On Scott Beylik’s 4-acre farm about 60 miles northwest of Los Angeles, rows of tomato vines climb wires strung from the beams of his greenhouses. There’s no soil, so the roots are submerged in little ...
On a cold, windy day, Win Goodridge went to his basement to get some fresh chard and lettuces from his garden. His is an indoor, hydroponic garden, which requires no soil — and can yield fresh veggies ...
Imagine growing vegetables without even a handful of soil. That is the beauty of hydroponics.  It is a technique that feeds ...
MightyVine, a local grower of hydroponic tomatoes, has secured bank financing for a major greenhouse expansion as it strives to meet rising demand from restaurants and retailers. The deal with Rabo ...
In the near future, students and staff at Fresno, Calif., Unified high schools will be able to harvest their own lettuce, bell peppers and tomatoes from a very non-traditional farm located on their ...
The latest salvo in the battle between traditional organic farmers — who grow in nutrient-rich soil — and soil-free hydroponic operators centers on a prohibited weed-fighting chemical. Soil farmers ...
O’NEILL — A computer-managed hydroponic tomato-growing operation near O’Neill is back in business. The operators of 21st Century Growers abandoned the premises on June 5, TierOne Bank officials said, ...
Sometimes, innovation makes for strange bedfellows. In the Northern Nevada desert, on land once spattered with grazing cattle, inside a 31,000-square-foot greenhouse, tilapia and tomatoes are farmed ...
TAYLOR RIDGE, Ill. — On Earth Day, April 22, students from Rockridge High School will host an interactive Agriculture Day and harvest the first haul from their inaugural hydroponic farm. For the last ...
SELMA, Calif. (KFSN) -- At Selma High School, students are growing food that's helping feed kids across the district. Now, they're working to expand that process thanks to a state grant. One by one, ...