By 2050, the world will need to produce about 60% more food to feed a global population of more than nine billion people.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Picture growing fresh lettuce, herbs, and tomatoes in the heart of New York City, London, or Tokyo – not in traditional ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Estimates show that the agriculture industry produces over 6.4 billion tons of greenhouse gases annually. This amounts to approximately 8.5% of the world’s yearly emissions. With the continuously ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Phil Lempert covers breaking news and trends in food and retail. Irving Fain is an indoor vertical farming pioneer who says, after ...