Tag: vertical farming

Kalera, one of the fastest-growing U.S. vertical farming companies in the world and a leader in plant science for producing high-quality produce in controlled environments, today celebrated their first harvest in their Atlanta-area facility.

Vertical farming business 80 Acres Farms has entered into a collaborative research agreement with the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station to advance the science of vertical farming.

To meet rapidly increasing demand for our locally-grown produce, today we’re announcing our newest indoor farm in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Bowery Farming, the largest U.S. vertical farming company serving almost 800 grocery stores and major e-commerce platforms, today announced that it is now providing Albertsons Companies, Inc. with Bowery's wildly flavorful Protected Produce that's local, safe and sustainable, to an initial 275 Safeway and Acme stores across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.

Kalera, one of the fastest-growing U.S. vertical farming companies in the world and a leader in plant science for producing high-quality produce in controlled environments, today announced the purchase of a facility in St. Paul, Minnesota which they will convert to a vertical farming facility.

March 12, 2021—SPARX Group Co., Ltd. today announced that its Mirai Creation Fund II—established in July 2018— has executed an investment in U.S.-based Oishii Farm Corporation, a start-up specialized in vertical farming.

Kalera, one of the fastest-growing and largest vertical farming companies in the world, today announced that Sonny Perdue, former United States Secretary of Agriculture and Georgia Governor, will join its Board of Directors and has also personally invested in the company in the latest financing round.

Kalera, one of the fastest growing vertical farming companies in the United States, today announced it will begin construction on a new facility in the Seattle area, slated to open in 2021.

Albertsons Companies, Inc. and vertical-farming company Plenty Unlimited Inc. today announced an agreement that plans to provide shoppers in more than 430 stores across California with Plenty’s fresh and flavorful produce.

Vertical integration is making its way into supermarkets. In this case, it means that they are growing some of their own produce. Hence the term “vertical farm.”