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Oishii’s newest executive says she’s ‘never been more confident about the future of vertical farming’
August 15, 2023
The vertical farming company’s newly appointed chief commercial officer Rita Hudetz says one of her goals is to make Oishii a household name.
July people moves: Little Leaf Farms’ new CFO hire a ‘significant milestone,’ Incredo hires co-CEOs, Chobani names new CMO
August 4, 2023
FarmTrace has a new CEO and ClimateAI’s founder is stepping away.
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.
Former Impossible Foods CFO David Lee launches new startup, Inevitable Tech, to be ‘the AI for agtech’
May 15, 2023
The company’s first product will be a “clean propagation system” to ensure healthier, higher-quality plants.
Meet the Founder: CEA engineer & advisor Erika Summers on why (vertical) farming isn’t a ‘get-rich-quick’ industry
April 21, 2023
Erika Summers explains mechanical side of vertical farming and why you can’t build a vertical farm just anywhere, despite what the hype says.
🎥 Revol Greens CEO: ‘Customers don’t care what technology you have, they care if it’s a better product’
April 10, 2023
‘Jaundiced’ investors that jumped into indoor ag hoping to make a fast buck have got their fingers burned, says Revol Greens CEO Michael Wainscott. “Agriculture is slow, biology is slow, and capital has to reflect that.”
Q&A: Fifth Season’s former VP on why it failed and how vertical farming must change
April 6, 2023
The now-defunct startup’s former VP Chris Cerveny says everything from timing to funding to how automation gets deployed can impact a farm’s lifespan.
Babylon Micro-Farms lands $8m Series A: ‘Bigger does not necessarily mean better in vertical farming’
April 3, 2023
The company’s freshly raised Series A funding will go towards expanding the reach of its remotely managed network of modular veritcal farms.
Beyond price parity, CEA must focus more on consumer demand to truly scale
March 29, 2023
As pricing parity gets closer to conventionally grown produce, focus on demand attributes will be increasingly important to the whole industry.
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.
Plenty lands real estate deal to secure ‘up to $1bn’ for vertical farm development, starting with strawberries
February 23, 2023
The partnership’s initial transaction will be for a multi-farm facility in Virginia where Plenty and Driscoll’s will grow strawberries.
How 3 AgTech & FoodTech startups are growing with equipment financing
February 20, 2023
For many startups, the challenge isn’t getting a first round of funding; it’s getting the kind of funding that can truly propel growth.
People moving on: Trios of new execs for GoodLeaf & Danone, CFO shuffle at Cargill, Beyond Meat’s branding head leaves
February 3, 2023
Agtech startup FarmWise gets a new CEO, Cargill sees a CFO shuffle, and Beyond Meat saays good-bye to its longtime branding executive.
Brief: Struggling vertical firm Kalera offloads its international business to Growy
February 2, 2023
Other recent distress signals suggest the big priority for vertical farming company Kalera in 2023 is about surviving rather than scaling.
Startups and scientists weigh in on future of vertical farming: “A lot of it is still a DIY hobby industry right now”
January 26, 2023
As many in the vertical farming industry struggle, tech companies, growers and academics weigh in on what must happen next in order to progress.
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