Global Agtech Initiative

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The post China Unveils ‘World’s First’ AI-Powered Vertical Farm with 20 Floors appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative. This AI-controlled system uses advanced technologies to monitor, analyze, and adjust key environmental variables within the facility.

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Agritecture Blog

JULY 31, 2023

To develop a farm or to develop a technology, that is the question. As I pondered the topic for this round, I felt drawn to delve into a significant hurdle frequently encountered by vertical farming companies. This time, I aim to offer a fresh perspective on the question: are you a technology company or a farming company? “

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Agritecture Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

With over 20 years of experience, Biernacki has a wealth of knowledge on growing and vertical farming. Now, Kevin uses his expertise to help other growers in his new role with vertical farming solutions provider Montel. Kevin at The Grove’s indoor farm. Kevin helped to develop the 26,600 sq.

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

With over 20 years of experience working in all facets of agriculture, Agritecture’s Lead Agronomist, David Ceaser , adds that “many people think that vertical farms are inherently safer than conventional farms regarding food safety - but this is not automatically the case. Here, technology plays a key role.

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Agritecture Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Written by: Djavid Amidi-Abraham September 13, 2023 Controlled environment agriculture (CEA) is a rapidly growing segment of the farming industry. Many investments come from venture capitalists who want to treat vertical farming like a tech investment. Are they distributing into the right market segments?”

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Agritecture Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Surna Cultivation Technologies is an industry-leading CEA facility design expert that has been supporting growers in setting up successful farming operations for over 16 years. In fact, failure to create an efficient farm layout and workflow is one of the common mistakes operators make and is also a leading reason why vertical farms fail. “We

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 24, 2023

Written by: Sarah Jordan and Christian Kanlian March 24, 2023 When starting a farm, research is key to ensuring you make the right decisions upfront to avoid headaches later. There are many choices to be made, but one of the most important is which type of farm to start.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

Credit: Bather Smart Farm. Written by: Sarah Jordan March 29, 2023 In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital city, Khalid Shokair and his family have established Bather Smart Farm , a 2500-square-meter facility that grows microgreens, edible flowers, salad greens, and herbs. Credit: Bather Smart Farm.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 15, 2023

Written by: Henry Gordon-Smith March 14, 2023 In February, I visited the new AeroFarms R&D facility, intended to bring the latest in vertical farming and indoor farming research and development to the UAE. 4: Vertical farms will struggle to scale without government subsidies. Credit: AeroFarms. #2:

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

For those operating these farms, such as Kelli Ebbs, store manager of Muskoka North Good Food Co-op in Huntsville, Ontario , the two large shipping-like containers in the store’s parking lot have filled a much-needed gap in the supply chain. “During the growing season, we don’t have a problem procuring fresh greens from local farms,” says Ebbs.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 14, 2023

ZipPod Container Farm Written by: Sarah Jordan March 10, 2023 Agritecture Designer recently introduced a new modeling feature: the ability to design container farms. Container farms, as the name suggests, are farms that are housed within repurposed metal shipping containers. Credit: Charleston Business Journal.

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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: Sky Greens Farm.

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

Agritecture Designer ’s urban and vertical farming courses can be a great help to universities looking to incorporate CEA into their curricula without the expense of added staff. Contact david@agritecture.com for more information on how you can get a hold of our farm-planning software for your students.

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Global Agtech Initiative

DECEMBER 11, 2023

VC firms are moving away from vertical farming and plant-based foods, instead seeing new opportunities in AI and alternative fertilizers. The post Agtech Funding Is Rebounding. Which Startups Attract Investors? appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.

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Agritecture Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Edited by: Sarah Jordan February 24, 2023 The global indoor farming market has experienced tremendous growth in the past decade. However, a portion of the operating indoor farming installations worldwide are not as efficient as they could be. Is an indoor vertical farm right for you?

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

Armed with little more than ingenuity and entrepreneurial drive, microgreen growers are transforming the unused corners of their dwellings into profitable farming operations. 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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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

In Iowa, unconventional farming—growing crops aside from industrial grain—ranges from soybeans grown and made into tofu near Iowa City to an environmentally-minded O’Brien County farmer who went organic decades ago. The pandemic and subsequent higher food prices have boosted interest in farming differently, several ag experts said.

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Agritecture Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

Many new CEA operators ask themselves this question while planning their new farm and trying to connect with their customer base and/or differentiate themselves from competitors. The collaborative nature of certification, involving farmers, companies, markets, and civil society, supports sustainable transformation.

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

Credit: Farm One. Written by: Dorothy Braun April 20, 2023 The neighborhood farm is back! Agritecture spoke with Rob Laing , founder and CRO of Farm.One, to learn more about what this reopening means for the farm and the surrounding community. Credit: Farm One. “I Credit: Farm One.

