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.
The Kingsville, Ontario-based greenhouse grower says its one-bite cucumbers are sweet and crunchy and crafted for convenience.
In a study by the University of California, Davis, glass infused with “quantum dot” technology shifted light to be more useable, growing bigger, more nutrient-rich lettuce.
“Salad Freaks in the Workplace” celebrates in-office salad devotees with social media posts and funny takes, while offering a chance to win $5,000 toward a dream PTO vacation.
The Ontario-based greenhouse grower says it’s investing in the future of fresh produce with a 25-acre expansion of its Southern Flavor Farms greenhouse in Georgia, expected to be in production next summer.
Building profitable controlled environment agriculture means right-sizing technology to suit your environment and achieve your goals. And those goals should be focused on ROI, say industry experts.
The Atlanta-based greenhouse grower says it is on target to donate more than 3 million pounds of fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, strawberries, peppers and leafy greens by the end of the year.
Leafy greens and salads represent a large and strategically important consumer segment, the companies say.
The company says the appointment brings exactly the kind of financial leadership needed to pursue new partnerships and market opportunities as it expands.
The newly formed company will be headquartered in Hamilton, Ohio, and will serve more than 17,000 retail locations in the U.S.
The Canadian greenhouse company and Nonna Life, a lifestyle brand that celebrates Italian-Canadian culture, say the initiative was created to honor the vibrant energy and enduring influence of nonnas, who serve as the heartbeat of family tradition.
Babylon Micro-Farms, which recently made the Inc. 5000 list, is growing fast by focusing on education, corporate dining, hospitality and health care. Oshima spoke with The Packer about turnkey solutions, hyperlocal produce, customer experience and more.
Abhay Thosar, chief horticultural specialist at Sollum Technologies, shares the tremendous improvements the controlled environment agriculture industry has made with its lighting in the past decade or so.
Murat Kacira, director of the University of Arizona’s Controlled Environment Agriculture Center, explains the Mars Lunar Greenhouse Prototype project and how space ag and Earth’s CEA isn’t too different.
Légaré’s new role of senior vice president for North American sales and strategic growth bolsters its commitment to customers, the company says.
Paul Sellew shares how consumer demand continues to fuel expansion plans.
With the termination, the department issued an antidumping duty order, resulting in duties of 17.09% on most imports of tomatoes from Mexico.
The greenhouse grower seeks to drive innovation and growth in its extensive indoor agriculture efforts.
Bayer will be releasing tomato varieties later this summer with multi-stacked resistance to the devastating virus that can reduce marketable yield by 50%.
While predominantly in field-grown strawberries, neopestalotiopsis can have significant consequences for CEA-grown strawberries.
The Alliance says it will seek to expand the H-2A program to a year-round program, as well as create more financial support for ag tech innovation.
In a market that increasingly prefers vine-ripened and specialty tomatoes, termination of the Tomato Suspension Agreement would send prices skyrocketing, says Lance Jungmeyer, president of the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas.
Tom Stenzel, executive director of the Controlled Environment Agriculture Alliance (CEA Alliance), shares why it’s important for the Tomato Suspension Agreement to remain.
NatureSweet is praising the Texas governor’s signing of a resolution that encourages the U.S. Department of Commerce to renegotiate and modernize the U.S.-Mexico Tomato Suspension Agreement rather than terminate it.
The indoor farming market is expanding rapidly, driven by urban agriculture, advanced technologies and rising demand for sustainable, pesticide-free fresh produce.
Lufa Farms has partnered with Walmart Canada to grow fresh produce from its 127,000-square-foot hydroponic greenhouse. This is the first time Walmart Canada will sell produce from its rooftop greenhouse.
New sustainability hires at Stemilt Growers, Topline Farms and CMI Orchards share their take on the future of sustainability and the critical role retailers play.
Village Farms’ produce business will be part of a larger entity called Vanguard Food, with the hopes of strong growth through future mergers and acquisitions.
The third and fourth generation of greenhouse growers seek to grow access to fresh, flavorful herbs.
In the wake of Freight Farms’ April 2025 collapse, several container farm industry experts talked about where the industry grows from here.
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The fully automated greenhouse facility is attached to the Cox Farms Discovery Center, where the company is focused on driving innovation and accessibility.