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AI tools are letting individual growers build what CEA farm management software companies charge subscriptions for. Here is what that means.

CEA Farm Management Software Is Changing — AI Is the Reason

Controlled environment agriculture has built an entire software sector on a simple premise: growing indoors generates more data than any farmer can manage manually, so CEA farm management software companies […]

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Between 2022 and mid-2026, 32 companies in the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) industry filed for bankruptcy, entered restructuring, or ceased operations. The first wave had a clear explanation: rising interest rates, energy price spikes, the withdrawal of cheap capital. But those conditions began to ease in 2025, and the failures continued. Distress events now account for nearly 10% of all tracked industry activity in CEA — up from under 2% in 2022. Something structural is doing the work the macro environment used to do.

The Controlled Environment Agriculture Business Model That Keeps Failing

Between 2022 and mid-2026, 32 companies in the controlled environment agriculture (CEA) industry filed for bankruptcy, entered restructuring, or ceased operations. The first wave had a clear explanation: rising interest rates, energy price spikes, the withdrawal of cheap capital. But those conditions began to ease in 2025, and the failures continued. Distress events now account

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Indoor farming for cosmetics solves the batch inconsistency that has long undermined botanical active supply chains.

Indoor Farming for Cosmetics: Why Formulators Are Switching to Precision-Grown Botanicals

Indoor farming for cosmetics solves the batch inconsistency that has long undermined botanical active supply chains.

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Robotic harvesting is replacing seasonal labor in soft fruit production. Indoor strawberry automation now offers a permanent cost advantage.

Automated Berry Harvesting Solutions: How Growers Are Solving the Soft Fruit Labor Crisis

Robotic harvesting has been a fixture of agricultural technology conferences for years. What is different now is that it is beginning to show up in commercial strawberry operations in a […]

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Indoor strawberry production eliminates soil contact entirely, removing the pathogen vector rather than managing it downstream.

Growing Strawberries Indoors Commercially: The Answer to Field Berry’s Biggest Problem?

Indoor strawberry production eliminates soil contact entirely, removing the pathogen vector rather than managing it downstream.

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Funding for indoor farming rebounded to $582.5M in 2024, signaling renewed confidence and opportunities for growth.

Indoor Farming Insights, Trends & Opportunities for 2025

Funding for indoor farming rebounded to $582.5M in 2024, signaling renewed confidence and opportunities for growth.

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Discover how Saffron production has evolved from traditional labor-intensive to high-tech farms scattered around the world.

Indoor Saffron Farming: A Modern Solution to an Ancient Practice

Discover how Saffron production has evolved from traditional labor-intensive to high-tech farms scattered around the world.

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The collaboration between SpectraGrow & Harvest Today is rooted in a shared belief in the importance of cooperation to expand indoor farming.

Expanding Indoor Farming Through Partnerships

The collaboration between SpectraGrow and Harvest Today is rooted in a shared belief in the importance of cooperation to address challenges in the global food system.

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