ATTRA

MAY 24, 2024

The VINE, an initiative of University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC ANR), and UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education have opened enrollment for their new Controlled Environment Agriculture Program for greenhouses, indoor vertical farms, or hydroponic farms.

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Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Editor’s Note: One main draw of Controlled Environment Agriculture, or CEA, is the ability to grow produce closer to urban centers where it will be consumed, thus shortening the supply chain for inhabitants of cities globally. Greenhouses and even hoop houses have long been considered part of the CEA landscape. Credit: iStock.

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Agritecture Blog

JUNE 15, 2023

Written by: Sarah Jordan June 15, 2023 Renewable energy has the potential to significantly improve indoor agriculture by providing climate-smart power sources to farmers. Various successful farms in the industry rely on renewable energy to lower their carbon footprint, have a predictable source of energy, and embrace circularity.

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Written by: Niko Simos April 13, 2023 As concerns about food security, sustainability, and urbanization continue to grow, more and more architects are exploring ways to integrate agriculture into their projects. In addition to promoting food security, agricultural integration can also improve air and water quality.

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

Associate professor of Horticulture, Neil Mattson, teaches a student in one of Cornell’s on-campus greenhouses. Editor’s Note: Controlled environment agriculture (CEA) is one of the various solutions available to deal with the harmful effects of climate change and ensure food security for future generations. Credit: Cornell Chronicle.

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Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

LED lighting is an important aspect of indoor farming operations, but it consumes energy, contributing to a farm’s overall costs. The 2021 Global CEA Census Report revealed that at least 38% of greenhouses and vertical farms don't track their energy use. Credit: Ceres Greenhouse Solutions. Credit: GreenBiz.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Let’s take a look at what this means for agriculture. The increased globalization of the food system over the past 50 years has spread the false narrative to many governments and businesses that a one-size-fits-all conventional approach to agriculture is the solution to food insecurity. Let’s look at some examples.

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

Those cows are just one part of the closed-loop system the college aims to highlight in its new farm-to-fork program that is rolling out this school year. Walla Walla Community College’s program may be one of the most extensive culinary-agriculture curriculums, but there are others. who will direct the new project. “As

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 18, 2023

Vertical farming and hydroponics are innovative and sustainable agricultural methods that can be used in schools to teach about modern food production and environmental conservation. Credit: amNewYork. Written by: Sarah Jordan and Dorothy Braun February 15, 2023 Credit: FarmBox Foods. Credit: Teens for Food Justice.

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Agritecture Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2022

A worker replants lettuce in a vertical farm. Two workers inspect plants in a vertical farm. Cold plasma technology has established uses in traditional outdoor agriculture, but its uses have not been explored in indoor agriculture until recently. Two people look at the crops in a vertical farm.

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Agritecture Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

These companies join a number of existing members, which include: Ceres Greenhouse Solutions , CropKing, Inc. Greener Crop , INNO-3B , LettUs Grow , Montel , New Growing System , Priva , Urban Crop Solutions , Tower Farms , FarmRaise , Harvest Returns , Mainvest , and Perl Street. iFarm iFarm creates solutions for city farming.

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Agritecture Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2022

A worker inspects plants in one of Plenty’s vertical farms. In the years that have followed, venture capital money has poured into the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) space at a dizzying pace. raised to date Vertical farms require significant capital to operate, especially when they’re just starting out.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 3, 2023

Written by: Isabelle Dom Across the world of ESG investing, SDG impact, and climate change mitigation, a consistent omission has been bothering us at Agritecture: few events - if any - cover the full breadth of agriculture-related solutions. The conventional meat industry is one of the leading sources of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 26, 2023

Rather than taking a top-down design approach that fails to account for community needs and cultural knowledge, agricultural leaders argue that “focusing on creating food sovereignty through community-driven solutions and systemic change” is the path forward. Winners of the third Urban Greenhouse Challenge, LettUs Design.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 26, 2023

Their main focus lies in the production of leafy greens, herbs, and microgreens using indoor Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) methods. Herbs grown by Mojan Farms. The remarkable journey of Mojan Farms originated with the founders' venture into the world of Neapolitan pizzerias. Greener Crop Inc. Greener Crop Inc.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 16, 2023

Written by: Sarah Jordan May 16, 2023 Saltwater farming, also known as ocean farming or mariculture, is a revolutionary approach to sustainable agriculture that harnesses the power of the ocean to grow crops and produce seafood. Kleperis founded Tekmara , an innovative agricultural startup, in 2022. Credit: UpLink.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

Mateo, who also farms leafy vegetables such as basil, kale and arugula hydroponically, was surprised to find high demand for his produce—especially given his Central Valley location. Yet with California’s agricultural hub dominated by large-scale farms and commodity crops, he’s found a comfortable niche at his local farmers market.

