Mar 5, 2021
Editor’s Note: As the CEA industry grows in the United States, automation and workforce development will continue to be key factors in any operator’s decision to build, train, and expand their facilities. On the partnership with UC Davis, this is great news for the industry. UC Davis has been an internationally recognized leader in agriculture for more than 100 years and has logically focused most of their work on soil based production, which is the dominant form of agriculture in California. Making a large investment like this into CEA acknowledges the growing importance of the industry in the US and how it can help solve some of the agriculture related challenges our world faces moving forward.
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Written By Mary Ellen Shoup
Using funding from its recent $87m Series D capital raise, indoor agriculture company Gotham Greens has expanded operations to Northern California – its first West Coast greenhouse location – opening a 10-acre facility, which will bring its total annual production to 40 million heads of lettuce and herbs.
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