Global Agtech Initiative

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The post China Unveils ‘World’s First’ AI-Powered Vertical Farm with 20 Floors appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative. This AI-controlled system uses advanced technologies to monitor, analyze, and adjust key environmental variables within the facility.

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Agritecture Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

With over 20 years of experience, Biernacki has a wealth of knowledge on growing and vertical farming. Now, Kevin uses his expertise to help other growers in his new role with vertical farming solutions provider Montel. The Grove focuses on providing natural, vertically farmed cannabis products.

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

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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Agritecture Blog

JULY 31, 2023

As I pondered the topic for this round, I felt drawn to delve into a significant hurdle frequently encountered by vertical farming companies. However, in light of the recent and rather alarming trend of vertical farming ventures failing almost weekly, I believe it's a topic worthy of revisiting.

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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.

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Agritecture Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Written by: Henry Gordon-Smith , Isabelle Dom , and Sarah Jordan February 21, 2023 The journey to becoming a profitable indoor farm begins long before opening the doors to your operation. How can vertical farming developers avoid costly delays and re-engineering? But why do these obstacles occur?

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

Agritecture Designer ’s urban and vertical farming courses can be a great help to universities looking to incorporate CEA into their curricula without the expense of added staff. Contact david@agritecture.com for more information on how you can get a hold of our farm-planning software for your students.

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Global Agtech Initiative

DECEMBER 11, 2023

VC firms are moving away from vertical farming and plant-based foods, instead seeing new opportunities in AI and alternative fertilizers. The post Agtech Funding Is Rebounding. Which Startups Attract Investors? appeared first on Global Ag Tech Initiative.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 24, 2023

On Agritecture Designer , you can compare CapEx, OpEx, and yields from vertical farms, greenhouses, or container farms to discover which would be best for your idea and local market. For many reasons, a greenhouse can be a great way to break into the market.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 15, 2023

Written by: Henry Gordon-Smith March 14, 2023 In February, I visited the new AeroFarms R&D facility, intended to bring the latest in vertical farming and indoor farming research and development to the UAE. 4: Vertical farms will struggle to scale without government subsidies. Credit: AeroFarms. #2:

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

Written by: Sarah Jordan March 29, 2023 In Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital city, Khalid Shokair and his family have established Bather Smart Farm , a 2500-square-meter facility that grows microgreens, edible flowers, salad greens, and herbs. Chefs in the area love Bather Smart Farm’s produce because it is fresher than imported goods.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 14, 2023

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 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

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The popularity of the products has meant that Ebbs has been able to cover the continuing operating costs of the vertical farm without it having an impact on store profits. For Puri, though, this isn’t the biggest impact being made by the farm. Whole Foods acts as the landlord, but Gotham Greens owns the greenhouses.

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

Credit: Farm One. “I I thought, wouldn’t it be great to use this new technology of vertical farming to bring these kinds of interesting products to the market and grow them locally? Vertical farming allows you to grow right next to where people consume the product, and allows you to grow very fresh crops year round.

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Agritecture Blog

AUGUST 10, 2023

The collaborative nature of certification, involving farmers, companies, markets, and civil society, supports sustainable transformation. Additionally, certification can ensure the long-term viability of farming and agriculture in the face of climate change and socio-economic challenges.

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Agritecture Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Edited by: Sarah Jordan February 24, 2023 The global indoor farming market has experienced tremendous growth in the past decade. However, a portion of the operating indoor farming installations worldwide are not as efficient as they could be. Is an indoor vertical farm right for you?

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Agritecture Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2022

CONTENT SOURCED FROM AGFUNDER NEWS Written by: Jennifer Marston Discussions about indoor agriculture — also often referred to as controlled environment agriculture (CEA) — frequently focus on how vertical farms can boost local food production in or near urban settings. CEA can complement existing outdoor farming operations. “In

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

Written by: Henry Gordon-Smith , Isabelle Dom , & Dorothy Braun April 4, 2023 The vertical farming sector is relatively new, with just over ten years of innovation. Montel provided the Grove with an electrically powered, mobile vertical rack system, the first of its kind in a vertical farm in North America.

