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Discussing Green Funding At WIA Paris
Green Funding or Impact Investing is when lenders and investors make their decisions based on if the company in question has environmentally conscious business practices such as alternative energy, water, and waste management, or socially positive goals
An Analysis of Vertical Vegetable Farms
Until recently, vertical farms were an exception in the market, but now this high-tech agricultural sector is rapidly gaining ground in urban centers of Asia, North America, and Western Europe
Contain Ready To Grow After Completing The Techstars Accelerator Program
Contain started from the ground up. It all began by talking to indoor farmers about their finance needs. Over the last 18 months, we met over 300 growers and developed a deep knowledge of what growers need when looking for finance
This Google Ventures-Backed Indoor Farming Startup Just Opened Its Biggest Farm Yet
The Baltimore farm is 3.5 times as large as Bowery’s formerly largest farm—and is the latest attempt to make indoor farming work as a way to disrupt the agricultural system
CropKing Pres. Paul Brentlinger On Ag’s Undervalued Human Element
Dan Brentlinger, the late founder of CropKing, knew he wanted to be an indoor grower as early as a sixth grade when he wrote an essay about his dream of pursuing horticulture. By that time, he was already growing strawberries in his basement. It took years for the industry to catch up to his ambitions
The Scottish Innovations Tackling The World’s Food Shortage
Invergowrie-based Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS) has created Scotland’s first vertical farm, pictured here, and the company has recently harvested a £5.4 million cash boost from the Scottish Investment Bank, agri-food investor S2G and online venture capital firm AgFunder
Urban Farmer Turns to Crowdfunding to Support Growing Business
A loan would take too long to help, and when someone suggested crowdfunding, the urban farmer saw how much further that small business support could go.
What Bowery’s Latest Funding Round Says About Indoor Farming
The new investment round brings Bowery’s total funding to $117.5 million.
Young Fijian Makes Good Use Of Govt Scheme
A Fijian who studied in India has made the most of Government’s Young Entrepreneurship Scheme and embarked on a journey to combine engineering and agriculture.
