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Vertical Farming: How to Produce More Food on Less Land

Modern Farmer

The word farm was once equated with images of sun-kissed green fields in rural areas. Not only are farms moving closer to urban areas, but theyre also getting creative in how and where they grow produce. Vertical farms take advantage of old buildings and state-of-the-art greenhouses to produce food in a small amount of space.

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Rural indoor agriculture is a ‘critical’ part of our food systems, says new report from EIT Food

Agritecture Blog

There is great potential for strawberries in rural CEA settings. However, this article makes a case for utilizing CEA in rural environments with various benefits. EIT Food’s definition for CEA includes “a broad range of semi- and fully-closed systems, from greenhouses through to vertical farms.” Credit: iStock.

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How Can Renewable Energy Improve CEA’s Carbon Footprint?

Agritecture Blog

While standard energy sources typically come at a lower cost, the reliability of the cost of renewable energy is helpful (and necessary) for farms to plan and make strategic decisions to balance their operational costs in the long term. YASAI is a vertical farm in Zürich, Switzerland that runs on 100% renewable energy.

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Where Corn and Soybeans are King, Some Farmers See ‘Unconventional’ Future

Modern Farmer

Corn and soybeans dominate the Hawkeye State’s rural landscapes. The pandemic and subsequent higher food prices have boosted interest in farming differently, several ag experts said. And while interest is growing, unconventional farming isn’t always easy. This story was originally published on Investigate Midwest.

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Food Systems 101: How Community Colleges Are Helping Students Connect Farm to Fork

Modern Farmer

million grant for its soon-to-come vertical farming, hydroponics and plant-based culinary arts programs. The school ran an outdoor hydroponics farm this summer to help work out logistics on the soon-to-be-built indoor vertical farm. Bergen Community College was one of the grant recipients, receiving a $4.5-million

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Cultivating Profits in a Compact Crop

Modern Farmer

Yet with California’s agricultural hub dominated by large-scale farms and commodity crops, he’s found a comfortable niche at his local farmers market. With arable land at a premium— urban sprawl is a growing threat to the farming region—“I’m lucky to have a big yard,” says Mateo.

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Exemplary Approaches to Hybridizing Agriculture

Agritecture Blog

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. However, they have very significant capital costs.