5 Mistakes Vertical Farms Make
Why are vertical farming businesses facing so many challenges at the moment? Check out these five common mistakes.
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Agritecture Designer Has Officially Launched: What’s New with Our Farm Planning Platform?
After two years of beta-testing with nearly 5,000 users from more than 100 countries, Agritecture is excited to expand our offerings with the official launch of Agritecture Designer, a data-driven solution to the economic uncertainty of the controlled environment agriculture industry.
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Agrivoltaic solar farms offer "shocking" benefits beyond producing energy
Editor’s Note: As farmers explore the realm of renewable energy, agrivoltaics is gaining traction. Co-locating solar panels and crops can protect the crops from extreme weather, but it also produces energy for the farm or other purposes.
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Agritecture Launching First-of-its-Kind Farm Planning Platform
Agritecture is announcing the upcoming launch of Agritecture Designer, a first-of-its-kind online platform focused on controlled environment agriculture (CEA).
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5 Companies Who Shaped the Future of Ag in 2022
Each year, new innovations emerge in the ag sector that transform the field. As our climate paterns become more unpredictable and extreme, these innovators offer a glimpse into a more resilient future shaped by tech-enabled ag. Check out these 5 innovators in the sector.
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Huge Opportunities Exist in Tech-Enabled Ag
As climate change makes our weather patterns increasingly extreme and unpredictable, tech-enabled ag offers a climate-resilient method of food production. In this article, Agritecture’s Founder and CEO, Henry Gordon-Smith, and Eric Adamson of Tortuga AgTech offer their insight into the applications
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Agritecture’s Top 10 Blog Posts of 2022
Looking back, 2022 was a big year for urban agriculture and controlled environment agriculture (CEA). Through our top 10 most-viewed blog posts from 2022, we can trace current trends in the industry.
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Barcelona students to take mandatory climate crisis module from 2024
All students at the University of Barcelona will have to take a mandatory course on the climate crisis after the establishment agreed to meet the demands of activists conducting a sit-in occupation.
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5 Automation Companies to Look Out For
Automation is one way to cut costs and increase efficiency in a vertical farm. By using robots to help with various aspects of farming, we can supplement the need for human labor to complete tasks such as seeding, transplanting, tray washing, harvesting, packaging, labeling, and fertigation.&nbs
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This technology company is powering some of the most innovative indoor farms in the country.
Amplified Ag, which was founded in 2015 and has clients across the US, has developed a comprehensive platform for CEA that provides indoor farmers with software, embedded hardware systems, and fully enabled farms to manage their operations smoothly.
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EU Falling Short On Methane Targets As Experts Call for Limiting Meat Consumption
A new report suggests limiting meat consumption to no more than two times per week to help reduce methane emissions and slow the impact of climate change. But despite multiple calls for reducing methane emissions, countries are falling short on commitments.
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Agritecture and Greener Crop Partner to Expand CEA Services throughout the US and GCC
Two leading controlled environment agriculture (CEA) services companies have announced a partnership. Agritecture, which offers CEA planning, research, and strategy services, and Greener Crop, which offers data-driven hydroponic farm management solutions.
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The Influx of CEA Investment: Where Has the Money Gone?
Venture capital money has poured into the CEA space at a dizzying pace. But at the end of this year, amid a global economic downturn, a correction has come, and we’ve now witnessed multiple CEA farm shutdowns, and several others lay off significant staff numbers in recent weeks.
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Rurbanization: It's Time To Make Cities More Rural
“Rurbanization” is the concept of incorporating green space, particularly agricultural space, into cities, and it could have a positive impact on food security in urban areas. Besides increasing food supply, rooftop or community gardens can absorb excess rainwater, absorb carbon from the atmosphere,
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These Vertical Farms in Puerto Rico Offer 5 Lessons for Surviving Extreme Weather
Hurricanes can be a leading cause of concern for farmers working in coastal areas where severe weather is common. These storms can interrupt entire seasons of growing, but indoor farmers can take certain precautions to prevent damage to their facilities.
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This farmer says he reluctantly throws away enough cauliflower to feed a province
Food waste is both a local and global problem. Emitting more GHGs than any country other than the US or China, food waste is also a major reason why millions of people around the world struggle to get enough quality nutrition.
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Early-Stage Agrifood Investment in Africa is Taking Off. What Could This Mean for CEA?
One of Africa's most prominent and perhaps persistent challenges is food security. In 2020, 21% of people on the continent suffered from hunger. Many have been forced to consider more sustainable agrifood solutions, prompting interest in new entrepreneurial endeavors within this market.
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Saffron – Should We Grow The Most Expensive Spice In The World Using CEA?
Some people suggest saffron is a spice made of red gold . We ask three important questions: what makes it so special, why is it so expensive and should we try to adapt it for growing in CEA?
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Growing together: how city farms have nurtured a generation of urban kids
Urban farms have numerous benefits, including lowering transit distances (and thus carbon output), providing food to the local community, and fostering community. Here, we see that they also nurture an interest in nature and connection to the natural world for children living in urban environments.
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Envisioning a Greener Future with Nikita Shumeiko
In the late 2010s, a new trend began to take hold in the architecture world: green and sustainable design. Green architecture is a planet-forward approach to design and building that minimizes the harmful effects of our built world on human health and the environment.
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Rural indoor agriculture is a ‘critical’ part of our food systems, says new report from EIT Food
Urban agriculture is one of the big draws of growing indoors, but CEA facilities can benefit those living in rural areas just as well.
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Beyond Microgrids: Holistic CEA Energy Solutions
Anyone familiar with the CEA industry is aware of the critical importance of energy in running an indoor vertical farm. Without consistent and reliable power, these farms can endure lower yields or even suffer a loss of crops, which translates to a loss of revenue.
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Shaping the Future of Food with NEOM’s Juan Carlos Motamayor
NEOM Food aims to lead the transformation of Saudi and global food systems by mobilizing extensive resources, and by providing its partners with a progressive legal framework and the flexible, comprehensive support that they need to do ground-breaking R&D, create novel solutions and launch t
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How cities will feed their citizens in the future
Henry Gordon Smith explains why — in a phase of a changing climate and a more urbanised society — we need to bring the greenery to us in the city.
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5 Organizations Trying To Solve CEA's Energy Problems
Various organizations are making significant strides in addressing energy efficiency. In this article we highlight 5 organizations trying to solve CEA's energy challenges in unique ways.
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Mixing solar power and agriculture: A blueberry farm does a test run
The University of Maine is studying how mounting solar panels in wild blueberry patches will affect income and production. The plants rebounded well from construction but so far show signs of producing fewer berries.
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Is Cold Plasma the Next Big Technology Breakthrough in Indoor Ag?
Technology for CEA is constantly evolving, and there is often crossover between technology that can be used for traditional outdoor agriculture and for indoor operations. In this article, we explore an emerging technology, cold plasma.
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Coffee as we know it is in danger. Can we breed a better cup?
Farmers in the Bean Belt perilously depend on just two species. New breeding — and traditional growing practices — could fix that.
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