Think about the lettuce on your plate. Chances are, it traveled about 1,500 miles to reach your fork.In the US, lettuce ...
A rising global population means that maintaining viable agricultural space is one of the most pressing farming issues of 2023 and beyond. Vertical farming is growing crops indoors in stacked layers, ...
It’s peak strawberry season in Massachusetts. But after mid-July, you won’t be able to find any fresh, locally-grown ones in the Bay State. Unless you’re buying berries that were vertically farmed.
Intelligent Growth Solutions (IGS), a leading vertical farm technology provider, has secured £22.5m (€26.3m) in Series C funding to support significant global expansion. The announcement comes after ...
Many Americans have become accustomed to plentifully stocked grocery stores, with uninterrupted access to their favorite fruits and vegetables year-round. People don't often consider the ...
The word farm was once equated with images of sun-kissed green fields in rural areas. That’s quickly changing. Not only are farms moving closer to urban areas, but they’re also getting creative in how ...
Some consider vertical farming to be the farming of the future. It’s exactly what it sounds like; instead of being grown in fields, plants are grown indoors in vertical stacks. If you’re the type of ...
For decades, moldboard plows, disks and field cultivators, all horizontal tillage tools, have been the go-tos for fieldwork. That’s changing as fears about climate change come into focus. Sooner or ...
Food is the very nourishment of life, but it’s also becoming increasingly challenging to grow at scale. A combination of explosive and unsustainable population growth, human-made climate change and ...