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Growing Microgreens Now that we’ve covered the differences between microgreens and sprouts, let’s explore how microgreens can be a lucrative addition to your farm income and the innovative methods for producing them. Marketing Microgreens Once you’ve mastered growing microgreens, the next step is to effectively market them.

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Agritecture Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In 2015, I started exploring different types of indoor farming, and it just clicked. I understood the potential of indoor farming and the positive impact that it could have for our local food systems. AmplifiedAg CEO Don Taylor in an indoor farm growing butter lettuce.

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Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

Through this online platform, users have already been able to learn CEA best practices, model commercial-sized farms, and connect with relevant vendors — all in an effort to accelerate planing timelines and avoid common planning mistakes that cost time and money. 4: Container Farms are now a distinct modeling option!

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Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

Agritecture Designer is a data-driven solution to the economic uncertainty of the CEA industry and offers a new way for those looking to enter or learn more about the sector to do so via educational lessons, farm modeling tools, and support with equipment selection and financing. Each vertical farm can and should be profitable.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 16, 2023

GreenWave’s founder, Bren Smith, harvests kelp on his farm. 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. Credit: Patagonia/Ron Gautreau.

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 6, 2023

Urban Crop Solutions’s container farms are a great option for a newbie to vertical farming. Editor’s Note: This article is the second part in a series on container farming with Agritecture Designer. Each farm model was located in Middleburg, Virginia, on a 10,000 sq. The farm could be paid back in 4.39

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Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2022

CONTENT SOURCED FROM AGFUNDER NEWS Written by: Jennifer Marston Discussions about indoor agriculture — also often referred to as controlled environment agriculture (CEA) — frequently focus on how vertical farms can boost local food production in or near urban settings. CEA can complement existing outdoor farming operations.

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

Written by: Henry Gordon-Smith , Isabelle Dom , & Dorothy Braun April 4, 2023 The vertical farming sector is relatively new, with just over ten years of innovation. Montel provided the Grove with an electrically powered, mobile vertical rack system, the first of its kind in a vertical farm in North America.

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Agritecture Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Global unrest, unpredictable markets, rising inflation, expensive transportation, and extreme weather are all impacting how food is grown, but how are farmers reacting? We need an ecosystem of tech-enabled agriculture,” he continued, citing huge global opportunities in urban agriculture – an estimated $80 billion market.

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Agritecture Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Written by: Isabelle Dom January 17, 2023 For those of you who are actively planning a new farm, there are many hurdles you may be facing or will face soon. Greener Crop , INNO-3B , LettUs Grow , Montel , New Growing System , Priva , Urban Crop Solutions , Tower Farms , FarmRaise , Harvest Returns , Mainvest , and Perl Street.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Greenhouses and vertical farms, widely known as trusted methods of year-round agricultural production, seem to be context-agnostic solutions to agri-food supply chain disruptions, desertification, and other climate change-related problems. Vertical farms too could cost upwards of $350 per square foot, and require even more energy.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

Mattia Marinello, farm owner and operator, collects snails for harvest. While at the conference, I was invited to visit a local snail farm. Having attempted (mostly unsuccessfully) to raise snails previously in California, I was very interested in visiting this farm. Snails live in pens that measure 3m x 40m, as shown here.

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Far Eastern Agriculture

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

With the help of the Agri-Tech Centres, this groundbreaking technology is currently under trial, which if successful could allow Debye to undertake small-scale pilot projects on a farm setting within three years, subject to funding. s machine and to determine its commercial viability.

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

It’s a far cry from the idyllic, pastoral imagery often associated with farm life, but it is a picture becoming ever closer to reality. With the correct deployment of technology, we will be able to maintain our business-as-usual focus on increasing production and creating new markets. But not everyone buys in to this narrative.

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Agritecture Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Red and Green Butter Lettuce being grown in one of AmplifiedAg’s container farms. The company, 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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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

Explore Djavid’s updated guide to carbon footprint calculation, and feel free to reach out to Agritecture for more information on how to create a more sustainable and climate-resilient indoor farm. The thought experiment concluded with a rough figure that each lb of moved product incurs about ⅓ of a pound of CO2 in the process.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 10, 2023

The partner network is composed of equipment and service providers that Agritecture has reviewed and endorsed as reliable vendors to CEA farms.” Bather Smart Farm, located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was opened by Khalid Shokair with the help of our Agritecture Designer Advisor Bundle. Secondly, I manage the Agritecture Partner Network.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 26, 2023

Credit: Mojan Farms. With an influx of new farms entering the market annually, many lack awareness of the financial and logistical intricacies involved in farming. Herbs grown by Mojan Farms. The remarkable journey of Mojan Farms originated with the founders' venture into the world of Neapolitan pizzerias.

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