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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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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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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Farmers in the Bean Belt perilously depend on just two species. New breeding — and traditional growing practices — could fix that.
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The USDA is investing in struggling communities by creating jobs and investing in economic development of regional food systems.
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Before confidently investing in any business, one must understand the current state of the industry, particularly the operational risks and long term viability of businesses operating within that sector. However, emerging sectors, like controlled environment agriculture (CEA), are particularly chall
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It's been well-established that more experienced growers are needed in the burgeoning indoor ag sector. As a result, some companies are looking to scoop up talent from the cannabis industry which has many overlaps, but also some key differences, with indoor food production.
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Meet Agritecture’s Sustainability Analyst, Brakeley Bryant.
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Infarm, Europe’s only vertical farming unicorn, has just opened its largest growing facility yet. It’s a 10k square metre warehouse on the outskirts of Bedford, a town in the east of England that’s more known for wool than leafy greens.
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Meet Agritecture’s Food Systems Consultant, Christian Kanlian.
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Belgian architect Laurent Troost updates the Cassina Innovation House with biophilic design.
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Meet Agritecture’s new Digital Media Associate, Sarah Jordan.
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Local food is better for the environment. That’s one of the most stubborn myths when it comes to sustainable food systems and one of the bubbles I’ve been trying to burst when talking to people about their eating habits.
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In vertical farming and CEA facility development, the ability to maximize one’s physical footprint is of utmost importance. Mobile racking solutions, such as those from Montel, allow farms to do more with less space, saving money and increasing yield per square foot.
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Re-Nuble is looking to produce nutrients from organic waste for indoor farms, by partnering with California-based CruzFoam, to curb wastage from seafood operations.
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Henry Gordon-Smith, Agritecture’s founder and CEO, offers his input on how to support climate-resilient urban agriculture.
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A new UC Davis study sheds light on how trade, and centrality in the global wheat trade network, affects food security.
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Agritecture’s Economics and Data Analysis Intern, Ryan Glanville, explores alternatives to venture capital in funding a new CEA facility.
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Challenges abound as industrial agriculture is threatened by access to key resources from water to healthy soils.
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Henry Gordon-Smith offers suggestions for the new Director of Urban Agriculture of NYC.
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With 16 years of industry experience, Surna is one of the leading facility design firms in indoor agriculture, with particular expertise in climate management. Before the legalization of cannabis production within certain regions and the development of the commercial indoor farming industry, Surna b
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Scientists have found a way to create food independent of sunlight by using artificial photosynthesis.
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The farm will save over 250m litres of water annually and produce over 1m kg of food.
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Food retail is highly consolidated, enabling big chains to raise prices, pay low wages and glean huge profits without accountability. How can we change this?
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Sunspring’s co-founder and CEO Chad Kolesnik said he’s hoping to partner with the city and local not-for-profit Fresh Routes to grow produce hydroponically.
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Greening the Camps is a collective of young designers, crafters, plant lovers, and social activists in Jordan, working to reconnect the refugee community with their farming heritage, providing a low-tech solution to food insecurity and creating a tiny green oasis amid the harsh reality of the camps.
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Mushroom cultivation is the art and science of harnessing mycelium, the root-like structure of fungi, to promote the growth of mushroom fruiting bodies.
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Food systems create 35% of global greenhouse gas emissions from human activity.
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