5 Mistakes Vertical Farms Make
Why are vertical farming businesses facing so many challenges at the moment? Check out these five common mistakes.
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Posts about: farmers
USDA Announces Assistance For On-Farm Food Safety Expenses for Specialty Crop Growers
The USDA plans to provide up to $200 million in assistance for specialty crop producers who incur eligible on-farm food safety program expenses.
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7 Tips For Cutting Your Urban Farming Costs
Here are Agritecture’s tips for cutting your farming costs.
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Danone Releases New Tool To Help Farmers Measure Regen Ag’s Potential Returns
Danone has launched a new benchmarking tool for farmers to measure and predict the financial impact of regen ag practices on their operations.
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USDA Establishes Food Purchase Program To Build Back Better Via Local Food Purchase
Up to $400 million in funding now available to support food purchases with an emphasis on purchasing from underserved farmers and ranchers.
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Specialized Farm Laborers are Instrumental to Run Vertical Farms
Labor is shockingly the largest expenditure for all crop farms on average, yet we rarely stop to think about the hands behind our agricultural operations.
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Farming Communities Around The World Hold The Key To Food System Resilience
By encouraging farmers to contribute to conservation efforts, this project is fostering stronger relationships between scientists and farming communities, for greater food security.
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Healthy Food Financing Initiative Announces $4 Million Available In Funding
$4 million in grant funds are available for food retail and food enterprises working to improve access to healthy foods in underserved areas, to create and preserve quality jobs, and to revitalize low-income communities.
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Innovations In Sustainable Agriculture: Farmer Grant Program Now Open!
Northeast SARE is inviting farmers and growers to submit proposals to the Farmer Grant Program.
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Smallholders Produce Less Than Half Of What Many Headlines Claim
It is often claimed that smallholder farmers produce 70% or even 80% of the world’s food. This claim has recently been debunked.
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We'll Soon Have To Pay More For Tomatoes Because Of California's Extreme Weather
Distressed farmers and record-low inventories of tomatoes. What does the future hold for tomatoes?
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Tech Is Shaping The Future Of Food But Traditional Practices Still Have A Role To Play
While there is a sense of excitement regarding the potential of tech-driven operations, there’s also an argument to be had for going back to basics.
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Very Few Farmers Are Millennials, AND, Of Those, The Vast Majority Are White
An Investigate review of USDA data shows that an overwhelming majority of food producers in the U.S. are not young or diverse.
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Improving Energy Consumption & Wastage In Food Supply Chains
How can food consumers and producers play a role in reducing their energy consumption?
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The Agrihoods Are Coming
With agrihoods, the average American can actually get to know their farmer.
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How Farmers Are Using NASA Technology To Reduce Carbon Emissions
Farmers can now use hyperspectral imaging to provide more accurate measurements of carbon in soil.
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Empowering The Next Generation Of Greenhouse Cultivation In Kosovo
Understanding the complexities and challenges farmers face in greenhouse cultivation in Kosovo.
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Vertical Farms Vs Greenhouses – The First Consideration: Location
Agritecture is all about using data to help others understand their options when responding to climate change and/or food insecurity.
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FFAR Funds Novel Supply-Demand Technology, Connecting Institutional Buyers To Specialty Crop Farmers
The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) is awarding $2 million to establish a multi-organization collaboration, the Open Market Consortium (OMC), to develop and pilot an open-source, public-access blockchain system to connect small and mid-size farmers to institutional buye
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The Promise And Peril Of Vertical Farming
Investigating the current state and future promise of the indoor, vertical farming industry.
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Trendlines Is Supporting Farmers With AgTech Developments
Agritecture sat down with Anton Wibowo, CEO of Trendlines , prior to Agritecture Xchange . Anton will be speaking on the panel, Investor Viewpoint: Most Impactful AgTech Developments of 2020!
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How FarmRaise Is Helping Farmers Break Financial Barriers
Agritecture sat down with Sami Tellatin, Co-Founder and COO of FarmRaise, prior to Agritecture Xchange . Sami will be speaking on the panel, Regenerative Agriculture: Deep Dive!
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Zero Waste Farms: The Next Step For Sustainable Agriculture
Farms and agricultural facilities are natural candidates for zero waste because the majority of their product is of an organic nature and can use it for on-site composting.
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Celebrate Pride With These LGBTQ+ Farms and Organizations
24 LGBTQ+ Farms and Organizations Celebrating Community Through Food and Agriculture
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Help Detroit’s Black Farmers Purchase Land in the City
Detroit’s black growers face more barriers than their white peers in acquiring the property they farm, but a new project seeks to change that
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For Black Farmers, Growing Food Has Been A Form Of Resistance
For more than 150 years, from the rural South to northern cities, Black people have used farming to build self-determined communities and resist oppressive structures that tear them down.
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How Farmers Adapted When They Lost Restaurants As Customers
Three stories of how suppliers are getting by after their main customers were pulled out from under them.
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Grow Gothenburg's Land Matchmaking Platform Goes Global
Grow Gothenburg is mapping the growing farming community across the world and making it easier for people to find their nearest urban or small scale farm.
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