Why Start a Greenhouse Farm? 6 Advantages over other CEA models
Greenhouses cost $30–80/sq ft to build and use about 1/7 the energy of vertical farms per kg. See 6 benefits, the real risks, and how to start.
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Posts about: greenhouses
The Best of Both Worlds: Hybrid Farms are Bridging Agriculture Systems
Hybrid farms offer a sustainable and innovative approach to agriculture that can help meet the growing demand for food while reducing the environmental impact of farming. By combining multiple growing techniques, farmers can reap greater environmental, economic, and social benefits than through any
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How Agritecture Helps Our Clients Make More Informed Decisions As Automation Reshapes the Indoor Farming Industry
It’s no secret that automation is transforming every sector of the economy. With the cost of labor increasing dramatically in recent years, combined with meaningful improvements in technology development, cost-benefit analyses are increasingly tilting in the favor of automation.
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How London Could Produce An Additional Million Tonnes Of Food Per Year By Converting Unused Spaces
Temporary public spaces have become the new attraction. Here’s how two architects plan to use these spaces for food production.
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Supermarket Redlining Has Hurt This Community’s Access To Fresh Produce; Here’s What One Entrepreneur Is Doing About It
This non-profit worked with Agritecture to build a greenhouse in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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Urban Greenhouse Challenge #3 Participants Create A 5-Part Podcast Series
The WUR Student Challenges Team is launching a new podcast series for everyone interested in urban farming.
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How Floating Agriculture Communities Can Help Adapt To Climate Change
These two architects are designing feasible floating communities centered around food production.
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How Greenhouses Are Enabling Hurricane-Resilient Farming in Puerto Rico
Growing Puerto Rico is combining regenerative agriculture with hydroponic greenhouses on their 13 acres of land, to take on the challenge of producing healthy fruits and vegetables consistently for the Puerto Rican population.
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These Hurricane-Resistant Greenhouses Are Making Island Nations More Self-Sufficient
With a performance architectural membrane designed for all-weather durability, Sprung is helping move island nations toward a more self-sustainable environment.
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Preventing Urban Drought With Residential Food production
This architect has envisioned the upgrade of a residential community in Mexico to feed residents even in the face of urban drought.
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This Company Builds Greenhouses In Some Of The World’s Most Extreme Climates
According to the Sprung team, snow, hail, hurricanes, and earthquakes leave virtually no mark on their greenhouses.
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Remodeling A Multistory Carpark Into A Future City Food Hub In Ireland
This architect used Agritecture Designer to remodel a multistory car park in Ireland into a future city food hub.
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Meet The Company Designing More Sustainable Greenhouse Solutions
Ceres Greenhouse Solutions has been on a path of discovery and invention to produce healthy produce whilst still being energy-efficient.
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Revolutionizing Horizontal And Vertical Farming With Montel
Don’t just legalize it, mobilize it! Cannabis or not, Montel’s mobile horizontal and vertical farming systems help you make use of every little inch of space.
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Shaping The Saudi Arabian Diet With Greenhouses
Mishkat, Saudi Arabia’s self-sustaining market for local and modern agriculture.
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10 New Trends In CEA In 2021 And Beyond
Here are Agritecture’s top predictions for the future of CEA for 2021 and beyond.
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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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Understanding Capital Expenses For Vertical Farms And Greenhouses
A side-by-side analysis of vertical farms and greenhouses for comparison of capital and operational costs.
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Controlled Environment Agriculture: Growing Beyond the Hype
AgritectureXchange speaker Sanjeev Krishnan talks about the realities of controlled environment agriculture with the covid-19 pandemic and climate crisis.
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Advancing Sustainability Through Smart Greenhouse Design
Greenhouses rely on simple design principles, like building orientation, high light-transmissive glazing material, and insulation to function at a basic level. Learn more about why Greenhouses are a strong CEA solution from Ceres Greenhouse Solutions, at AgritectureXchange!
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STLCEA Seeking Pilot Farm To Research CEA Best Practices
The STLCEA Coalition is seeking Statements of Interest from CEA companies to build, own, and/or operate one or more commercially viable indoor farms in St. Louis, Missouri, USA that will pilot research
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The Critical Technologies That Sparked The CEA Revolution
This is the second part of a two-part series looking at how CEA has emerged as a viable, contemporary agricultural practice over the past 50 years.
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Calculate Daily Light Integral Using Agritecture's New Tool
Introducing Agritecture’s DLI Calculator, a digital tool allowing users to estimate the Daily Light Integral (DLI) in any location on earth.
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Greenhouse Using Vertical Farming To Feed University Students
Texas A&M University’s Urban Farm United (TUFU) is using vertical farming to produce high-value/specialty crops to help feed students.
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The Real Values Of Urban Agriculture
Some innovative urban ag technologies such as hydroponic systems, solar greenhouses, and vertical farms aim to solve issues by increasing food production while using less natural resources to do so. What sort of technological and social changes occur when you urbanize farming?
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How Vertical Farming Is Part Of A "Multi-Agriculturalism" Food System
Urban Greenhouses and the future of food: A 3 part original blog series.
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Largest Vegetable Greenhouse In The U.S. Constructed in New York
Havecon Horticultural Projects is nearing completion on the construction of Mastronardi Produce Ltd.’s new Green Empire Farms (GEF), a high-tech greenhouse located in Oneida, NY.
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