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Cultivating Profits in a Compact Crop

Modern Farmer

It’s a great gateway crop,” says Don DiLillo, owner of Finest Foods in Huntington, New York, for ushering in a new breed of novice farmers. After finishing college seven years ago, the “video gam- playing, beer-drinking kid” dusted off a section of his parents’ Long Island cellar to launch his micro farm.

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Agritecture’s Top 10 Blog Posts of 2022

Agritecture Blog

A worker replants lettuce in a vertical farm. Two workers inspect plants in a vertical farm. Two people look at the crops in a vertical farm. Agritecture and WayBeyond’s 2021 Global CEA Census found that vertical farms around the world reported using 38.8 Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

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Challenges and Innovations Driving the CEA Sector in GCC and MENA

Agritecture Blog

Credit: Mojan Farms. Written by: Niko Simos May 26, 2023 Climate change presents a significant threat to global water and food security. So how can these countries ensure food security, save water, and mitigate climate change while working with limited arable land? As stated by Ryan M. Greener Crop Inc.

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Exemplary Approaches to Hybridizing Agriculture

Agritecture Blog

The very resources upon which we fundamentally depend, such as food, water and energy, are being depleted faster than ever. This perspective has depleted soils , increased food travel emissions, and has yet to put a truly sustainable dent in achieving food security. Read more HERE.

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Early-Stage Agrifood Investment in Africa is Taking Off. What Could This Mean for CEA?

Agritecture Blog

Credit: Vertical Farming Planet. One of Africa's most prominent and perhaps persistent challenges is food security. 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.