Sector | Grower in the Spotlight
US (NJ): Teens win YMCA award to lead change in Monroe Township
US (MI): Fighting food insecurity in Saginaw
Major aquaponics project underway in northeastern France
“I believe aquaponics will define the 21st century”
UK: Green shoots sprouting up for vertical farmer
US: Former private eye becomes microgreens grower
Jordan: Growing year round in one of Earth's driest regions
Planted Detroit’s COO on urban farming with purpose
“You can build a successful business that’s also a steward for the greater good”
South Korea: Battling through climate challenges to ensure a fresh supply of vegetables
US (HI): Maui grower gets top prize in MEO Best Business Plan contest
Mike Mendez on greenhouse strawberry propagation
“It’s like prepping a Corvette for the race track”
Green City Farming CEO Robert Carlsson's lean operational philosophy
“Start simple, prove the economics, and scale only what works”
UK: Bartlett student, alumnus win first prize in vertical farm architecture competition
UK: "Don’t chase scale before solving basics"
Australia: Abandoned train tunnel now a mushroom farm
Why RBC is betting on vertical farms
“We believe Canada’s food producers can lead the world in sustainable, high-output agriculture”
Asturias launches Spain's first underground greenhouse
US (CT): Turning to fungi farming after 50 years of law
UK: Circular mushroom grow facility completes a successful first harvest
US (WY): Indoor facility grows strawberries for the full year
Kenya: Nurturing agribusiness entrepreneurs through sustainable agriculture
Germany: Researchers trial vertical farming project in Saxony
Thomas Baars, SemperVere:
"We're replacing imported herbs with sustainable, local, year-round available crops"
Hasan Falah, founder of Micro Harvest:
"Our goal is to make microgreens accessible to every household in Iraq"
Getting higher yields and better quality in beet microgreens
Meeting up with Edinburgh's radical mushroom growers
US: Meeting the brains behind NY Sun Works
Indian astronaut returns home after growing in space
US (CO): Denver farm feeds families, and a nonprofit's budget
US (NY): Queens families harvest over 50 pounds of produce at NYSCI’s hydroponics lab
Cyprus: Using AI to recreate optimal sound sequences for hydroponic plants
CAN: "Food Champions" honored for efforts in Ontario
US: Vertical farming startup selected for 2025 Compute for Climate Fellowship
South African entrepreneur plans massive vertical farming venture in Oman
US (MS): Using aquaponics to grow fresh produce for a farmers market
Growcer acquires Freight Farms’ assets, pledges to support growers worldwide
Inside the world of Japan’s obsessively perfect luxury fruit
Libya: Battling conditions with organic growing
Iowa grower chooses hydroponics over soil to reduce waste
How heat-struck nations are growing their way out of food insecurity
Two first-generation entrepreneurs are redefining farm-to-table dining
The new smart vertical farm spans 52,000 square feet
"This is a showcase of the strong and strategic partnership between Malaysia and Singapore"
CAN: Changing the lettuce game from a shipping container
US: Selling 1,000 pounds of mushrooms to restaurants every week
US (MO): School horticulture program helping fight food insecurity
Inside an arctic greenhouse
CAN: Homemade hydroponics system helps grower recover after crop loss
US (NJ): Community College STEM team places top in nation
Modular vertical farms for restaurants and private clients in Tbilisi and beyond
Malaysia: Using aeroponics to grow in the late 1990s
20,000 pounds of fresh greens annually for Ottawa's most vulnerable
US (WA): Foundation helps youth through growing training
UK: Hydroponic ginger grower requests government aid
UK: North Wales mushroom grower receives support as part of government program
Singapore: How a childhood love for greens led to a career as a grower
US (NC): Non-profit faces uncertainty over greenhouse contract
Trinidad and Tobago: Overcoming the odds with hydroponics
Swedish start-up to spice up indoor saffron farming
India: Leaving a government job to teach hydroponics
Nigerian entrepreneur develops hydroponics systems to aid climate-resilient agriculture
Singapore turns to indoor farming and Dutch technology to boost food security
Eeki raises $7 million to expand aeroponic production in India
US (NC): Growers still picking up the pieces after Hurricane Helene
US (CA): Bringing freshness to table with Sproul Landing aeroponics
Alaska: Growing lettuce in temperatures that reach -60°F
