Agritecture Receives Investment From AgTech Leader Priva To Accelerate Data-Driven Solutions
Agritecture announced today a strategic investment by Priva, a technology company globally active in food security and energy transition.
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Green and good: 8 urban farmers creating jobs that leave no one behind
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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This New Vertical Farming Startup Secured Funding From America’s Largest Leafy Green Producer. Here’s How.
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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Could The Energy Crisis Power A Renewable Future For The Indoor Farming Industry?
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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This Platform Matches Farmers & Landowners To Boost Local Food Systems In Sweden
The We Grow Here platform & community easily connect new growers with landowners with farmers in and around the city.
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Farming In Space: The Future Of Indoor Farming Is Unfolding Aboard The International Space Station
The future of R&D for the controlled environment agriculture industry has arrived — and it’s in space.
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How To Convert Sunny Days to Energy Savings in the Greenhouse
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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This Vertical Farm Is Working With Chefs To Supply Nutrient-Dense Greens In Detroit
Planted Detroit is strengthening Detroit’s local food system by shortening the supply chain, and growing food closer to consumers.
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Growing Microgreens In Space - How NASA Is Feeding Astronauts Using VegBed Grow Mats
Feeding astronauts isn't as straightforward as you may think, find out why.
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Indoor Ag Has An Energy Problem. Could Microgrids Be The Solution?
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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How Cities Can Feed Themselves: A Ten-Point Plan
Cities must leverage technological innovations – particularly indoor vertical farms, greenhouses and precision-farming tools – to feed their growing populations.
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Converting Lisbon’s Unused Buildings Into Vertical Farms Utilizing Agritecture’s Online Platform
This vertical farming startup used Agritecture Designer to actualize their farm and overcome the numerous urban agricultural hurdles.
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5 Focus Points For The USDA's New Office Of Urban Agriculture
Takeaways from the USDA’s new Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production’s (OUAIP) inaugural public meeting.
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A Holistic Look At Vertical Farming’s Carbon Footprint And Land Use
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 Use In Agriculture Is Contributing To Climate Change
Plastic in fields—such as for mulching, enclosing hoop houses, and constructing greenhouses is drastically changing the rural landscape.
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NYC Councilman Ben Kallos Wants Future Generations To Realize The Power Of Urban Agriculture
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 & TensoAI Partner To Build Crop Models For More Predictability On Farms
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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Glasshouse Lighting: Is It Time To Turn Off Traditional Options?
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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An Entrepreneur’s 9-Step Guide To CEA Facility Design
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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8 Reasons Why All Cities Should Embrace Sustainable Urban Agriculture
From urban food forests and indoor aquaponic farms to roof gardens on top of supermarkets: when it comes down to sustainable urban agriculture, the possibilities are endless.
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This Pilot Project Aims To Make Closed-Loop Vertical Farming An Everyday Reality
What if we could create a replicable vertical farming model in which data was collected from all activities and published openly to transparently showcase benefits and areas for improvement?
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Can Technology Save Urban Farming?
Will new technologies like Big Data, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things help urban farming really take hold?
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How London Could Produce An Additional Million Tonnes Of Food Per Year By Converting Unused Spaces
Temporary public spaces have become the new attraction. Here’s how two architects plan to use these spaces for food production.
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Urban Agriculture In Detroit: Scattering Vs. Clustering
Despite Detroit’s reputation as a mecca for urban agriculture, a new University of Michigan-led analysis found that community and private gardens occupy less than 1% of vacant land.
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Russian Invasion Of Ukraine Creates More Food System Challenges, Could Push 40+ Million Into Poverty
Flashback to only 1 year ago: Ukrainians were confident that their country would soon take its rightful place as an agricultural superpower. Today, Ukraine’s food system is in peril. And, with it, so is the global food system.
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How USDA Grant Winner Teens For Food Justice Is Tackling Food Insecurity In This NYC Community
As winners of the USDA’s recent grant, TFFJ will use this funding to develop numerous farms across three schools in the Far Rockaways.
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Study Shows Nutritional Benefits In Regenerative Agriculture Crops
Farms that used regenerative agriculture practices have shown to produce crops with higher levels of certain vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals.
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7 Step Guide To Conducting A Carbon Footprint Analysis For Your Farm
Here’s a simplified methodology for calculating your farm’s carbon footprint from the Agritecture team.
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