Indoor Ag
Controlled environment agriculture (CEA) uses indoor technologies like hydroponics, vertical farming and greenhouses to optimize growing conditions such as temperature, light and nutrients. This approach allows the produce industry to provide a consistent, year-round supply of high-quality crops while significantly reducing water usage and land requirements.
iUNU, the leading AI agtech company, today announced its acquisition of Artemis, the leading enterprise Cultivation Management Platform (CMP).
Dutch horticulture technology supplier Ridder has invested in greenhouse robotics and signed a partnership agreement with Israeli agtech start-up MetoMotion.
NatureSweet is expanding its operations through a joint venture with Ganfer, the premier high technology greenhouse grower in Mexico.
Oishii, the produce company behind the world’s largest indoor vertical strawberry farm, announced the opening of their newest farm in Los Angeles.
North America’s largest greenhouse lettuce grower, Revol Greens, has acquired BJ’s Produce Inc, operating under the Living Fresh brand, in Athens, Georgia, to establish its first East Coast greenhouse operation.
UP Vertical Farms is a cutting edge new indoor farm leading the way with the upcoming launch of Canada’s first touchless, high density indoor vertical farm for growing customizable baby leafy greens.
Nature Fresh Farms Sales adds 123 acres of lit production with their growing partners Nature Fresh Farms, Ketler Farms, and VineFresh, leading to one of the largest signings of LED/HPS lights in North America.
Signify has announced the launch of its first global virtual horticulture knowledge center.
The five-year growth trend of indoor farming, especially controlled environment agriculture, accelerated in 2021, when supply chain delays and rising costs made shipping produce from across the country more difficult.
Nogales, Ariz.- based, Wholesum has opened a new 12-acre organic tomato glass greenhouse in Sonora, Mexico.
Mastronardi Produce is eyeing a new market in which to develop clusters of controlled agriculture partnerships and facilities.
New York, N.Y.-based Bowery Farming Inc . has expanded its footprint and added two new farms to its network: Locust Grove, Ga.-based Locust Grove Farm and Arlington, Texas-based Arlington Farm.
Nature Fresh Farms helps their community this holiday season with their fifth annual Holiday Giveaway and Food Drive.
Nature Fresh Farms joins YTV’s Kid Food Nation: The Show to educate children on greenhouse growing and fresh vegetable production.
iUNU (“you knew”) is an agricultural machine vision company headquartered in Seattle, with satellite offices in California, Florida, and Toronto as well.
Mona, Utah-based Houweling US Holdings, Inc. is launching the Longvine Growing Co as the company rebrands and resets for the next evolution of company growth.
Greenhouses for lettuce and leafy greens are being built at a rapid pace across the U.S. In contrast, in neighboring Mexico there is no similar greenhouse production and in Canada there is very little.
At its newest expansion, Albion, N.Y.-based Intergrow Greenhouses has opened a 10-acre greenhouse, expected to produce more than 3 million pounds of fresh produce a year to serve the entire Eastern Seaboard.
Newark, N.J.-based AeroFarms and Nokia Bell Labs formed a multi-year partnership to identify and track plant interactions at advanced levels with artificial intelligence plant imaging systems.
When one of the nation’s largest fresh-cut produce companies decides to invest in the innovative, startup-filled agtech sector, the industry notices.
Spring Born, an organic hydroponic farm, has kicked off production inside its Silt, Colo., facility.
Mucci Farms announced that they have entered an exclusive marketing agreement with Casey Houweling to market all produce grown in the Camarillo, California facility under the Mucci Farms brand and trademarks.
Village Farms International, Inc. today unveiled new corporate branding and launched its new corporate website at www.villagefarms.com.
Episode 62 of Tip of the Iceberg features a conversation with Paul Lightfoot, chairman of the CEA Food Safety Coalition and president of BrightFarms. He talks about the positives of negative foods.
Square Roots and Gordon Food Service held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate their new indoor farm opening in Michigan.
In time for winter production, Sollum Technologies has completed the expansion of its smart LED lighting solution at Allegro Acres, a greenhouse pepper farm in Kingsville, Ontario.
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Square Roots unveiled a new brand identity that represents the company’s mission to “responsibly bring locally grown food to people in cities around the world, all year round,” according to a news release.
Sherrington, Quebec-based Vegpro International is investing $55 million into its first greenhouse complex, including packing lines, in Sherrington, part of the Montérégie region.
As society gets ready for Back-To-School season, parents are sending their kids to class with a fresh snack they love to eat by the handful: Uno Bites Nano Cucumbers from Pure Flavor.