Agritecture Blog
MARCH 9, 2023
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? The key here is the freshness of the crops.
Agritecture Blog
DECEMBER 29, 2022
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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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.
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. Many investments come from venture capitalists who want to treat vertical farming like a tech investment.
Agritecture Blog
AUGUST 2, 2023
However, in the face of these limitations, Singapore has and will embrace more urban and vertical farming. Howe emphasizes the advantages of consuming fresh, locally-grown produce, as many vital nutrients diminish shortly after harvest. GroGrace Grace Lim of Urban Farming Partners and GroGrace.
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.
Agritecture Blog
MAY 3, 2023
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. Alternative Proteins Mattia Marinello, farm owner and operator, collects snails for harvest. Snails live in pens that measure 3m x 40m, as shown here.
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