Automation is one way to cut costs and increase efficiency in a vertical farm. By using robots to help with various aspects of farming, we can supplement the need for human labor to complete tasks such as seeding, transplanting, tray washing, harvesting, packaging, labeling, and fertigation.&nbs
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Amplified Ag, which was founded in 2015 and has clients across the US, has developed a comprehensive platform for CEA that provides indoor farmers with software, embedded hardware systems, and fully enabled farms to manage their operations smoothly.
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Two leading controlled environment agriculture (CEA) services companies have announced a partnership. Agritecture, which offers CEA planning, research, and strategy services, and Greener Crop, which offers data-driven hydroponic farm management solutions.
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Venture capital money has poured into the CEA space at a dizzying pace. But at the end of this year, amid a global economic downturn, a correction has come, and we’ve now witnessed multiple CEA farm shutdowns, and several others lay off significant staff numbers in recent weeks.
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“Rurbanization” is the concept of incorporating green space, particularly agricultural space, into cities, and it could have a positive impact on food security in urban areas. Besides increasing food supply, rooftop or community gardens can absorb excess rainwater, absorb carbon from the atmosphere,
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Hurricanes can be a leading cause of concern for farmers working in coastal areas where severe weather is common. These storms can interrupt entire seasons of growing, but indoor farmers can take certain precautions to prevent damage to their facilities.
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One of Africa's most prominent and perhaps persistent challenges is food security. In 2020, 21% of people on the continent suffered from hunger. Many have been forced to consider more sustainable agrifood solutions, prompting interest in new entrepreneurial endeavors within this market.
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Urban farms have numerous benefits, including lowering transit distances (and thus carbon output), providing food to the local community, and fostering community. Here, we see that they also nurture an interest in nature and connection to the natural world for children living in urban environments.
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In the late 2010s, a new trend began to take hold in the architecture world: green and sustainable design. Green architecture is a planet-forward approach to design and building that minimizes the harmful effects of our built world on human health and the environment.
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Anyone familiar with the CEA industry is aware of the critical importance of energy in running an indoor vertical farm. Without consistent and reliable power, these farms can endure lower yields or even suffer a loss of crops, which translates to a loss of revenue.
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NEOM Food aims to lead the transformation of Saudi and global food systems by mobilizing extensive resources, and by providing its partners with a progressive legal framework and the flexible, comprehensive support that they need to do ground-breaking R&D, create novel solutions and launch t
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Henry Gordon Smith explains why — in a phase of a changing climate and a more urbanised society — we need to bring the greenery to us in the city.
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Various organizations are making significant strides in addressing energy efficiency. In this article we highlight 5 organizations trying to solve CEA's energy challenges in unique ways.
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Technology for CEA is constantly evolving, and there is often crossover between technology that can be used for traditional outdoor agriculture and for indoor operations. In this article, we explore an emerging technology, cold plasma.
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Farmers in the Bean Belt perilously depend on just two species. New breeding — and traditional growing practices — could fix that.
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Before confidently investing in any business, one must understand the current state of the industry, particularly the operational risks and long term viability of businesses operating within that sector. However, emerging sectors, like controlled environment agriculture (CEA), are particularly chall
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It's been well-established that more experienced growers are needed in the burgeoning indoor ag sector. As a result, some companies are looking to scoop up talent from the cannabis industry which has many overlaps, but also some key differences, with indoor food production.
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Meet Agritecture’s Sustainability Analyst, Brakeley Bryant.
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Meet Agritecture’s Food Systems Consultant, Christian Kanlian.
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Belgian architect Laurent Troost updates the Cassina Innovation House with biophilic design.
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Meet Agritecture’s new Digital Media Associate, Sarah Jordan.
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Local food is better for the environment. That’s one of the most stubborn myths when it comes to sustainable food systems and one of the bubbles I’ve been trying to burst when talking to people about their eating habits.
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In vertical farming and CEA facility development, the ability to maximize one’s physical footprint is of utmost importance. Mobile racking solutions, such as those from Montel, allow farms to do more with less space, saving money and increasing yield per square foot.
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Henry Gordon-Smith, Agritecture’s founder and CEO, offers his input on how to support climate-resilient urban agriculture.
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A new UC Davis study sheds light on how trade, and centrality in the global wheat trade network, affects food security.
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Agritecture’s Economics and Data Analysis Intern, Ryan Glanville, explores alternatives to venture capital in funding a new CEA facility.
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Challenges abound as industrial agriculture is threatened by access to key resources from water to healthy soils.
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Henry Gordon-Smith offers suggestions for the new Director of Urban Agriculture of NYC.
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