Local Grown Salads

11/05/2024

How do hydroponics work?
Disclaimer - Local Grown Salads uses a manufactured soil, not Hydroponics,
This a teaching moment.

Hydroponic systems are common in vine greenhouses and Indoor Vertical Farming as they have many advantages.
- Easy transport
- Reduced water usage
- No soil necessary
- Space effective
= Reduced pesticide use

Hydroponic systems substitute nutrient-rich water for the soil.
The plant's roots are submerged directly in this nutrient-rich solution making growing crops easier than ever!
There are a few basic elements that all hydroponic systems need, such as fresh water, oxygen, root support, nutrients, and light.

Hydroponics are great for home use.
Regularly change the water and maintain a pH of 6-6.5.
Add nutrients every time the water is changed.

Oxygen is provided an aquarium air pump in the water container.
The plant's need some support, such coconut fiber or stones.
Lighting is integral to your plant's growth, use the sun or LED lighting.
All available from Amazon!

Hydroponics are mess-free and very easy to maintain.

It beats using soil!.

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We suggest you start here to learn the essentials of hydroponics, and if you’re inspired to try growing some hydroponic plants of your own, click over to this page to see what kind of system would work best for you!

11/04/2024

Amazing paper analyzing greenhouses and .
issues are complicated and this paper brings out those details.

Here are the takeaways from the abstract:
- Conventional, high-tech greenhouse systems showed the greatest potential for positive contributions towards four of the SDGs. However, their relatively high energy use makes it difficult to achieve SDG7 on affordable and clean energy, where low-tech systems perform better due to lower energy use from relatively cleaner sources.
- Lower water use efficiency and higher nutrient losses in all soilbased cultivation systems are barriers to achieving some targets under most of the selected SDGs.
- Organic cultivation systems showed relatively high water and land use, based on the limited data available.

Bottom line?
The review highlights the existence of substantial synergies, but also considerable trade-offs between SDGs.
This needs to be considered when making policy, investment and management decisions related to greenhouse production.

The next step is to do a rigorous comparison with Indoor Vertical Farming.

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11/04/2024

Reid Hoffman talks to Chris Paul (professional basketball player) and Ethan Brown (Founder of Beyond Meat) talks about being a

11/01/2024

Eat more is there to say...
Thank you Lynn

11/01/2024

Indoor Vertical Farming is a massively way of growing .
The UN Sustainable Development Goals ( ) is fast becoming the standard to which the world uses as a measure of sustainability.

Local Grown Salads analyzed the specific targets it contributes to.
We are quite proud of the results.



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10/31/2024

‎I am so pleased with this .
It's very wide ranging, we talked about my favorite topics.
- How I got into the business
- and what we be achieved
- The promise of Indoor Vertical Farming
- and
- What I put into a
- And Airfrying!

Thank you Reliance Home Comfort and Sweet Fish Media.

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10/31/2024

I just read this story.
I am aware this is a common thing. And it shouldn't be.

There were a number of underlying causes. As all participants were African American, it was probably not a racists thing. It was probably because their was an assumption that a Black man cannot have wealth.

I believe that creating wealth in the Black community will address this.
It needs to be that being wealthy and Black is normal.

Ryan Coogler was arrested trying to withdraw money from his own bank account in Atlanta, Georgia.

10/31/2024

I love

This is an interview about Passion.
Different types of Passion and what the effect it can have.

10/30/2024

Local Grown Salads' contribution to UN Sustainable Goal 6 Targets
Clean
6.3 Improve by reducing , eliminating dumping and minimizing release of hazardous chemicals and materials,
- Local Grown Salads uses no pesticides, fungicides, and herbicides
- Nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium (NPK) are fully used in the system, which traditional growing leaks into the water systems

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10/30/2024

Hey we are looking for Interns.
Both as independent or as part of a school programs.

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10/30/2024

is a huge sub category of the food category.

It's driven from two sides, the first are folks who have celiac or are gluten sensitive.
The other group are folks who are health conscious, and they are influenced by books like wheat belly.

Its just another opportunity in the world of food.

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New products feature health attributes and are in sync with other diet trends.

10/29/2024

Local Grown Salads contribution to UN Sustainable Goal 10 Targets
Reduce inequality within and among countries

10.2 Empower and promote the social, economic inclusion of all, irrespective of age, s*x, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status
- Local Grown Salads has HR Policies promoting equality including returning citizens and working with organizations that help implement these values.

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10/29/2024

Why $1.01B Has Been Invested In Indoor Vertical Farming?

Local Grown Salads is launching in and Philadelphia is 40% African American.
The attached article surprised me, but I am not the only one.

I mentioned it to a fellow I was working with and he was surprised.
But what was surprising to me was, he is African American and he is a vegetarian.

I spoke with another fellow who was also surprised.
Now you probably guessed he was also African American, but a hard core meat eater.
But he has two daughter, that are .

