War and supply chain issues make indoor wheat an attractive concept. Can the vertical farming industry manage to grow that crop at scale?
The trough of disillusionment for vertical farming startups is upon us; now comes the time for depression and correction.
The indoor farming company aims to make its greenhouse-grown leafy greens and herbs available to 90% of US consumers in the near future.
The Center for Food Safety had petitioned the US Department of Agriculture to cease its certification of hydroponic operations as eligible for the government’s ‘organic’ program.
It offers a ‘plug-and-play’ hydroponic growing system that can produce as much food as 2,000 acres of farmland, according to the Richmond, Virginia-based startup.
Economic and retail data may help to explain why hydroponic lettuce has some way to go before it can compete on price with conventionally grown plants.
Red Sea Farms and Kirchner Group are joining forces to help climatically challenged communities “grow local” in the face of supply chain fragility.
The Welsh controlled environment farming company Phytoponics designs, develops, and supplies Deep Water Culture systems for large scale hydroponic crop production.
The container farming startup is planning to dig deeper into plant science to optimize its connected platform and provide growers with better recipes.
Freight Farms’ container farms can be integrated into food-focused curricula or provide work-study opportunities for curious students, as well as supplying their canteens.
A new deep-water approach to hydroponics has earned Welsh agtech startup, Phytoponics, $650,000 of seed funding support over the last two years.
Plenty CEO, Bowery CEO, and AeroFarms CEO weigh in on NOSB’s decision to reject a proposal that would disallow hydroponic and aquaponic farms from being certified organic.
The USDA’s National Organics Standards Board (NOSB) has ruled that hydroponic, but not aeroponic, farms can continue to be certified organic in an 8-7 vote that has divided the indoor and outdoor farming communities.
Asian demand for ‘clean food’ amid rising pollution, food scandals and increasing discomfort around the use of pesticides, is driving the region’s indoor agriculture sector, according to a new whitepaper from Newbean Capital.
The Ritz-Carlton has built an on-site indoor farm at one of its hotels in Florida. But what does this say about the development of the sector?
Zulal Oasis, the joint venture subsidiary of Hassad Food, recently held an open day for local farmers, investors and agriculture specialists.
An SEC filing is showing that GrowLife has added another $68,000 of investment to the $14.5 million in equity and debt financing they raised in 2014 over
“Aquaponics” sounds like something Aquaman would do for exercise. But, it has just as much potential for sustainable farms as Aquaman had for the comic
