Agritecture Blog
JULY 31, 2023
As I pondered the topic for this round, I felt drawn to delve into a significant hurdle frequently encountered by vertical farming companies. However, in light of the recent and rather alarming trend of vertical farming ventures failing almost weekly, I believe it's a topic worthy of revisiting.
Agritecture Blog
DECEMBER 5, 2022
A worker inspects plants in one of Plenty’s vertical farms. raised to date Vertical farms require significant capital to operate, especially when they’re just starting out. Yet in terms of amount of funding received, farm operators have dominated, receiving 86% of the $7.1B Credit: Why Farm It. At least $7.1B
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Modern Farmer
AUGUST 29, 2023
million grant for its soon-to-come vertical farming, hydroponics and plant-based culinary arts programs. The school ran an outdoor hydroponics farm this summer to help work out logistics on the soon-to-be-built indoor vertical farm. Bergen Community College was one of the grant recipients, receiving a $4.5-million
Agritecture Blog
APRIL 20, 2023
Today, we have farms beyond the imaginable : Rotterdam’s floating dairy farm that houses 40 cows, Peconic Escargot’s greenhouse that raises snails, GreenWave’s 3D ocean farm for regenerative aquaculture, and the first-ever underwater cultivation of terrestrial plants by Nemo’s Garden.
Agritecture Blog
MAY 23, 2023
The term is meant to capture the nuance between different agricultural methods that are often promoted as competing against each other, [such as vertical farms and greenhouses,] when in fact, they overlap, and various combinations of them can reap greater environmental, economic, and social benefits than any one solution alone.
Agritecture Blog
MAY 3, 2023
Some of these solutions include aquaculture to help reduce the amount of wild-captured fish, as well as mushrooms , insects , and algae grown in controlled environments. While protein is a necessary component of every person’s diet, there are alternative products that do not come at such a high environmental cost.
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