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Indoor Farming Is One of The Decade's Hottest Trends, But Regulations Make Success Elusive
How to feed a hotter, more crowded planet is the question of the century. Indoor urban agriculture may be the answer
How IGS Reduces Vertical Farming Costs
While vertical farming is not the ultimate solution to the world’s farming challenges, it does give control over many variables or, perhaps more accurately, the weather
Dubai Industrial City Home To Badia Farms’ New Large-Scale Vertical Farm
Dubai Industrial City, a TECOM Group member and one of the largest industrial hubs in the region, will be home to Badia Farms’ upcoming new large-scale high-tech vertical farm
5 Things You Need To Know About Financing Your Farm
More producers are turning to indoor farming today to meet the demand for locally-grown produce, for its environmental benefits, and as a sustainable way to transform the food system
CubicFarm Systems Corp. Announces Strategic Acquisition of HydroGreen, Inc.
Vancouver, BC – (AccessWire – December 11, 2019) – CubicFarm® Systems Corp. (TSXV:CUB) (“CubicFarms” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding purchase agreement effective December 10, 2019, to acquire HydroGreen, Inc. (“HydroGreen”), an arms-length private company headquartered in South Dakota
Is Vertical Farming Here to Stay?
Almost two decades after vertical farming pioneer Dickson Despommier first introduced the idea of growing food in buildings, not fields—and later published his seminal book, The Vertical Farm—indoor farms are in more cities than ever before
Urban Crop Solutions Celebrates it's 5th Anniversary
The company is a total solution provider and offers container farms and plant factories and all products and services that growers need to grow healthy crops in an indoor farm
AeroFarms Plans Largest Indoor Vertical Farm of Its Kind
Governor Ralph Northam today announced that AeroFarms will invest $42 million to build their largest, most sophisticated indoor vertical farm to date in the Cane Creek Centre, a joint industrial park for the City of Danville and Pittsylvania County
Freight Farms Takes Container Growing To The Next Level
This Boston company has opened its new “Greenery” below an overpass
Green Life Farms’ Baby Leafy Greens Now Available in Stores Across Southern Florida
Premium produce from Green Life Farms, an innovative commercial-scale hydroponic grower in Lake Worth, is now available in grocery stores across the east and west coasts of southern Florida, including in Boca Raton, Coral Springs, Deerfield Beach, Hollywood, Miami, Naples, and Sanibel
OASIS Grower Solutions Moves Florida Manufacturing
This new facility gives the company 30% more space, providing for anticipated growth in the southern region of the country, as well as for additional capacity and warehousing
This Farm Is Growing Food Deep Beneath South Korean Mountains
Once a functioning highway in the province of North Chungcheong, the tunnel's sharp curve was deemed dangerous, so in 2002 it was closed and a more gently curved road was constructed nearby. Now this 2,000-feet-long (600 meters) tunnel is being used to grow salads, leafy greens, and strawberries
Indoor Farming Comes of Age – And it’s Commercial
The company, Sprout Stack, which won the business leadership category at last week’s Green Globe awards, is using abandoned shipping containers to grow chemical-free vegetables in a hydroponic system that is 95 percent more water-efficient than traditional farming and uses 80 percent less fertilizer
Local Produce for the Masses | The Kalera Vision
The Kalera Vision: Affordable Local Produce For the Masses
Entrepreneurs And Government Are Teaming Up to Boost Food Security in The United Arab Emirates — And Beyond
Tucked away in Masdar City, a quiet planned neighborhood in the emirate of Abu Dhabi that combines earth-tone Arabic architecture with wind turbines and other innovative technology is a cluster of container-style buildings
Miele Acquires Consumer Indoor Vertical Farm Company Agrilution
Agrilution’s Plantcubes look like wine fridges that are meant to be built directly into home kitchens. The automated systems regulate the lighting, climate, and water levels plants receive, all key parts of delivering the right “recipe” of nutrients to crops grown in vertical farms
Netled Partners Up With Contain Inc.
Netled announced that they have started a financing collaboration with US-based company Contain Inc. Contain Inc. will start offering financing services for Netled’s customers in North America
"A Number of Vertical Farms Will Disappear, But The Sector As A Whole Will Expand"
Michele Butturini, a researcher at WUR, who together with Leo Marcelis wrote the chapter “Vertical farming in Europe: present status and outlook” for the new Kozai book Plant Factory, can attest to this
Colorado School Taps Container Farm for Classroom, Food Stand
A Douglas County High School is using a refrigerated freight container converted into a hydroponic farm as an extension of the classroom. At Mountain Vista High School in Highlands Ranch, students learn how to grow leafy greens and other vegetables