Electro-stimulation can improve germination, boost tolerance to stress, and accelerate plant growth, says Sylvarum CEO Guadalupe Murga.
Berlin, Germany-based hexafarms just raised $1.4 million in pre-seed funding to bring its AI and sensor tech to indoor growers in Europe.
Neatleaf’s CEO and co-founder talks ag robotics, scaling a hardware startup, and why it started in cannabis.
Neatleaf has built a straightforward ag robotics platform focused on plant-health and yield. Customers say they can’t work without it.
The environment today is more realistic and therefore investments in the sector have a much better chance for long-term sustained success.
There are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of indoor agriculture’s future, but there are many more to be optimistic.
Longtime AppHarvest backer Equilibrium submitted the lone bid for the former’s 60-acre greenhouse facilities.
EY’s Rob Dongoski dives into the macro factors impacting controlled environment agriculture — and what startups should do.
Cibus Fund II has acquired greenhouse grower Duijvestijn Tomaten and launched a new platform for growing food indoors with renewable energy.
AppHarvest says the filing, which comes on the heels of one from AeroFarms, will aid in a “financial and operational” transition.
Former Amazon executive Anna Fabrega discusses her transition to indoor agriculture and what’s next for Local Bounti.
Pennsylvania-based Four Growers just released its second-generation automatic harvester for greenhouse-grown tomatoes.
From insects to indoor greens, Australian startups demonstrate the potential for novel farming systems at home and abroad.
AppHarvest says it needs to raise additional funds to continue operating and that it is pursuing “additional financing alternatives.”
New agritech innovations in vertical farming and indoor ag need to be integrated into existing agricultural operations, establishing a hybrid system.
Speakers at this year’s Indoor Ag-Con offered the indoor farming industry insights, predictions and some major reality checks about the future.
With the help of pollination tech, AI and several other tools, the company plans to make its “ultra-premium” berries more affordable in the future.
Source.ag’s AI-based system creates “extreme efficiencies” in greenhouse production and improve food security and transparency, says Astanor.
Berlin, Germany-based Infarm cites skyrocketing energy prices and the wider downturn as reasons for these latest cuts for indoor farming.
The company says it can grow leafy greens and herbs indoors via its soil-based vertical farming system for 30% less than it costs to grow outdoors.
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