Urban Ag News Online Magazine Issue 13

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Critical Foodscapes: what does the future hold for urban gardening?

A one day Conference on July 7, 2016, at the University of Warwick, UK. This conference seeks to put critical – but constructive – pressure on some of the assumptions which underlie current theory and practice of urban gardening; as such, the conference organisers welcome papers encompassing a broad range of approaches and perspectives considering the past, present and future of urban gardening. >> Click for more >>

New Case study on urban Produce Hort Americas has produced a new case study on Urban Produce and their use of LED lighting.

Study Finds Philips LED Lights Provide Improved Energy Efficiency and Production for Growing Food Crops in Space Philips Lighting, a Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX, PHIA) company and global leader in lighting, has collaborated with The University of Arizona Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (CEAC) to test energy efficient ways to grow food that will help feed astronauts on missions to the moon, Mars and beyond. >> Click for more >>

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Sustainable Agriculture Training / Cal Poly Pomona Launch New Hybrid Course and a New School Name The training division of Archi’s Acres has a new name, Archi’s Institute For Sustainable Agriculture (AiSA). Archi’s Institute For Sustainable Agriculture and Cal Poly Pomona Ag Department announce the launch of a new Hybrid (Sustainable Agriculture Training) Course in addition to the popular Six-week Day Course and 12-Week Nights & Weekends Course. >> Click for more >> 31


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