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. How many farms has the company built?

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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

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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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

Bather’s microgreens are grown vertically to maximize yields. 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.

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Whether it's a community garden on a residential development, a rooftop farm on a commercial building, or a green wall in a public space, incorporating agriculture into architectural design can bring numerous benefits, from providing fresh food to creating more sustainable and resilient built environments. Credit: Holland Global Tourism.

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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

AUGUST 2, 2023

Grace Lim and colleague at their proof-of-concept farm, GroGrace. courtesy of Urban Farming Partners. However, in the face of these limitations, Singapore has and will embrace more urban and vertical farming. Founder Mathew Howe succinctly describes it as "bringing the farming to you." courtesy of Grobrix.

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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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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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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

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Anyone familiar with the CEA industry is aware of the critical importance of energy in running an indoor vertical farm. Without consistent and reliable power, these farms can endure lower yields or even suffer a loss of crops, which translates to a loss of revenue. Could Microgrids be the Solution?

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

In other words, bigger is better and yield is king. 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.

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Agritecture Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

As there are numerous suppliers around the world that specialize in automation for indoor farms, this list is not exhaustive but rather meant to illustrate the variety of ways in which suppliers are creatively meeting the needs of their customers. Automation is one way to cut costs and increase efficiency in a vertical farm.

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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. The core elements of farm to school are school gardens, procurement, and education.

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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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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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Agritecture Blog

MAY 3, 2023

more food secure and our farming practices more environmentally friendly , we expect to see both an increase in and a deepening of these conversations. Regenerative Agriculture and Nature-Based Solutions Coffee crops grow alongside other plants in what is known as an Agroforestry approach to farming. Image sourced from Urban Ag News.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

Everything from the number of farms, to the types of crops, to how they get to market, have all become more consolidated in recent decades. School Districts are getting in on the game too, utilizing $400m from the USDA to prioritize local buying habits, and expand popular Farm-to-School programs.

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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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World Agri-Tech

JANUARY 3, 2024

Kiersten Stead, DCVC BIO Kiersten Stead, Managing Partner, DCVC BIO: “The supervillain is misleading, unhelpful, marketing of food as “natural”, “non-GMO”, “clean”, or suggesting “processed foods are bad” , higher GHG emitting farming methods-“organic” “biodynamic”. Heroes are People who do the work on farms.

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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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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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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

He founded his vertical farm startup in 2016, where the enclosed New Jersey farm is weather-resistant, simulating Japanese climate conditions, says Koga. Oishii’s farm mimics daylight and nighttime, so its bees act like their wild counterparts would. Growers also monitor their health.

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