Lettuce farming in a modern hydroponic vertical farm which uses only 1% of water a normal soil based farm would require. You may have been hearing a lot more of the term ‘vertical farming’ recently. This is unsurprising as the industry has had a huge growth and is predicted to be worth around £16bn by […]
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The Euroheat and Power Congress provide a platform to discuss our District Energy sectors. This is their 39th year of hosting events that provide an opportunity to discuss industry prospects and challenges. This event will be held online and in total will have 15 sessions of more than 50 speakers. The congress also brings together over 350 of the best from the industry such as; national authorities, international / national associations and private sector to share
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A young Agriculture Engineer holding spinach, grown in a hydroponic environment. Hydroponics and Aquaponics are both methods of growing in a soil-free environment, with the main difference being that aquaponics use fish in their closed loop system. The freedom that comes with not having to use soil in these farming methods means that crop can
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Luckily, sunflowers are one of the easier flowers to grow and there are great benefits of having them in your garden too! (See last blog) Sunflowers should be sown from April to May and are best in a multi-purpose compost. Also, as their name suggests, sunflowers like to be grown in a sunny spot so
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A selection of microgreens. Covid has sparked many new hobbies and trends, baking banana bread, focaccia art and crocheting to name a few! One of our favourites is growing microgreens. There has been a shift of people’s mindsets since the first lockdown begun, with more questions being asked of where our food is sourced and
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The realities of Brexit for the horticultural industry are just starting to take effect. So, what are the positives? Who will be the most affected by changes to come? What is important to know as a grower? Our sustainability consultant Dr. Kate Fox has been conducting extensive market research over the past two years speaking
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Did you know that the tallest sunflower measured at 9.17metres? At District Eating we have set up a competition to see who can grow the tallest sunflower! One of the main reasons we have decided to do this is because we now want to use our waste heat to not only grow food but flowers
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