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Why Vertical Farms are Producing More Nutritious Crops

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Vertical farming has taken cities by storm, enabling urbanites to grow produce within their own homes and entrepreneurs to meet the growing demand for fresher and higher quantities of locally-grown produce. But, how is this soilless farming technique impacting human health?

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Are Vertical Farms Truly the Answer to Food Safety Concerns?

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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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Could a Container Farm be the Right Choice for Your CEA Facility?

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There are many benefits to container farming that make it an attractive alternative to vertical or greenhouse farming. While vertical farms require less space than traditional farms, container farms require even less space. A worker tends to plants in a container farm at Vertical Roots farm.

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Agritecture’s Top 10 Blog Posts of 2022

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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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Investing in Controlled Environment Agriculture with Confidence

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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. Many investments come from venture capitalists who want to treat vertical farming like a tech investment.

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3 Singapore-Based Companies Utilizing Controlled Environment Agriculture to Increase Local Food Supply

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However, in the face of these limitations, Singapore has and will embrace more urban and vertical farming. GroGrace Grace Lim of Urban Farming Partners and GroGrace. courtesy of Urban Farming Partners. Recognizing the need for quality vegetables, Grace built her first urban farm at home. courtesy of ComCrop.

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5 Critical Agriculture Topics to Incorporate Into Any Climate-Related Event

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More than just an explicit set of production practices, this way of farming is known as “agroecology”, and refers to working with, rather than against, nature. The conventional meat industry is one of the leading sources of greenhouse gas emissions.