ONTARIO, Canada – ZipGrow Inc. and Growfoam®, two purpose-driven companies, announce a new distribution partnership to provide carbon-neutral substrates to a wider audience of hydroponic growers. ZipGrow Inc. designs and builds vertical farming technology that makes fresh leafy produce accessible for all types of hydroponic growers from beginner through to full-scale commercial operations. This distribution […]
The partnership will enable the distribution of Manda’s landmark products across Europe and the Middle East. VANNES, LOS ANGELES 17 June 2022. With the increasing demand to use organic produce within farm operations, indoor, CEA, or fields, SEPEC CONSULTS, an engineering company specializing in vertical farming equipment, has entered into a partnership with Manda Fermentation […]
AppHarvest’s newest large-scale controlled environment facilities, located in Somerset and Morehead, Ky., will grow strawberries and leafy greens, respectively. AppHarvest, Inc. (NASDAQ: APPH, APPHW) announced through a press release, the start of construction for two new high-tech indoor farms in Central Appalachia. The company’s new farms, located in Somerset and Morehead, Ky., will grow berries […]
Stacked Farm, an Australian vertical farming group raised A$56m to fund the facility’s construction and diversify their crop portfolio Stacked Farm, an Australian automated vertical farm, has successfully raised A$56m to further the expansion of the business throughout Australia. The funding round was led by SeventyTwo Capital with participating investors including US-based Magnetar Capital and […]
The opening ceremony included addresses from Jo Churchill, MP, Minister for Agri-Innovation and Climate Adaptation at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Mohammad Yasin, MP for Bedford and Erez Galonska, CEO and co-founder of Infarm The event shed light on the importance of innovative technology to ensure safe and sustainable domestic food production […]
The Scottish government is said to contribute £200m to over 150 agriculture projects over the next five years. These projects include innovative studies and research on reducing greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture among other aspects. The investment will be part of the 2022-2027 Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture Strategic Research Programme (SRP). “In total, we […]
iFarms’ newest innovation, the StackGrow automation enables, through AI-driven software to increase a vertical farm’s production by 50% per square meter, reduce electricity costs by up to 30%, and drop labor costs by 12%. As the industry seeks solutions to current challenges they are facing with labor costs, energy, etc. iFarm’s StackGrow technology approaches total […]
With the arrival of ‘The Urban Health Farms Campus’ (UHF Campus) in Venlo, Botany is intensifying its collaboration with the Urban Health Farms: a European player in the field of indoor vertical farming. The two companies have been working closely together as partners in the field of vertical farming for a long time. Development of cultivation […]
Frontrunner in vertical farming takes next step in mission towards sustainable food supply. As their most recent press release, Leerdam (Netherlands) based indoor farmers, Glowfarms are expanding their production capacity with a new facility considered as ‘the most advanced vertical farm in Europe’ using the company approach to cultivating crops with a conveyer-belt. Driven by […]
Infarm drives its US expansion by establishing a new Growing Centre near Baltimore, Maryland It will be Infarm’s largest facility globally so far, with a total size of nearly 18.600m2 Once fully equipped, the facility in Howard County will produce up to 45 million crops per year This new Growing Centre will be able to […]
