Fifth Season (originally founded as RoBotany) has come out of stealth mode with $35 million in funding and plans to build its first commercial-scale indoor vertical farm to be located outside Pittsburgh, in a historically steel-focused town.
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Agritecture’s Managing Director, Henry Gordon-Smith, recently spoke about vertical farming at the International Baking Industry Exposition during his Fresh Take Talk. Here he discusses how retailers can provide value-added products through vertical farming to enhance customer experience through fres
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Jeffrey Landau, director of business development at Agritecture Consulting estimates the global value of the vertical farming market will rise to about $6.4bn by 2023, from $403m in 2013, with almost half that attributed to growth in the US.
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Written By Montel When you purchase new for your indoor farming operation, you’re investing in more than just the shelves and installation; you’re investing in a partnership. Montel is there for you, from your first inquiry into mobile racking to the last day of your installation (and beyond).
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A Utah family of Korean immigrants is hoping to tap into the vertical farming market.
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Jake Counne, the founder of Backyard Fresh Farms, believes his hydroponic farm has the technology to succeed where others have failed to make large-scale indoor vertical farming a profitable business.
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A London brewery will grow its own crop of strawberries via an innovative on-site vertical farm to maximise how it uses its "premium" city location.
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Global automation specialist Autogrow and New York based Agritecture Consulting are appealing to growers to take part in the inaugural Global CEA Census.
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Vertical indoor farming is poised to become a transformational and indispensable part of our food system — and system-wide automation is the key to unlocking its full potential.
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Living greens, microgreens and aromatic herbs farmed inside a store, for the first time in Portugal!
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Vertical farming is a key tool to meet the world's food needs at a time when the population is rising and the climate is changing.
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New Zealand has a strong field agriculture industry, but don’t its cities deserve farms too?
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Liberty Produce, a UK-based farming and technology company with expertise in horticultural lighting and fertigation systems will lead a consortium of eleven partners in a £1.3m project to accelerate the development of the UK vertical farming sector.
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Bowery plans to use this new funding across three main areas: building out operations, expanding products and partnerships, and growing their team.
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With Brexit on the horizon, can the UK’s blossoming urban farming industry help to alleviate critical food concerns?
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A journey through the indoor farming landscape of Japan, birthplace of the “Plant Factory”.
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Advances in automated grow systems and LED lighting could one day allow farming on Mars. In the meantime, Canadian agricultural startup We the Roots is using the new technology to grow high-quality salad greens for five Toronto restaurants.
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Vertical farming is great for growing lots of food in a small space, but productivity comes at a cost: high energy use.
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French startup, Agricool, just announced the production of their first aeroponically farmed strawberries a few kilometers away from Dubai.
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When completed, the project will comprise over 150,000 square feet of fully-automated indoor farming in Hamilton, Ohio.
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With Doodle Farms, Margot Masinter is ready to give North Texas something homegrown to graze on. First stop: Legacy Hall. Trading acres for square feet, Masinter purchased a refurbished and recycled shipping container from Dallas-based Growtainer to house her chemical-free greens and herbs.
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Vertical Farms are most commonly found inside buildings, but this unique concept takes advantage of the unused space on buildings’ exteriors.
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The company claims that its technology will revolutionize the global horticulture market by addressing existing industry challenges around labor and energy.
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After receiving a National Science Foundation grant, Cornell is working to study and bolster the local food system in NYC.
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As vertical farming investment increases in the GCC, media outlets like CNN are starting to pay closer attention.
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Introducing Part 1 of Islands of Agricultural Innovation , a new series on Agritecture.com that will share Jacob Eisenberg’s recent agricultural journey through Japan, Singapore and Taiwan with Agritecture readers far and wide.
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Global aquifer levels are becoming dangerously low, creating serious trouble for the people, farmers and countries that depend on these fresh water sources. Sustainable farming methods that are less water intensive, such as hydroponics, are becoming increasingly necessary to preserve these essential
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As urban farming continues to grow across the world, the New York City region continues to be a leader in innovation and entrepreneurship. As these different examples of farms demonstrate, there is no lack of creativity around bringing farming back into cities.
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