Renewable energy now a ‘top priority’ for indoor agriculture: report
January 21, 2025
More growers seek technologies that reduce operational costs and support sustainability efforts, according to Agritecture’s CEA census.
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Voltiris leverages spectral filtering to ‘transform the greenhouse into a solar field’ and cut costs for growers
December 3, 2024
Voltiris believes spectral filtering is the key to helping growers accelerate their energy transition and gain profitability in the process.
Deeptech startup Sylvarum’s co-founder on improving food security in Asia by “electro hacking” plants
June 18, 2024
Electro-stimulation can improve germination, boost tolerance to stress, and accelerate plant growth, says Sylvarum CEO Guadalupe Murga.
Meet the Founder: hexafarms bets on indoor ag: ‘We want to push the limits of AI in this space’
May 17, 2024
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.
Meet the Founder: Neatleaf’s Elmar Mair discusses the critical role of autonomy in ag: “It takes a lot of anxiety out of cultivation”
April 19, 2024
Neatleaf’s CEO and co-founder talks ag robotics, scaling a hardware startup, and why it started in cannabis.
Innovating the ‘picks and shovels’ of the greenhouse: Why AgFunder invested in robotics startup Neatleaf
February 2, 2024
Neatleaf has built a straightforward ag robotics platform focused on plant-health and yield. Customers say they can’t work without it.
Is controlled environment agriculture investable today?
December 7, 2023
The environment today is more realistic and therefore investments in the sector have a much better chance for long-term sustained success.
10 years in indoor ag: After a decade of tough lessons, indoor ag nears ‘the plateau of enlightenment’
December 1, 2023
There are plenty of reasons to be skeptical of indoor agriculture’s future, but there are many more to be optimistic.
Equilibrium & Bosch Growers submit winning bids to acquire AppHarvest’s KY greenhouse facilities
September 5, 2023
Longtime AppHarvest backer Equilibrium submitted the lone bid for the former’s 60-acre greenhouse facilities.
Indoor ag has hit ‘a bump on the S curve,’ not the trough of disillusionment – EY agrifood leader
August 22, 2023
EY’s Rob Dongoski dives into the macro factors impacting controlled environment agriculture — and what startups should do.
Why AeroFarms backer Cibus just launched a ‘cost effective and scalable’ greenhouse strategy for Europe
July 31, 2023
Cibus Fund II has acquired greenhouse grower Duijvestijn Tomaten and launched a new platform for growing food indoors with renewable energy.
AppHarvest files Chapter 11 protection, plans to sell its Kentucky-based indoor farming facilities
July 24, 2023
AppHarvest says the filing, which comes on the heels of one from AeroFarms, will aid in a “financial and operational” transition.
Q&A: Local Bounti’s new CEO on greenhouses vs. vertical farms and where CEA’s next priorities lie
June 23, 2023
Former Amazon executive Anna Fabrega discusses her transition to indoor agriculture and what’s next for Local Bounti.
Meet the founder: Four Growers on what it takes to build ag robots that harvest faster than humans
May 26, 2023
Pennsylvania-based Four Growers just released its second-generation automatic harvester for greenhouse-grown tomatoes.
From down under to outer space: 3 Australian startups leading the next era of novel farming systems
May 23, 2023
From insects to indoor greens, Australian startups demonstrate the potential for novel farming systems at home and abroad.
AppHarvest to reopen listeria-impacted CEA farm in “a few weeks” but could run out of cash “as soon as October”
May 18, 2023
AppHarvest says it needs to raise additional funds to continue operating and that it is pursuing “additional financing alternatives.”
Vertical farming should be one instrument in a farmer’s toolbox, not the whole operation or the farmer’s competition
March 14, 2023
New agritech innovations in vertical farming and indoor ag need to be integrated into existing agricultural operations, establishing a hybrid system.
‘Technology is a means, not an end’ in farming: Key takeaways from Indoor Ag-Con 2023
March 8, 2023
Speakers at this year’s Indoor Ag-Con offered the indoor farming industry insights, predictions and some major reality checks about the future.
Learning from Japan’s mistakes, Oishii CEO “hasn’t spent a dime” on leafy greens as ultra-premium strawberries thrive
February 23, 2023
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.
‘Massive impact on how we grow fresh produce.’ Why Astanor Ventures led $23m Source.ag Series A
February 22, 2023
Source.ag’s AI-based system creates “extreme efficiencies” in greenhouse production and improve food security and transparency, says Astanor.
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