Are Vertical Farms Truly the Answer to Food Safety Concerns?
The biological controls brought with controlled growing environments are being looked at as a potential solution to food safety problems.
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Posts about: indoor farming
Why Engineering Determines the Success of an Indoor Farming Installation
The global indoor farming market has experienced tremendous growth in the past decade. Today, many CEA facilities operate successfully around the globe. However, some indoor farming installations worldwide are not as efficient as possible.
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Hydroponics Help Urban Schools Grow Food Year-Round
Editor’s Note: Increasingly around the USA, middle and high schools are creating opportunities for their students to learn about hydroponic farming. These farms offer food security to students but also offer insights into business. As the students tend to their vegetables, they gain valuable skills
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This technology company is powering some of the most innovative indoor farms in the country.
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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Beyond Microgrids: Holistic CEA Energy Solutions
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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Is Cold Plasma the Next Big Technology Breakthrough in Indoor Ag?
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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Re-Nuble Partners With Cruz Foam To Create Indoor Farm Nutrients From Seafood
Re-Nuble is looking to produce nutrients from organic waste for indoor farms, by partnering with California-based CruzFoam, to curb wastage from seafood operations.
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Sunway XFarms To Launch Largest Indoor Vertical Farm In Kuala Lumpur
Sunway XFarms, a Malaysia agritech company, will launch Kuala Lumpur city centre’s largest indoor vertical farm in the third quarter of 2022.
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Kalera’s New R&D Director Bets On Sensing Technology To Push Vertical Farming Forward
Kalera is pushing forward their commitment to innovation with the recent hire of a Global R&D Director. Here’s an exclusive interview!
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Vertical Farms Have The Vision, But Do They Have The Energy?
Unlike traditional outdoor growing, indoor farms are dependent on LED lighting. Using fossil-fuel-powered electricity can undermine the potential environmental benefits.
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Could The Energy Crisis Power A Renewable Future For The Indoor Farming Industry?
Even when prices are stable, energy can be a large proportion of business expenditure. Could this crisis change CEA’s main trade-off, improve productivity and reduce resource consumption for higher energy bills?
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Indoor Ag Has An Energy Problem. Could Microgrids Be The Solution?
By now, it’s been well established that indoor farming is a booming sector with huge potential for impact, but one dirty secret: its massive energy needs.
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An Entrepreneur’s 9-Step Guide To CEA Facility Design
This 9-step guide to CEA facility design ensures that you “know before you grow” and that you're well-prepared to act on unexpected challenges.
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This Master Grower Is Using His Cannabis Expertise To Help Innovate Indoor Farming Solutions
This master grower is working with industry leader Montel to innovate new indoor farming solutions for growers.
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An Urban Farming Entrepreneur’s Guide To Choosing The Right Crops
Learn from our Lead Agronomist, David Ceaser, how to choose the right crops to grow in your farm.
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5 Things Indoor Farmers Should Know When Choosing Their Grow Lights
Many entrepreneurs fail to do the planning and research necessary to select the right equipment – particularly lighting – for their crops, budget, and farm’s needs.
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Vertical Farms, Contain Your Excitement
Too frequently we see farms relying on vague and outdated claims when it comes to the true environmental impact of their operations.
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Nearly 60 Indoor Farms Featured In The 2021 FoodTech 500 Ranking
Vertical farming is particularly well-featured this year as they represent 11% of the 500 Ag-tech champions.
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9 Indoor Lighting Companies To Look Out For
The grow lights market was valued at $2.71 billion in 2020 and is expected to reach $7.60 billion by 2026. Here is Agritecture’s list of indoor lighting suppliers to look out for!
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Why New York City Should Transform Empty Commercial Real Estate Into Indoor Farms
The value of indoor farms isn’t a wait-and-see game; having more fresh, healthy, affordable food would fill empty real estate and benefit our city
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Bowery's 'Farm X' Is Pushing Vertical Farming To New Heights
This experimental innovation facility will open up horizons for Bowery to hone in on reimagining farming from the ground up!
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Can An Indoor Smart Garden Beat Outdoor Gardening?
How does indoor cultivation compare to outdoor? Find out!
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How To Grow Food In a Concrete Jungle
Once just a utopian fantasy, building flourishing farms in the heart of cities is now crucial in developing a smart, diversified food system capable of feeding a growing world population.
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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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Indoor AgTech 2021, An Evolving Landscape
An updated Indoor AgTech Landscape for 2021 from Better Food Ventures.
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Retailers Use In-Store Farms to Shorten Supply Chains
There’s local, and then there’s local.
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Gotham Greens Goes West To Unlock Next Growth Chapter
Indoor agriculture company Gotham Greens has expanded operations to Northern California.
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The Indoor Farms Disrupting The Produce Industry
If you don't already, chances are you'll soon be eating produce from indoor farms.
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