I did some research and discovered there is are some significant groups on Facebook whose focus is food for African Americans,
What Black Vegans Eat- 40,000 members
Black And Vegan- 27,000 members
Black Vegan Social- 73,000 members
Black Vegans Vegetarians and Pescatarians- 21,000 members

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10/29/2024

Local Grown Salads' contribution to the UN Sustainable Goal 9 Targets

9.4 Upgrade and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of and sound technologies and processes
- The food industry is the biggest and most important industry in the world, and is currently unsustainable.
- Indoor vertical farming updates the food industry making it completely sustainable

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10/28/2024

Local Grown Salads' contribution to the UN Sustainable Goal 9 Targets

9.3 Access of small-scale industrial [companies] and their integration into value chains and market
- Indoor Vertical Farming enables to be grown at the last mile, not 1500 miles away from the consumer
- Local Grown Salads' enables food to be grown close to where people live and eat
- Local Grown Salads is implemented as a small scale operation duplicated to meet the market need

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10/28/2024

What is aeroponics?
AeroFarms is the best known Indoor Vertical Farming company using the technology!
The aeroponic system is a method of growing plants using nutrient-rich mist.
Plant seeds are planted in tiny pots and exposed to light on one end while the other side is exposed to this nutrient-rich mist.
(AeroFarms uses a material)

Aeroponics systems are highly maneuverable and can be set up both horizontally and vertically.
Insides these tiny pots, the seeds are secured in foam pieces which provide structural support for the stem and root mass. This method of groundless plant growth gives plants access to lots of oxygen which results in faster growth.

What is the best part about all of this?
Aeroponics is highly efficient! Aeroponic systems use 95 percent less water than traditional agriculture.
Also, since nutrients are present in this vapour solution, there is minimal waste of nutrients as the runoff is collected and recycled.

Aeroponics can grow various crops and are best suited for smaller plant species due to the system design and size. Aeroponics is also highly efficient due to its size.
Quite a few people build or buy a small aeroponic system for their businesses or homes.

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Vertical farming technology including AeroFarms aeroponics, horticulture, genetics, engineering, food safety, data science, and nutrition.

10/25/2024

If you are are like me and respond to
"Black Lives Matter" by saying "all lives matter",
"White Privilege" by saying "I worked for what I have", and
"Racist" with "I am not racist".

It means I didn't understand what being said.

No rational person was telling me my life didn't matter.
No rational person was saying Zale had special privaleges.
Nobody was ever calling me a racist.

What they are saying is I don't understand what it is like to be an African American in the United States (or Canada for that matter)

I still don't totally understand it, but I am working on understanding it so I can be part of the solution/

This Podcast helped me understand it.
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10/25/2024

I bet you don't think about Green Peas very much.
That is unless you have been following the rise of foods.
Pea proteins is the source for most of the substitutes. Its also used as a substitute in protein drinks.

Anyhow, I love fresh peas in my and to just munch on as a treat.
Did you know the leaves of the pea plant taste like peas before the peas actually grow?
So its a way to have a fresh pea flavor in your salad before the pea forms.

And Surprise! Surprise! They are also very healthy.

What are you going to put peas into today?

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10/24/2024

An interesting application of the , specifically

Marine life represents , fish food, and all sorts of technologies.

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Swiss investment bank Credit Suisse has partnered with Rockefeller Asset Management to launch an impact fund that will finance projects improving ocean health, raising $212m pre-launch.

10/24/2024

If you want a diet, you need fruits and vegetables. The best way is to buy direct from a from a farmer's market. The next best way is through a (Community Supported Agriculture) which means a company buying Veggies and fruits and delivering to your home.

The attached article is all about some of the bigger and well known delivery services..
Use the article to understand the CSA choices the price ranges.
A Google "CSA near me" will find you many local choices.

Many CSAs will allow you to say what NEVER to send and what to ALWAYS send. And they have different size boxes to meet any family needs.
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10/24/2024

Local Grown Salads' contribution to UN Sustainable Goal 12 Targets
Consumption and production
12.4 Significantly reduce their [chemicals and all waste] release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment
- We grow free of pesticides, fungicides and herbicides
- Nutrients (NPK) are fully used in the system

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10/23/2024

The 's market is another way of disrupting the Chain and creating a Food . Its also a place savvy can find the next big thing.

Most of us perceive Farmers markets to be just about local , but its not.
Its a hive of entrepreneurs looking to explode and scale.
They look like food artisans, but in reality they are next products to be on retail shelves.

A typical farmers market will be the first place a food entrepreneur will show their products.

While has put a temporary halt on most of them, the war on Covid is starting to be won and the Farmers market will return. If there is one in your area, the people there are the hard core , and they will be the ones who you want to bet on,

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How many times have you heard “Buy Local” or “Support Local Businesses”? Probably hundreds of times.

10/23/2024

in every form can be a driver of an exciting .
Economic developers focus on high tech,
but food employees more and the barriers to entry are so much lower.

A quick rundown of what is possible at each stage:
Farming - Seeds, Tractors & Harvesting Equipment, Drones, Nutrients
Transportation - Refrigeration, Electric Vehicles
Products - Ready-To-Eat, Frozen, Raw, Packaged Goods
Retailers - Grocery stores, Online, Corner Stores, Convenience Stores, Gas Satiations
Food Service - Restaurants, Cafeterias, Food Delivery. Quick Service

The food is massive. And the best thing about it, every day you need the product again.
How many Tesla's or IPhones do you buy a week?

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10/23/2024

is a huge sub category of the food category.

It has two main drivers:
1)folks who have celiac or are gluten sensitive.
2) folks who are health conscious and influenced by books like Wheat Belly.

No matter why, its a massive market estimated at $5.6 Billon.

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New products feature health attributes and are in sync with other diet trends.

10/22/2024

I Love Eating !
There are so many benefits to fueling our bodies by eating greens.

*They support our immune systems, brain functions, belly bloat and stress relief.

*Vegan, Vegetarian and healthier lifestyles becoming more common, products become more readily available to everyone.

*As a nerd, I love learning what is is important to know the many health benefits of vegetables, fruits and other greens.

This article is a great read on the multiple advantages of introducing more greens into your diet and the incredible health advantages that follow.

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