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]

This Purcellville, Va. facility produces 4,000 heads of fresh lettuce and other greens a week for sale to area restaurants and farmers markets and is quickly gaining a reputation as the “premier grower of gourmet lettuces and salad greens” in its area.



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An entrepreneur in Montreal saw no reason for location or climate to stand in the way of fresh produce being available to the community all year – especially if that produce is grown using hydroponics.

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In 2011, the world’s population hit seven billion and as we march on into the new year, the question begs to be asked: where are we going to get our food as the planet fills up with more people and less arable land?

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Fall is finally starting to rear its head around these parts (the first official day of autumn is Friday!), and I’ve been busy spending the last few weeks immersing myself in as many summery activities as possible. As a result, the garden has become slightly neglected.It’s looking a little sad out there. The corn is long past done, as are the watermelon and cucumber plants. The tomatoes are slowly ceasing to produce, and the peppers are giving their last “hurrah” before succumbing to the turn of the season. Any novice would say now is the time to let it all go and have ... [More]