2025: Continued Market Growth
Hydroponics offers many advantages to traditional farming, including using less water, better allocation of space, no soil needed, no pesticides, climate, and environmental control, faster plant growth, and less labour required. And the food it produces is just as tasty and nutritional as ever. With all that in mind and the continued strain population growth […]
2022: High Tech Greens – BCRDWC system
A new cultivation system design and function are introduced onto the world termed the Balance Cascade recirculating deep water culture or the BCRDWC hydroponic system. This system benefits from mycorrhiza inoculation application and balanced cascade control. Which combined allows the expansion of the system exponentially. Also, the BCRDWC hydroponics system, due to its functional perimeters, […]
2021: In-Store Hydroponic Farm
Quality Food Centres (QFC) in Seattle teamed up with a vertical-farming startup from Germany, InFarm, to set up in-store hydroponic growing next to the produce aisle in a couple of their locations. They produce kale, crystal lettuce, and cilantro. Dubai is also introducing in-store hydroponic farms in a few places, producing about 10kg of fresh […]
2020: Undercurrent RDWC takes front stage
With a Chemical sterilisation agent within the nutrient solution, this addition eliminates all biological life within the solution to prevent a possible pathogenic infection. As a result, the undercurrent hydroponic system achieves greater yield results in cultivating large root fast growing annuals such as tomatoes etc, than systems that have come before. Grozine – New […]
2019: World’s Largest Hydroponic Farm
Emirates Flight Catering and Crop One Holdings are building Dubai’s world’s largest hydroponic farm. The 130,000-square-foot facility will produce over five tonnes of produce every day (all free of pesticides and herbicides). Even though it is soilless, hydroponics uses less water than traditional farming. The company claims that the technology will use just 320 gallons […]
2018: VÄXER
If you thought this one sounds like something you would find at Ikea, you’re right. In 2018, Ikea introduced their VÄXER line of products, providing all you need to grow some hydroponic herbs or veggies at home. Intelligent Living – Grow Your Own Food At Home With IKEA’s Indoor Hydroponic Garden>
2018: Jones Food Company
At 17-Stories high, Jones Food Company is Europe’s largest vertical farm. They were founded in 2016 and started growing their first crops in 2018 in their facility in North Lincolnshire, UK. With 26 tennis courts worth of space and growing 365 days a year, they produce hundreds of tonnes of produce (fresh herbs, leafy greens, […]
2014: Aeroponics
Caleb Hunter and his team at the MIT Media Lab discover and develop aeroponics. It is a form of hydroponics – in that it is soilless growing – but instead of the plants sitting in the water, the roots of the plants are sprayed with a nutrient-rich mist. There is no growing medium used below […]
The 2010’s: Organic
The USDA has ruled that hydroponically grown plants can be labelled organic: “Certification to the USDA organic standards is currently allowed, as long as the certifier can demonstrate it is certifying in a way that complies with the standard.” US Gov – Organic Hydroponics and Aquaponics> Beyond Pesticides – Got Organic>
2007: 200 Pounds of Tomatoes
Eurofresh farms in Arizona sold more than 200 pounds of hydroponically grown tomatoes.