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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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. 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!

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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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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

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

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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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. They yield very high,” Carlson said.

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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

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

MAY 3, 2023

Building markets, and key infrastructure, for cover crops such as oats and peas will also help facilitate their wider adoption. And finally, many farmers want to see a guaranteed market to sell their crops into - ideally one that carries a premium for regeneratively-grown products.

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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. Of course, the market for saffron has traditionally been niche and characterized by customers that have a higher willingness to pay for a more expensive product. Buyer beware!

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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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World Agri-Tech

JANUARY 3, 2024

Kiersten Stead, DCVC BIO Kiersten Stead, Managing Partner, DCVC BIO: “The supervillain is misleading, unhelpful, marketing of food as “natural”, “non-GMO”, “clean”, or suggesting “processed foods are bad” , higher GHG emitting farming methods-“organic” “biodynamic”. have available and how much they have to pay for it.

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Modern Farmer

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Luxury fruit— a longtime cultural staple in Asian markets —has finally made landfall in the US. Social media influencers are shelling out cash to unbox packages of exclusive produce on TikTok , and high-end retailers such as Whole Foods Market are now displaying expensive fruit on their store shelves. Would you pay $50 for six pears?

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