Touch the Soil News #2025 (photo – Indoor Farming) (Veeti Davidsson, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International) If you are interested in the business of controlled environment agriculture, AgFunder News recently posted a comprehensive review of the industry and what has evolved over the last 10 years. You’ll see who has been funded by investors and…
Touch the Soil News #1783 (Feature Photo – Controlled Environment Agriculture – Public Domain) Rhode Island is limited in its land resources. The state is experiencing competition amongst some very large vertical indoor enterprises, Ellen Lieberman of the Rhode Island monthly has put together a great piece of journalism that explains what’s going on. You…
Touch the Soil News #1778 (Feature Photo– Urban Agriculture – CCA SA 4.0 International) Agritecture, a controlled environment agriculture consulting company, brings us a story of 9 universities with urban farming or controlled environment agriculture related degrees. Now you can build your credentials in these exciting new agricultural careers. You can read the full story…
Positive Future #881 (Feature photo – Lettuce Greens – CCA 2.0, Karen & Brad Emerson) Bowery Farming is a New York based Company. It grows lettuce in large indoor vertical farms. The company recently made news as it attracted $300 million in new venture capital funding, which company officials claim is the largest in history…
Positive Future #876 (Feature photo – Greenhouses – CCA SA 2.0 Generic, Dennis Simpson) Operating under the name of Shenandoah Growers for many years, the company has changed its name to Soli Organic – yes, the spelling is correct. While indoor farming has been defined by hydroponics and soil-less growing mediums, Soli Organic’s production platform…
Positive Future #869 (Feature photo – LED Grow Lights on Potatoes – NASA Public Domain) When you think of Samsung, electronics usually comes to mind. However, Samsung is focused on other kinds of electronics and technology that deal with growing food in indoor environments. Now, Samsung has launched an initiative which they call Project Plant…
Positive Future #866 (Feature photo – Greenhouse Farming – CCA SA 4.0 International) One of the world’s top controlled environment agriculture (CEA) consulting companies is AGRITECTURE (https://www.agritecture.com/). So, if you’re in the business or wanting to get into controlled environment agriculture (CEA) you should consider this company. They have a special page on their website…
The Washington Post recently carried a story on AeroFarms, a company that may soon go public. Aerofarms uses no soil, as plants stacked in metal trays have their toots dangling in mid-air. You can read the full story here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/how-30-a-pound-micro-broccoli-will-help-feed-the-world/2021/10/02/cd883cf4-2380-11ec-a8d9-0827a2a4b915_story.html
