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IGrow PreOwned 8/1/21 IGrow PreOwned 8/1/21

iUNU Meets U.S. House Agriculture Committee & Highlights Importance of CEA To U.S. Food Supply

Chairman David Scott (GA) held a Congressional Hearing Thursday morning to increase public awareness of the critical importance of the CEA (Controlled Environment Agriculture) industry to promote food safety, nutritious produce, and food security for the American people

IGrow PreOwned 7/31/21 IGrow PreOwned 7/31/21

Dairy Container Costs "Going Crazy"

The skyrocketing cost of shipping containers is hitting the margins of Victorian pulse, grain, dairy and meat processors and exporters

IGrow PreOwned 7/23/21 IGrow PreOwned 7/23/21

How To Maximize Resource Efficiency In Controlled Environment Ag Operations

Join Meena Sankara, KETOS CEO, and Tinia Pina, Re-Nuble CEO, for a discussion about the most significant challenges and opportunities facing Controlled Environment Agriculture operations

IGrow PreOwned 7/20/21 IGrow PreOwned 7/20/21

Optimizing Resource Use Efficiency In CEA System

An important factor affecting the profitability of vertical farming is a grower’s ability to consistently deliver a predictable product

IGrow PreOwned 7/8/21 IGrow PreOwned 7/8/21

No Soil. No Growing Seasons. Just Add Water And Technology

A New Breed of Hydroponic Farm, Huge And High-tech, is Popping Up in Indoor Spaces All Over America, Drawing Celebrity Investors And Critics

IGrow PreOwned 7/3/21 IGrow PreOwned 7/3/21

CEA Producers Join To Support Data-Driven USDA Project

AppHarvest (Ky.) and Revol Greens (Texas) are vanguards of modern greenhouse cultivation, while Elevate Farms (N.J.) and Fifth Season (Penn.) are pioneers in vertical farming

IGrow PreOwned 7/2/21 IGrow PreOwned 7/2/21

Can Vertical Farms Be Profitable?

Basically, we’re skeptical of both the economics and the save-the-world ethos that many companies preach. We enlisted an industry insider to help us separate the wheat from the chaff

IGrow PreOwned 7/1/21 IGrow PreOwned 7/1/21

What Is Driving The UK’s CEA boom?

The main findings of the panel were that the UK has been lucky with its well-established greenhouse industry which offers a great foundation for vertical farmers to understand the CEA space

IGrow PreOwned 6/19/21 IGrow PreOwned 6/19/21

OptimIA Program Analyzes Fruitfulness of US Vertical Farms

In a research fact sheet, a USDA Specialty Crop Initiative team outlines results with a model for calculating profitability potential against various factors that impact the return on investment of CEA operations

IGrow PreOwned 6/12/21 IGrow PreOwned 6/12/21

CEA Food Safety Coalition Details First Indoor-Farming Standards

Inspired by rising food safety concerns after the 2018 Thanksgiving romaine recalls, the CEA Food Safety Coalition is launching the first-ever food safety certification program specifically designed for indoor-grown leafy greens.

IGrow PreOwned 6/9/21 IGrow PreOwned 6/9/21

USDA Funds Composition of New CEA Market Characterization Report

. “This is the first such supply chain assessment in CEA. We appreciate these leaders for stepping forward to support this important effort.”

IGrow PreOwned 5/27/21 IGrow PreOwned 5/27/21

Vertical Farming: Disrupting Agriculture

IGrow PreOwned 5/19/21 IGrow PreOwned 5/19/21

Widespread Investment In CEA Is An Important Piece of The Food Security Puzzle

It has become increasingly clear that traditional agriculture is simply not meeting the food demands of the future

IGrow PreOwned 5/9/21 IGrow PreOwned 5/9/21

Robotic Warehouse Farms Will Save The World

CEA technology is just getting started. Like the Tesla Cybertruck, we have a working concept that promises a more-than-Jetson’s-level future many of us can see the benefits of and actively want―it’s just not quite available to the masses yet

IGrow PreOwned 4/28/21 IGrow PreOwned 4/28/21

10 New Trends In CEA In 2021 And Beyond

The world of controlled environment agriculture (CEA) is continuing to develop at an accelerated rate. In line with Agritecture’s mission “to accelerate climate-smart agriculture strategies,” we’ve decided to share our top predictions for the future of CEA for 2021 and beyond

IGrow PreOwned 4/18/21 IGrow PreOwned 4/18/21

May 18th, 9 am EST - Webinar On How To Invest In CEA With Confidence

Agritecture is hosting a series of webinars, starting with How to invest in CEA with confidence

IGrow PreOwned 4/15/21 IGrow PreOwned 4/15/21

Explore The Sixth Edition of Clima, Powered by IGS

In this edition, we look at why precision farming and Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) techniques are becoming more mainstream, and the skills and talent required to make this approach a success

IGrow PreOwned 4/14/21 IGrow PreOwned 4/14/21

Can Vertical Farming Be A Viable Method Of Controlled Environment Production?

Fifth Season is using its fully integrated, automated operating system to crack the economics code for vertical farming with the potential to integrate with greenhouse operations.

IGrow PreOwned 4/14/21 IGrow PreOwned 4/14/21

CHINA: $500 Billion To Bring All World Crop Farming Indoors

China will build 2 Million hectares (20 billion square meters) of controlled environment greenhouses by 2025 and this will produce half of their vegetables and crop needs

IGrow PreOwned 4/12/21 IGrow PreOwned 4/12/21

Oishii Sees Itself As ‘The Tesla of Vertical Farming.’ Here’s How It’s Cracking CEA Strawberries

“Strawberries are the hardest crop to grow in a vertical system and it’s been every vertical farmer’s dream to grow them. Conquering strawberries allows us to grow into other crops very quickly.”