Agritecture Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

We’ve reached a point of optimization for the platform and the farms and have multiple years of at-scale farming expertise with our technology. Now, we’re focusing on enabling the next generation of vertical farming infrastructure for other operators. Why are you choosing containers as your integration of choice?

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 1, 2023

The thought experiment concluded with a rough figure that each lb of moved product incurs about ⅓ of a pound of CO2 in the process. This was compared to the carbon footprint of a typical grid-tied container farm, which produced CO2 in excess of 8lbs of CO2 per lb of product grown.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 16, 2023

Written by: Sarah Jordan May 16, 2023 Saltwater farming, also known as ocean farming or mariculture, is a revolutionary approach to sustainable agriculture that harnesses the power of the ocean to grow crops and produce seafood. Heron Farms Heron Farms’s founder, Sam Norton, with vertically farmed sea beans.

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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

Mattia Marinello, farm owner and operator, collects snails for harvest. These pens are seeded with leafy greens that provide food and a hospitable environment for the development of the snails. Snails live in pens that measure 3m x 40m, as shown here. Distributing food scraps in each of the pens.

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Agritecture Blog

MAY 3, 2023

Furthermore, any change to a farmer’s process costs time, money, and carries a level of risk. Alternative Proteins Mattia Marinello, farm owner and operator, collects snails for harvest. These pens are seeded with leafy greens that provide food and a hospitable environment for the development of the snails.

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Agritecture Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

CONTENT SOURCED FROM CIVIL EATS Written by: Lisa Held January 13, 2023 Inside a 4,000-square-foot greenhouse in west Baltimore at the end of June, untended basil plants were falling over and going to seed. The hydroponic vertical farm housed in a shipping container costs about $150,000, and Jochner calculated it would take about 7.5

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Sustainable Food Trust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Some distance away the farmer sits in front of a computer monitoring the data collected by these devices, using this to make decisions about selling their crops and selecting next year’s seeds. It’s a far cry from the idyllic, pastoral imagery often associated with farm life, but it is a picture becoming ever closer to reality.

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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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Agritecture Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

Recent legislative efforts in the US are trying to halt these deals; Image sourced from WoodRuff Food processing and distribution is becoming increasingly concentrated too. The largest agribusiness suppliers are continuing to consolidate through mergers and acquisitions, reducing competition and choices for farmers.

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