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Agritecture Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I spent a lot of time in India and became very familiar with the agriculture crisis that was going on there as well as the larger global climate crisis. In 2015, I started exploring different types of indoor farming, and it just clicked. HGS: I want to learn a little bit more about why you chose to farm in containers.

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Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Editor’s Note: Urban agriculture is very important to us at Agritecture, as it makes cities more green while also providing food to the local community. According to Henry, the single biggest misconception about urban farming is that it can’t be commercial or profitable. But then we started to separate agriculture from cities.

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

Controlled environment agriculture has unboxed our imaginations, creating limitless possibilities for food production in urban environments. Farming is one part of this equation. What challenges come up in establishing viable urban agriculture on a yacht? Specifically, ones that have an agricultural background or expertise.

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Agritecture Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Editor’s Note: The following list details some of the many automation companies involved in the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) sector. Written by: Sarah Jordan and Justin Hyunjae Chung December 14, 2022 In vertical farming, efficiency is key for those looking to increase their profit margins. Credit: Avisomo.

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Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

Written by: Nadim Atalla January 6, 2023 After two years of beta-testing with nearly 5,000 users from more than 100 countries, Agritecture is excited to expand our offerings with the official launch of Agritecture Designer, a data-driven solution to the economic uncertainty of the controlled environment agriculture industry.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

While many operators claim that their vertical farming systems are the next generation of sustainable agriculture, the carbon footprint of their operations tells another story. Here at Agritecture, we pride ourselves in recognizing greenwashing and getting to the core of true environmental and economic sustainability.

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Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

CONTENT SOURCED FROM CIVIL EATS Written by: Lisa Held January 13, 2023 Inside a 4,000-square-foot greenhouse in west Baltimore at the end of June, untended basil plants were falling over and going to seed. Reidy, the founder and CEO of a real estate design company that helped build and raise funds for the Green Street greenhouse.

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Agwired

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Department of Agriculture (USDA). The Agricultural Retailers Association (ARA) honored Joey Caldwell, senior vice president of retail at GreenPoint Ag, with the ARA Excellence in Advocacy Award in front of more than 600 ag retail industry professionals during the 2024 ARA Conference & Expo.

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Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Nikita is a co-founder of his own business, AMMG Architects , which focuses on architecture, interior design and agricultural production. He comments, “2017 and 2018 were really the boom period for designers and architects looking at the intersection of technology, agriculture and design.

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Agritecture Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Credit: Vertical Farming Planet. For millions of Africans, decades of reliance on traditional farming techniques and poor policymaking have created vulnerabilities that are only worsened by the impacts of climate change and natural disasters. One of Africa's most prominent and perhaps persistent challenges is food security.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 9, 2024

“My concern is that climate change is impacting agriculture and could well disrupt supply chains,” wrote Modern Farmer reader Taera Shuldberg. You can also zone for urban agriculture, because in some cities, it’s a little bit hard with the zoning—it’s not really made for someone to do farming in the middle of the city.”

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World Agri-Tech

JANUARY 3, 2024

Mark Brooks, FMC VENTURES Mark Brooks, Managing Director, FMC VENTURES: “My supervillain is ScorchedFarm, who exposes the vulnerabilities of modern agriculture in the face of climate change. The last 10 years have also shown that, despite being a 15,000 year-old industry, agriculture is still vulnerable to fads and fashion.

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Agritecture Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Vertical farms could be utilized as specialized tools to grow high-value crops for medicinal and cosmetic purposes rather than commodity leafy greens. Comparing the unit economics of saffron production for greenhouses and vertical farms would offer valuable insight for growers and investors looking to enter the space.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 23, 2023

Credit: Sky Greens Farm. Written by: Dorothy Braun May 23, 2022 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. Credit: Hudson Valley Fisheries.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

million acres of corn and 10 million acres of soybeans, according to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service Information. That trend prompted some Iowans to look at stores and resources closer to home—to local growers, local meat lockers, local dairies and even local greenhouses. In 2022, Iowa farmers harvested 12.4

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The popularity of the products has meant that Ebbs has been able to cover the continuing operating costs of the vertical farm without it having an impact on store profits. Since 2013, hydroponically equipped greenhouses on the roof of the store have been producing salad greens and fresh herbs for the store below.

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Agwired

MARCH 1, 2024

Gooden has served as Director of State Operations for Rural Development since July 2021 and will fill the under secretary position left vacant by Xochitl Torres Small , who was confirmed in July 2023 as Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. Alltech is proud to continue to partner with the Women in Food & Agriculture (WFA) Mentorship Program.

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Agritecture Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Written by: Henry Gordon-Smith February 9, 2023 I frequently get questions about how to enter the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) industry. Credit: Greenhouse Grower. Building on tip #1, any new entrant should be informed about the main players in vertical farming and what the industry is facing overall.

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