There is a lot of excitement around the controlled environment agriculture space. Even with the recent high-profile vertical farm closures, Agritecture believes in the long-term success of this approach to growing. However, to get there, investors must know how to evaluate opportunities, and that’s why I am providing our 6 categories of assessment.
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Horticulture lighting science and technology have significantly advanced since the advent of HPS lighting. LED options are now overtaking HPS lighting in many regions, owing to the improved energy efficiency and advanced controllability of LED lighting, as well as the growing body of research pointi
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Founded by University of Virginia students Graham Smith and Alexander Olesen, Babylon Micro-Farms was established in 2017 in an effort to provide food security for refugees. Learn more about their journey and their recent visit from Vice President Kamala Harris.
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As policymakers and food system stakeholders alike realize the importance of localizing food systems and supporting community networks (ecological, social, and economic), it is becoming highly valuable to incorporate urban agriculture into city planning.
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Agritecture led the development of the City of Dallas’ first-ever Comprehensive Urban Agriculture Plan. The Dallas City Council adopted this strategic policy document on March 8th, 2023. It will guide the priorities of the City’s expanding Urban Agriculture department within the Office of Environmen
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The Kroger-Albertson’s merger, first announced in October 2022, is facing challenges from the government, including a class action lawsuit claiming the merger would violate antitrust laws. As a result of the consolidation of larger brands in the industry, many small farmers cannot see a future for t
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The upfront cost of installing a solar energy system can still be a barrier for many farmers. That's where solar incentives come into play.
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Here are the top four obstacles we’ve observed in the struggle to establish a thriving CEA industry in India.
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India’s food system is faltering. Traditional agricultural methods continue to be strained by the depleting availability of natural resources and extreme weather conditions.
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Cities must leverage technological innovations – particularly indoor vertical farms, greenhouses and precision-farming tools – to feed their growing populations.
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Takeaways from the USDA’s new Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production’s (OUAIP) inaugural public meeting.
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Food insecurity is not simply a money problem. It is also a racism problem.
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The California Assembly has approved a bill that will ban toxic “forever chemicals” from food packaging.
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New York Congresswoman, Nydia M. Velázquez, has authored a bill allocating federal resources for the adoption of green roofs at public elementary and secondary schools, known as the Public School Green Rooftop Program.
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Jersey City, New Jersey will fund the construction and operation of 10 vertical farms in the city; the first municipal vertical farm program in the country.
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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 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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Two lessons from the urban agriculture experience in Nairobi stand out: the importance of a localized food system and short food supply chains.
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Amid Covid-19, the Gulf region commits $200m to safeguard its food security with AgTech.
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Given the unique and similar history of the coronavirus, it becomes clear our food choices and local market purchases may hold critical importance especially as the world population increases to record levels.
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The U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council led ten innovative U.S. companies on a successful five-day food security trade mission to Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
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U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush (D-Ill.) was joined by Reps. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) and Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) in introducing H.R.5266, the Urban Agriculture Healthy Food and Entrepreneur Act.
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In northern Kenya, refugees are turning to urban farming to improve food security, nutrition, and self-sufficiency
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An exclusive interview with Agritecture: D.C. Set to Become 3rd Major US City to Hire a Director of Urban Agriculture.
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As we grapple with the complex challenges associated with climate change, there is an important opportunity for urban agriculture to play a role in providing the solutions we collectively need.
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The New York City Council plans to boost food security in America’s most populated city—more than 1 million New Yorkers currently go hungry or lack access to healthy, nutritious food. With this new plan, Council speaker Corey Johnson plans to improve food policy, nutrition in schools, and make fresh
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Policy is critical to help farmers at a time of crisis, a fact reflected in a strong bipartisan 2018 farm bill that improved the safety net for dairy producers and created new mental health assistance programs for farmers.
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Historically black land-grant colleges and universities were created to be centers of food and agriculture research, but in reality many of their students live in food deserts with little access to grocery stores or restaurants.
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