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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Modern Farmer

AUGUST 29, 2023

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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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. iFarm iFarm creates solutions for city farming.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

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. Department of Agriculture—have a more positive impact on rural communities, because they tend to buy feed, equipment and other farm inputs from local sources.

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Vertical farming for indoor architecture projects Vertical farming is an innovative approach to indoor agriculture using hydroponics and LEDs. Architects can consider incorporating vertical farming systems into their projects, either as standalone structures or as part of a larger building.

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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! MTCO2e per year is generated through a combination of biogeochemical changes and farming processes. When we add another 0.31 When we add another 0.31

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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

MAY 26, 2023

Today, Mojan Farms proudly supplies a fresh blend of products to over 100 supermarket branches across Saudi Arabia. Utilizing hydroponic greenhouses and isolated grow beds, they ensure the pristine quality of their produce while harnessing the power of data to minimize errors and risks. Greener Crop Inc. Greener Crop Inc.

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Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

Topics include sustainability best practices, ESG reporting, yield predictions, and HVAC design considerations. 3: Get farm model results faster with our new “basic” modeling input form Want to model an indoor farm but not quite sure how to fill out certain inputs?

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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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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

The conventional meat industry is one of the leading sources of greenhouse gas emissions. Including both greenhouses and indoor vertical farms, these types of operations can maximize yield using drastically less water, less land, and no pesticides, all while creating good-paying, year-round farming jobs.

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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

Land use change is the thing that matters, and it’s the openness to change that the big guys exhibit that is going to make a dent in agricultural emissions, sequestrations, nutritional yield, and worker well-being.

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