Many agricultural stocks are looking upward to vertical farming to expand their market share and income opportunities. Vertical farming describes a range of techniques that, rather than letting ...

Think about the lettuce on your plate. Chances are, it traveled about 1,500 miles to reach your fork. In the US, lettuce travels about 1,500 miles (2,414 km) to get from farm to fork. That journey ...

Rolling bankruptcies in global vertical farming over the past five years have slowed the industry’s momentum but not its ...

Singapore opened the world’s tallest vertical farm on Wednesday, as the city-state tries to reduce its reliance on imported food.

A conservative projection by IMF authors predicts the world’s population will surpass 9 billion by 2050. With the world’s population rising, food security and sustainable food production are more ...

Vertical farming is highly adaptable to our future increased use of robotics, AI, data sensing, and data processing. Much of this work is repetitive and backbreaking, so it makes sense to use machines ...

Vertical farms look high-tech and sophisticated, but the premise is simple—plants are grown without soil, with their roots in a solution containing nutrients. This innovative approach to agriculture ...

Plant factories are failing, with multiple companies closing or going bankrupt in recent months. This includes the largest vertical farm on the planet, in Compton, Los Angeles. Despite raising over ...

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 ...

In an e-mail exchange, Babylon Micro-Farms CEO Alexander Oleson tells me “we’ll have these in every school and apartment one day.” It’s a nice vision, and really the level of belief/commitment ...

Swing by the Summit or Jersey City farmers markets later this month and, in addition to peaches, you’ll find strawberries for sale. Market regulars might raise an eyebrow at this: the choicest local ...