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

Modern Farmer

He describes it as “indoor vertical farming.” Near Charles City, Wendy Johnson farms and is a board member of Ames-based PFI. The idea that healthy food is the underpinnings of a healthy society is a timely concept, Nisly said. “I I just think it’s a reality that’s smacking America in the face right now,” he said.

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

Agritecture Blog

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. Yet few commercial agrivoltaic projects exist today.

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Bringing ‘agroecological intelligence’ to on-farm technology choices

Sustainable Food Trust

A diverse landscape For this project, A Bigger Conversation has used the term ‘agroecology’ to encompass a diverse landscape of different yet related farming approaches.

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Investors Rewind 10 Years of AgTech: Supervillains, Heroes and Unexpected Truths

World Agri-Tech

Ag-tech that is smart, innovative and actually improves or increases the quality, productivity or profitability of crop and livestock production will find a market and eager adopters.” have available and how much they have to pay for it.