An intensive plant production system with vertically stacked shelves in a controlled environment of artificial lighting and soilless cultivation systems could transform Africa’s agriculture, a study ...

The industry was a darling of the venture capital world 10 years ago. With many farms out of business, the remaining ...

On a special episode (first released on November 20, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: AI applications in vertical farming have the potential to usher in a new model that not only yields a high volume of ...

Vertical farming has come under fire in the past, with opponents blasting its high energy usage and cost. So, will new findings to mitigate these drawbacks, silence the critics? The modern concept of ...

The biggest challenge faced by the vertical farming industry is, without doubt, running costs. And it’s this that has led many, including Agricool and Glowfarms, to shutter. “One of the most commonly ...

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, ...

New research on using controlled environment agriculture (CEA) to grow plants with medicinal properties could lead to production methods that will increase one anti-cancer compound naturally produced ...