Why would someone want to purposefully cut away from and potentially harm their plants? The most common reason for pruning a plant is to control its growth pattern. When the tip of a branch is cut, new growth will split at that location and what once was one branch now becomes two. To the grower who keeps stock (or mother) plants, pruning can greatly increase potential cloning sites and reduce the amount of time it takes to get the required number of clones. [More]

Future Farm Food and Fuel LLC is a collaboration between Baldwin Dairy and the aquaponic and hydroponic setup used to raise tilapia and grow produce within Future Farm’s 27,000 square foot facility. Methane energy from the 1,100 cow dairy farm’s manure waste creates cheap heat and electricity that powers the gardening system.

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Lettuce isn’t exactly the most compelling produce, but the lettuce from PodPonics in Atlanta has a lot of people talking. [More]