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ATTRA

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Growing Microgreens Now that we’ve covered the differences between microgreens and sprouts, let’s explore how microgreens can be a lucrative addition to your farm income and the innovative methods for producing them. Marketing Microgreens Once you’ve mastered growing microgreens, the next step is to effectively market them.

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Agritecture Blog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Greener Crop , INNO-3B , LettUs Grow , Montel , New Growing System , Priva , Urban Crop Solutions , Tower Farms , FarmRaise , Harvest Returns , Mainvest , and Perl Street. iFarm's offering includes iFarm Growtune, a SaaS platform to manage vertical farms; vertical farm equipment and iFarm Cropper, a standalone module for growing greens.

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Modern Farmer

JANUARY 15, 2024

After finishing college seven years ago, the “video gam- playing, beer-drinking kid” dusted off a section of his parents’ Long Island cellar to launch his micro farm. 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.

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Agritecture Blog

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Global unrest, unpredictable markets, rising inflation, expensive transportation, and extreme weather are all impacting how food is grown, but how are farmers reacting? We need an ecosystem of tech-enabled agriculture,” he continued, citing huge global opportunities in urban agriculture – an estimated $80 billion market.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

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. Vertical farms too could cost upwards of $350 per square foot, and require even more energy.

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Far Eastern Agriculture

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

With the help of the Agri-Tech Centres, this groundbreaking technology is currently under trial, which if successful could allow Debye to undertake small-scale pilot projects on a farm setting within three years, subject to funding. s machine and to determine its commercial viability.

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Agritecture Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

We built a software platform, control system, and then a fully operating farm. From my experience of bringing new technologies to market, I knew we had to demonstrate the technology and also prove the concept working at scale. Now, we’re focusing on enabling the next generation of vertical farming infrastructure for other operators.

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Modern Farmer

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

It also creates a market that allows smaller farms and growers to become economically viable, Bruskewitz said. Pros, cons to farming beyond corn and soybeans Most corn and soybean farmers rely on subsidies, payments and other support from the government. He describes it as “indoor vertical farming.”

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Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 9, 2023

2: Get CapEx estimates in less than a minute with the new Ballpark Estimate Tool Curious what it would cost to build a highly automated vertical farm to grow microgreens, or a low-tech greenhouse to grow tomatoes, but don’t need more details than that?

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

My previous post was focused on the carbon footprint of crop transportation from the lettuce production regions on the West Coast of the US to East Coast Markets. lbs of CO2 to account for getting that product to a distant market, we see a total carbon footprint of 0.78 When we add another 0.31

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Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 30, 2023

David shares that one of the highlights of his career was leading an international consulting team in Beijing, China where his team created a 1,500 acre wholesale produce market and village masterplan.

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Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

“We believe that the platform will simplify the first steps for entrepreneurs, with knowledge and expertise from the largest consulting firm in the market,” says Max Chizhov, Co-Founder of iFarm – one of several equipment suppliers that has joined the Agritecture Partner Network. Each vertical farm can and should be profitable.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 10, 2023

From there, Shokair and the team began building models of potential farm designs. Since he lives in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where the majority of food is imported, water is valuable, and leafy greens do not travel well, we determined a vertical farm growing greens would be best.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 26, 2023

With an influx of new farms entering the market annually, many lack awareness of the financial and logistical intricacies involved in farming. provides data-driven farm management services to new and existing CEA farmers. strategically establishes farms in locations with favorable tariffs. Greener Crop Inc.

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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. This startup funding could be valuable in creating a viable CEA market in the region.

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Agritecture Blog

APRIL 6, 2023

Urban Crop Solutions’s container farms are a great option for a newbie to vertical farming. Editor’s Note: This article is the second part in a series on container farming with Agritecture Designer. Credit: Urban Crop Solutions. You can read the first article here.

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Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 9, 2024

full_link learn more Check out Lancet Countdown’s Adaptive Actions for Communities and Organizations Another facet of this plan focuses on the distribution side—getting local food into the local market. A farmer’s market in Ashland, OR in 2024. Damage caused by the Almeda fire in Ashland, OR.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

Everything from the number of farms, to the types of crops, to how they get to market, have all become more consolidated in recent decades. Citizens line up outside their local War Rationing Board office on Gravier Street in New Orleans, 1943; image sourced from the Library of Congress, LC-USW3-022900-E.

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