For most Americans, by the time a piece of fruit or vegetable lands on your counter or in your refrigerator, it has traveled about 1,500 miles. For residents of Detroit's North End community, it’s a matter of a couple of city blocks.
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Food packaging, which is often designed to be single-use, is one of the biggest polluters. Here are 4 brands looking to change that.
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Kalera is pushing forward their commitment to innovation with the recent hire of a Global R&D Director. Here’s an exclusive interview!
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Unlike traditional outdoor growing, indoor farms are dependent on LED lighting. Using fossil-fuel-powered electricity can undermine the potential environmental benefits.
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In calling for an urgent change in farming practices, “regenerative agriculture” has become a major buzzword in many agriculture and climate circles.
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Here are the top four obstacles we’ve observed in the struggle to establish a thriving CEA industry in India.
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Launching the first vertical farm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Unclear industry metrics and definitions for leafy greens is causing inaccurate pricing for consumers.
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India’s food system is faltering. Traditional agricultural methods continue to be strained by the depleting availability of natural resources and extreme weather conditions.
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Agritecture announced today a strategic investment by Priva, a technology company globally active in food security and energy transition.
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From veggies grown by adults with autism to homeless people becoming agropreneurs and refugees preventing food waste: meet the urban pioneers that produce with purpose.
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Taylor Farms, North America’s largest grower and processor of leafy greens, has entered the CEA industry with an investment in a hydroponic lettuce grower.
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Even when prices are stable, energy can be a large proportion of business expenditure. Could this crisis change CEA’s main trade-off, improve productivity and reduce resource consumption for higher energy bills?
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The We Grow Here platform & community easily connect new growers with landowners with farmers in and around the city.
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The future of R&D for the controlled environment agriculture industry has arrived — and it’s in space.
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To potentially lower lighting costs, a team at the University of Georgia asked a simple question: if the crop receives more light than the required daily light integral (DLI) one day, can we lower the DLI target for the following day?
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Planted Detroit is strengthening Detroit’s local food system by shortening the supply chain, and growing food closer to consumers.
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Feeding astronauts isn't as straightforward as you may think, find out why.
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By now, it’s been well established that indoor farming is a booming sector with huge potential for impact, but one dirty secret: its massive energy needs.
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Cities must leverage technological innovations – particularly indoor vertical farms, greenhouses and precision-farming tools – to feed their growing populations.
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This vertical farming startup used Agritecture Designer to actualize their farm and overcome the numerous urban agricultural hurdles.
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Takeaways from the USDA’s new Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production’s (OUAIP) inaugural public meeting.
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Even though there is evidence behind vertical farms significantly reducing freshwater withdrawal and the loss of biosphere integrity from pesticides, the main area of concern is greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and land use.
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Plastic in fields—such as for mulching, enclosing hoop houses, and constructing greenhouses is drastically changing the rural landscape.
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Agritecture had the pleasure of speaking with Councilman Ben Kallos on the significance of NYC establishing an urban agriculture office and an urban agriculture advisory board.
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Agritecture and TensoAI are pleased to announce the launch of a new partnership to build crop models that will help reduce uncertainty for farmers moving into the future.
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Will the pale orange glow of traditional high-pressure sodium (HPS) lighting become a thing of the past? Vertically Urban thinks so.
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This 9-step guide to CEA facility design ensures that you “know before you grow” and that you're well-prepared to act on unexpected challenges.
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