Cox Enterprises now holds a majority stake in BrightFarms, which will use the new funding to construct three new greenhouses in North Carolina, Massachusetts, and Texas.
Plenty will use the funding to build out its new Compton, CA, facility and to research strawberry cultivation alongside new investor Driscoll’s.
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the third year of Startup Europe’s Smart Agrifood Summit, an industry-leading event for the creation of innovative ecosystems within the European agri-food sector. This year
Albertsons reached out to the indoor farming startup amid the Covid-19 pandemic to find a new source of fresh produce to keep up with consumer demand.
The Korean chemical giant’s Singapore agribiz hub will “pioneer solutions for the world food supply chain through innovation, not just plain food trading,” its CEO tells AFN.
The funding will be used to construct its new headquarters farm in Brooklyn, which will enable the wholesaler to scale up its operations 20x.
Australia is technologically advanced, highly urbanized, and has farmers aplenty – but its urban ag industry is practically non-existent. Sydney startup Blakthumb finds out why.
Kalera recently announced plans to open what it describes as the largest vertical farm in Texas.
There’s space for vertical farming among Chile’s urban populations, where year-round fresh produce is not as abundant as you might think.
The startup is now taking pre-orders for a bookshelf-sized at-home growing system producing leafy greens, herbs, and more.
Novel farming systems saw a 37% increase in funding over 2018 as maturing companies raised larger rounds for the diverse segment.
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