Poland: "We keep researching new ways to provide the most cost-effective solutions"

"Rising energy prices are a challenge for all food producers. Energy costs can be one of the crucial barriers for many potential users of our technology, and we are aware of it. Therefore, to give the right outlook on future profits, we consider energy prices for several years ahead, thus providing…

Turning North Texas from a food desert into a breadbasket

“We are growing food but it is about so much more than that. It is about economic development and community transformation. It is about giving people another chance,” says Brad Boa, co-founder of Restorative Farms. Restorative Farms is a non-profit organization that aims to build and scale an urban farm…

“Our goal is to optimize the farmer's yield with our advanced lighting solution”

"TRACY & GRACY are our two-core tech-platforms that give us the ability to create advanced solutions customized to each farmer's specific needs. First, we choose the dimension and size of the panel, linear or 2D, then the desired spectrum, and lastly, how to install it. Our goal is to optimize the…

Vertical farming provides sustainable and consistent production in the Middle East

“Design is really important for indoor farming as you need to use every cubic meter in a very functional and intelligent way. The design needs to accommodate automation to avoid human error, and it needs to be financially accessible if we want people to transition to indoor farming,” says Abdel Rahmna…

“Farming should happen behind a layer of software”

“We want to enable growers from the software side of things, allowing them to benchmark themselves with every harvest and forgo bringing in plant experts by focusing on their own historical data,” says David Ahmed, founder of hexafarms.  hexafarms is a technology company that has been working diligently since…

Singapore: Building more farms throughout the city, powered by self-designed software and technology

"At Archisen, our objective is to build more farms in the city, aligning ourselves with the 30x30 goal and becoming the largest contributor to Singapore's food resilience. We want to work together with other farms to tackle critical problems cooperatively," says Vincent Wei, co-founder of Archisen.  Vincent…

Exciting product development coming up for horticulture

"As one of the world's largest semiconductor companies, we manufacture LEDs which are light-emitting diodes, and deliver proper PPE and reliable products. Samsung contributes to the development and performance improvement of the horticulture lighting industry by continuously developing various products…

Are strawberries the cash crops for the Singapore market?

"As our crops are sold at a premium price, we're already at the top of the supply chain. With our margins, we can luckily still withstand cost increases. Although the business model is not to grow, we're more interested in supplying the entire ecosystem to other growers. That's why we offer a franchising…

Agrotonomy

“Commercial hybrid farming is gaining momentum”

“We are excited about the growth and appreciation of the industry and the value it offers. Our towers are energetically efficient, can be installed anywhere, and greatly reduce the carbon footprint of food,” says Jenny Twomey, an authorized commercial representative at Tower Farms and co-founder of Green…

Malaysia: 'Covid drove households growing indoors that saved our business'

Covid made people aware of their food intake and thus the business boomed. Tower requests were rising rapidly and demand could barely keep on. The biggest benefit of that was their online presence as about 70% of the businesses are offline, Gary Law, Founder and CEO of Victory Farm @ Rooftop Malaysia…

“A million gallons of water that could be recycled or repurposed”

“Conventional water monitoring systems don’t have the breadth and depth that we need to protect and preserve water resources. With KETOS, we are changing the paradigm of real-time water intelligence and bringing that data to growers’ fingertips,” says Meena Sankaran, founder, and CEO of KETOS. Founded in…

"More than 100 full spectrum designs for plants in wider range of wavelengths"

With the increase of extreme climate events and the lack of soil resources, traditional soil cultivation is facing increasing challenges, and modern soilless cultivation is rapidly emerging. "One of the most popular methods of cultivation is the vertical farm, which is being developed in different…