AeroFarms emerges from Ch. 11 with new CEO, focus on VA farm
September 18, 2023
The company has also hired food and ag vet Molly Montgomery as acting CEO as it focuses all efforts on its Danville, Virginia farm.
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Brief: Container farming startup Freight Farms to go public for $147m via SPAC
September 8, 2023
The proposed SPAC merger with Agrinam Acquisition Corp. values indoor farming tech company Freight Farms at $147 million.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Global startups: here’s how to connect with potential investors and customers at the 2023 IFT FIRST event
May 11, 2023
IFT FIRST’s Startup Pavilion brings technical, business and scientific professionals under one roof — a true rarity at agrifood events.
Meet the founder: Phnam Bagley heads into space, the final frontier for agrifoodtech
April 28, 2023
If you’re in space for three days, says Phnam Bagley, food is fuel. If you’re on a three-year round trip to Mars, it’s mission critical, a matter of life and death.
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.
Brief: Infarm closes Copenhagen operations amid ongoing ‘strategy shift’ & vertical farming consolidation
April 18, 2023
Copenhagen is one of several markets impacted economic headwinds and Infarm’s decision to focus on markets headed towards profitability.
Agri-genomics startup Singrow opens indoor R&D farm, plots expansion to Malaysia, Thailand
April 11, 2023
Singrow will expand availability of its genomics-based indoor farming system that produces climate-resilient produce to bolster food security.
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.
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.
How not to fail in vertical farming: ‘Be on guard for hubris,’ say Indoor Ag-Con speakers
February 28, 2023
Indoor Ag-Con panelists discuss vertical farming failures and assemble a checklist of best practices to help the industry moving forward.
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.
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.
With $3bn in deals, top 10 climate x agrifoodtech startups prove themselves a vital part of climate tech ecosystem
January 25, 2023
The top 10 climate tech deals in agrifood in 2022 were almost exclusively upstream startups in vertical farming, alternative proteins and ag biotech.
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