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Oishii to use robots for vertical farm strawberries

- General News
Today, vertical farming leader Oishii announced a strategic partnership with Yaskawa Electric Corporation, a leading industrial robotics company based in Japan.

Vertical farm Eden Green expands in retail, announces growth plans

- General News
Eden Green Technology, a next-generation indoor vertical farming company, today announced the company is now supplying produce to over 400 retail stores across the United States.

Farm.One announces new investment, reopening NY vertical farm

- General News
Farm.One is thrilled to announce it has secured long-term growth capital from DK-Bell Holding Company and has re-opened its Neighborhood Farm in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.

Edible Garden’s revenue increases in 2022

- General News
Edible Garden AG Incorporated (“Edible Garden” or the “Company”), a leader in controlled environment agriculture (CEA), locally grown, organic and sustainable produce and products, today provided a business update and reported financial results for the three month and full year periods ended December 31, 2022.

Vertical farming and the bad business plan

- Analysis
It has come to the attention of many that a number of vertical farming operations are failing. A recent article by Adele Peters in Fast Company looks into the causes. Her analysis is fascinating and insightful, although I think the problem can be explained in more basic terms: bad business plans.

Oppy and UP Vertical Farms begin production

- General News
After spending nearly a decade researching and developing the latest technology to grow crops at 350 times the yield of conventional field-grown greens, UP Vertical Farms has launched its inaugural facility in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia alongside its sales and marketing partner Oppy.

Unfold, GoodLeaf partner to develop leafy greens

- General News
Unfold, an industry-leading seed and digital solutions company advancing the vertical farming industry, and GoodLeaf Farms, Canada’s largest commercial vertical farm, today announced their partnership to commercialize premium lines of vertically farmed spinach and other leafy greens through Unfold’s Innovation Partner Program.

Plenty real estate partnership offers up to $1B for vertical farm expansion

- General News
Realty Income Corporation, The Monthly Dividend Company, and Plenty Unlimited Inc. today announced that they have entered into a strategic real estate alliance to support the development of Plenty's indoor vertical farms. Under the terms of the agreement, Realty Income will acquire and provide development funding for properties that will house Plenty's indoor farms.

Indoor farming operations face bankruptcies, layoffs, closures

- Analysis
Not too long ago, the produce industry watched as billions of dollars went into the indoor farming boom. While I wouldn't go so far as to call it a bust, we're seeing some growing pains.

80 Acres Farms makes layoffs

- General News
Hamilton, OH-based vertical farm 80 Acres Farms has laid off about two dozen workers, which represents less than 10 percent of its workforce.