“We want to enable others to succeed with a ready-to-deploy model”
Bhutan: Berpa's only mushroom grower fights through adversity
Nigerian entrepreneur launches indoor farm in Canada to cultivate indigenous vegetables
CAN: Guelph-based vertical farm reaches new heights
UK: £20m loss looms for vertical farming investor
US (WV): Co-founding partners hoping to reinvent aquaponics facility
South Korea: N.Thing begins work on $73M vertical farming project
Malaia's Microgreens cultivates for the culinary elite
Tailoring vertical farming for Michelin-starred restaurants
Thailand: Rooftop garden delivers organic produce and savings
Green City Farming raises SEK 7.5 million from current investors
“The funding round came together through strong relationships with our existing investor base"
Jamaica: From aspiring pilot to hydroponic grower
Albania: Cultivating mushrooms using agricultural waste as a substrate
US: Finding a market for unusual mushroom varieties
US (MA): Feeding students' appetite for learning with hydroponics program
Australia: Planting, harvesting and bagging herbs and microgreens with no human intervention
North American growers visit Dutch greenhouse industry
From a backyard shed to Michelin-starred menus
"Our persistence kept us moving forward"
US (AK): Carving out a niche in the market through microgreens
NC State’s Moein Moosavi recognized for advancing vertical strawberry propagation
"We've now achieved over 1,200 daughter plants per square meter in a compact indoor system"
US (MA): End in sight for "poorly thought-out" hydroponic farm
Tanzania: Using Chinese mushrooms to earn a livelihood
UAE: Setting a standard for sustainability based dining
Indian high school prepares meals using hydroponics
Vietnam: Going green with urban rooftop gardens in Da Nang
US: Vertical growers honored at 2025 NJ STEM Month Award Winners
CAN: GoodLeaf Farms on track to become first vertical farm worldwide with all facilities profitable
How UC Merced’s Smart Farm shaped California’s first F3 AgTEC certificate graduate
Planet Farms CEO, Daniele Benatoff
Pitfalls, profits, and the next phase of vertical farming
Rwanda: Smart solutions for growers affected by climate crisis
Pure Sprout Microgreens' Veronica Gomez:
“My identity informs my commitment to inclusivity and representation in agriculture"
UK: On a mission to make microgreens mainstream in Witham
US (CO): Aiding adults of all abilities to find work
US (NY): Vertical grower supplies restaurants across Brooklyn
US (MA): Vertical Veggies project yields green, growing crop in HS cafeteria
From ICU to indoor farming:
“Many of my patients faced chronic conditions that could've been prevented with better nutrition”
US (AL): From chicken farmer to hydroponic greenhouses
UAE: Keeping crops fresh and clean through vertical growing
Ghana: The community impact of aquaponic growing
US (FL): Le Roots Urban Farm co-founder shares smart grocery strategies on Bloom
US (CA): "We grow anything we can get our hands on"
Philippines: A growing bonanza for vertical strawberries
UK: Using microgreens to flourish in life
US (GA): Finding a niche growing mushrooms in a post-COVID world
Hong Kong students win award for "Farming in a Building" project
UAE: Growing over 100,000 kilograms of produce on just 50 square meters of land
Looking at the global impact of Babylon Micro-Farms
India: The move from pharmaceuticals to organic microgreens
Mali: Using hydroponics to reduce conflict
US (MO): University City High School installs smart farm container
"With this method, our tropical plants could be grown sustainably even in desert regions."
Floriculture breeder Anthura focuses on daylight-free cultivation
Urban Greens aims to build micro-farm networks across East Africa
"We don't just want to install systems; we want to create entrepreneurs"
US (GA): New indoor farm has big plans to fight hunger
US (WI): Hydroponic using school nutritionist wins award
US (UT): Conserving water through modular farms
Fijian grower focuses on mushrooms after leaving librarian job
Anu CEO, Scott Massey on sequencing and scalability
“You can’t put the seed pod before the system”
Jack Farmer
"We wanted to address challenges related to food waste and climate change"
US (IL): Growing greens in offices abandoned during the pandemic
Combatting the prevalance of tainted produce in Uganda with aquaponics
"Our systems eliminate the risk of chemical exposure"
US (MO): Inside the one-stop-shop for all things fungi
Meet the former NFL star turned mushroom grower
US (CO): Teacher receives award for hydroponics education
