Agritecture Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

Associate professor of Horticulture, Neil Mattson, teaches a student in one of Cornell’s on-campus greenhouses. Credit: Greenhouse Product News. A student applies skills learned in a campus greenhouse at Stockton University. Credit: Cornell Chronicle. With the global population expected to reach 9.7 Credit: Stockton University.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 19, 2024

“Our biggest criticism of CRP,” says Anne Schechinger, mid-west director for EWG, “is that, as it is currently set up, it is not doing enough to store carbon in soil or reduce greenhouse gas emissions.” Agriculture is responsible for 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the US.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 29, 2023

His vision has gotten a jump start through a partnership with Carbon Harvest. As part of a $20 million project led by the Kentucky-based nonprofit Accelerating Appalachia , Carbon Harvest will receive roughly $200,000 over two years to conduct research on the potential for a regional offset market.

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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.

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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. Credit: iFarm.

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Agritecture Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Vertical farms and greenhouses are seeing much more capital investment than they had in the past, and CEA businesses are improving their unit economics through new technologies which attract investment, as well. We also see growers with experience in greenhouses adapt well to vertical farming.

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Hartwood Farm

JANUARY 3, 2020

I’m not generally one for New Year’s resolutions (okay, maybe I am, but my new year feels like it starts in March when we fire up the greenhouse!). Greenhouse tetris We are saving our pennies for a greenhouse expansion, but until then somehow managed yet again to run 50,000 seedlings through 600 feet of space! Water (or mud?)

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Sustainable Harvest International

JULY 19, 2022

By: Florence Reed , Founder + Director of Sustainable Harvest International With the war in Ukraine, the global food crisis looms large, given that Ukraine is a major global exporter of both wheat and chemical fertilizers. The recent rise in food prices is buoyed by increased fertilizer, energy, and transport costs. Among the 12.6

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

In 2022, Iowa farmers harvested 12.4 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. Bushel Boy has a Mason City operation with 17 acres of greenhouses growing different kinds of tomatoes.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

At an industry-average field-farming yield rate of 22,175 pounds per acre (for the more boutique varieties that are grown in CEA settings), that's a lot of lettuce! lbs of CO2e per pround of yield - still a far cry from the 8 pounds of CO2 per lb of yield carbon footprint of container farming. When we add another 0.31

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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

The cattle, which were artificially inseminated by students in the spring, will eventually be harvested at a USDA plant and incorporated into the fine dining menu at the college’s student-run campus restaurant, Capstone Kitchen. Over time, the administrators hope to expand with aquaculture, waste management, raised-bed gardening and more.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 9, 2023

We often hear about vertical farms using water sustainably, 95% less than traditional open field harvesting, to provide superior tasting crops. In this sense, vertical farms are able to spend more time enhancing nutritional value and less time worrying about the success of their harvest. The key here is the freshness of the crops.

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Agritecture Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

By using robots to help with various aspects of farming, we can supplement the need for human labor to complete tasks such as seeding, transplanting, tray washing, harvesting, packaging, labeling, and fertigation. They also offer harvesting equipment to streamline processes for indoor farmers and farm operators. Credit: TTA.

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DTN

JULY 24, 2023

Trackable events include plowing, minimum-till cultivation, crop rotation, crop type, cover crop presence, irrigation events, harvest date, and crop residue presence. The CO 2 e is used to standardize emissions from all types of greenhouse gases (e.g., carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, fluorinated gases).

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AGRIVI

JULY 21, 2023

It compiles data on key performance indicators , including yield analysis , crop analysis, field analysis, farm finance KPIs, input usage , harvest reports , water usage , and pesticide application. The Analytics & Dashboard stack allows companies to gain daily insights into their agricultural operations.

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Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

Vertical Farms & Greenhouses) Most of us tend to overlook failed businesses, only studying successful businesses to crack the code on what made them successful. When measured and interpreted properly, controlled environment farming operations can use this data to improve yields and processes.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 3, 2023

During a normal year, he typically harvests about 150 bushels per acre of corn. It doesn’t take a whole lot of rain to make a good yield for the sorghum crop,” said Rendel, who plants about 1,000 acres of grain sorghum each year on his 5,000-acre farm. Animal agriculture contributes a significant amount of global greenhouse gases.

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Civil Eats

AUGUST 1, 2023

These severe conditions have a tremendous impact on our food system, affecting everything from crop yields to working conditions on farms. Farms Adapt to Climate Change Sorghum—popular among young, BIPOC, and under-resourced farmers—has extra long roots that allow it to withstand drought and sequester greenhouse gasses.

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 6, 2023

With an almost one-tenth share of the global harvest, it is the third-largest producer of aroma hops in the world. The same problem arose in 2018 when summer droughts cut the country’s hops yield by 30% below average. The first Pilsner was brewed in the Czech Republic in 1842.

