Maryland launches its next vertical agriculture course March 31 at the La Plata Campus, providing hands-on training in hydroponic systems to meet demand in a rapidly expanding ...

Vertical farming has boomed and busted within a decade. We explore why many pioneers failed, why 80 Acres Farms survived, and ...

(InvestigateTV) — By 2050, the world will need to produce about 60% more food to feed a global population of more than nine billion people. That’s according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of ...

Vertical farming, a type of indoor agriculture where crops are grown stacked in layers, has been expanding in fits and starts since the late 1990s. As the technology has improved, more large-scale ...

Picture growing fresh lettuce, herbs, and tomatoes in the heart of New York City, London, or Tokyo – not in traditional soil-based farms, but in sleek indoor towers that stack plants from floor to ...

The Eating the Earth column got its name because agriculture has devoured nearly two-fifths of our planet’s land. It also uses nearly three-fourths of our fresh water, generates one-fourth of our ...

Global demand for food is expected to increase 58–98% by 2050. But can our current agricultural systems support this change? These farms are grown in buildings within or adjacent to urban areas.

Plant owners with a so-called green thumb often seem to have a more finely tuned sense of what their plants need than the ...

(InvestigateTV) — By 2050, the world will need to produce about 60% more food to feed a global population of more than nine billion people. That’s according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of ...