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4 Reasons Why Local Food is Trending
Abraham Lincoln once said that “The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land.” I couldn’t agree more. Here at Bright, we see local food...
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Holly and Poinsettias: Don't Leave Your Greenhouse Out of Christmas
Holiday staples poinsettias and holly offer insights into growing decorative plants in your greenhouse—and, hey, it’s Christmastime; these beauties are in high demand.The lasting, vibrant colors of...
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How To Start a Farm in 2016: Do It Like These 7 Farmers
Here at Bright Agrotech headquarters, we spend our days writing content to empower, creating products to equip, and troubleshooting with our farmers. We come in early and stay late, and we do it with a...
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10 Things Indoor Farmers Should Know About LED Lighting
10 Things Indoor Farmers Should Know About LED LightingHere at Bright Agrotech, we recommend supplemental lighting whenever(a) you have shorter daylight hours, especially in northern climates;(b) when...
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How Plant Shapes are Affected by Tropism in Vertical Farming
For years we've been publishing free information to help small farmers make a living at vertical farming. It all started with a few Youtube videos, and our library of videos continues to grow. One...
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Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) and Indoor Farming
Almost any commercial indoor grower wishes to do two things:Increase yieldReduce cost For years indoor growers have been developing innovative techniques and practices to do these two things. Now, as...
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Could Indoor Ag Be a Solution To India's Small Farm Crisis?
Robert Switzer says that "In 1900, 42 percent of the U.S. population lived on farms; by 1990 that number had dwindled to less than 2 percent".The loss of the small family farm has been a cause for...
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Worried That a Galvanized Tank Might Kill Your Fish?
Why You Should Avoid Galvanized Steel Tanks in Aquaponic Systems There are lots of reasons people use galvanized tanks in aquaponics systems. They are cheaper than stainless, they are durable, and they...
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7 Common Questions About Autodosing in Hydroponics
Hydroponics systems can be very efficient at crop production. Many hydroponicists can fine-tune their growing environment to remove bottlenecks, minimize maintanence, and increase the quality of their...
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Why Are So Many Indoor Farmers Crazy About LEDs?
LEDs, LEDs, LEDs. Maybe it's just being part of a vertical farming company that makes me feel like I hear about them all the time, but I also hear pieces on NPR's SciFri and get articles on LEDs...
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Do You Have to Go to College to Be Successful?
"The skills gap is a reflection of what we value. To close the gap, we need to change the way the country feels about work." - Mike RoweHere at Bright Agrotech, we talk to all sorts of people from all...
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An Introduction to Automatic Dosing in Hydroponics
So you’re thinking about an automated dosing system, but you’re not sure if you can bite the bullet to pay for it. I can sympathize. When someone suggests you may need an expensive new system to run...
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What Does Community-Based Food Really Look Like?
I'm willing to bet that you've never met a farm like The Growing Experience.Jimmy Ng is the program manager for The Growing Experience Urban Farm in North Long Beach, California. Today, TGE is a...
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Benefits of True Vertical Farming Include Reduced Labor
Stacked growing systems use vertical space; but they could be way more efficient.One technique that is currently being used in the soil-less growing industry is the use of stacked racks containing...
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Parties, Protests, and Pot; It’s Time to Rethink College Education
Another question you have to answer is "what are kids doing from age 18-22? You know Peter [Thiel] talked about different models of schools. One is school as babysitting for that 4 year period. You...
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Your First Barnraiser Campaign: The Do’s and Don’ts
We’ve all heard of crowdfunding. From Kickstarter movie promotions to college students posting their GoFundMe pages on their Facebooks, it’s become pretty ubiquitous in our communities at large.But...
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The Search for Meaning; How Colleges Are Failing at Mentoring
Colleges are failing at mentoringIn a recent post, I outlined some of the reasons why we need to rethink college education. The system is struggling under widely disparate expectations, climbing...
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Higher Education in Crisis: How Colleges Fail at Vocation
What is Vocation?One solution that we might hear about is the idea of vocational training. But when we bring up the subject, we usually end up talking about automotive tech schools or welding...
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10 Tips for Farmers on The Post-harvest Care of Herbs
Why should farmers care about how their herbs are treated after harvest?I recently read the results of a survey and study on the post-harvest care of herbs. This is obviously an important topic for...
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Triple Threat Mentoring Builds Chicago's First ZipFarm
Behind the scenes: Chicago's First ZipFarmLast November, our team was contacted by Nick Marasco, a Chicagoan looking for somebody to partner with him and Triple Threat Mentoring - a mission-driven...
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