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Civil Eats

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Come autumn harvest after a short growing season of about 58 days, Sakari donates most of the yield to regional tribes with distribution assistance from state agencies. They can learn how to grow and harvest traditional foods, make their own recipes in the incubator kitchen, and market and sell their products.

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Farmbrite

MARCH 28, 2024

Things like automatic windows in the greenhouse are lifesavers. They also help prevent the leaching of nutrients from the soil, which makes it easier for your plants to absorb them when they're ready for harvest. CROPS: Automate watering tasks by using an automatic drip system or sprinkler system.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 3, 2023

Alternative Proteins Mattia Marinello, farm owner and operator, collects snails for harvest. The conventional meat industry is one of the leading sources of greenhouse gas emissions. Snails live in pens that measure 3m x 40m, as shown here.

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ATTRA

JANUARY 2, 2024

High tunnel kale crop for harvest through the fall. But a few studies have indicated that increasing amounts of nitrogen fertilizer has little effect on yield in cool-season tunnel greens production. Another window to plant cover crops in a high tunnel is in the spring when winter greens harvest is slowing.

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Kavya Organic Farm

JULY 22, 2023

Polyhouse farming has revolutionized agriculture in India, allowing farmers to grow crops under controlled environments and increase their yield and income. Greenhouse Technology Mission: Launched by the government, this mission aims to provide financial assistance for polyhouse construction.

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Agritecture Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

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. We have no knowledge of large scale CEA production data and comparison to field harvests but scaling up in CEA may be more prohibitive due to labor costs.

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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

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Unlike traditional farming, CEA has various advantages, including higher yields, lower water usage, efficiency of space, and the ability to replace pesticides with integrated pest management (IPM) strategies. While Egypt had been affected by the ban, the regulatory challenges provided an opportunity for the rise of new CEA alternatives.

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Farmbrite

MARCH 2, 2023

They work on farms, in fields and greenhouses, around livestock, with plants, soil and water. They often work in laboratories or greenhouses where they conduct experiments on plants and animals. Farmers are the people who grow crops and raise livestock, but they are also so much more.

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Agritecture Blog

JULY 31, 2023

” The accelerating trend of controlled-environment agriculture (CEA), particularly vertical farming and hydroponic greenhouses, has captivated investors, entrepreneurs, and journalists worldwide. “ Are you a technology company or a farming company? ” However, the reality often paints a different picture.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition

JANUARY 17, 2024

On the other hand, the chapter’s assessment of alternative plant proteins is more measured, noting their potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions but also identifying the clear downsides in terms of increased needs for infrastructure and energy. Sea level rise is also important in the region, causing saltwater intrusion and salinization.

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Civil Eats

JANUARY 15, 2024

He plans to harvest some grasses as hay for animal bedding and weed control. Exactly how far inland the salt encroaches will depend partially on how effective humans are at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as rising temperatures and melting ice sheets are the main contributors to the ocean’s expansions.

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Modern Farmer

JULY 24, 2023

He powered the greenhouse with on-site solar panels, opted for natural pest control instead of synthetics and sold his products in recyclable, 99% plastic-free packaging. “It’s But with that speed comes massive greenhouse gas emissions from lighting, heating, cooling and dehumidification—powered mostly by petrochemicals. “The

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DTN

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

It provides incentives for the agriculture sector to increase sustainable farming practices; it is poised to reduce biofuel and ethanol production costs while increasing profit margins; and helps lower greenhouse gas emissions across multiple sectors.

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Food Environment and Reporting Network

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Department of Agriculture and food giants such as Land O’Lakes, Corteva, Bayer, and Cargill are paying farmers millions of dollars to sow rye, clover, radishes or other crops after, or even before, they harvest their corn and soybeans. And they raise the risk of additional acres being plowed up to compensate for the lower yields.

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Food Tank

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Mckinsey finds that human activity has already extended beyond the “safe operating space” for four of these boundaries: biodiversity loss, chemical and plastic pollution, nutrient pollution, and greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions. As a sector, agriculture has the single largest direct impact on planetary boundaries.

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Food Tank

OCTOBER 11, 2023

According to a study published in the Journal of Cleaner Production and Beverages , the production of alcoholic beverages can contribute to greenhouse gas emissions, land degradation, and water depletion. The hilly, coastal prefecture is known for its ideal ecological conditions which yield high-quality rice. for a new beer initiative.

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Civil Eats

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Jordan Macknick from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory—which conducts agrivoltaics research in California—includes solar combined with specialty and commodity crops, solar with livestock, solar with land providing pollinator habitat or ecosystem services, and solar-integrated greenhouses in the list of approaches.

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