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After Going Public, Indoor Farming Company Local Bounti Rings the New York Stock Exchange Bell Most of the tech-focused indoor agriculture startups The Spoon covers have raised private funding rounds […]
To support astronauts on longer-duration missions farther away from Earth, NASA needs to figure out how to provide them with a continuous supply of nutritious food. The freeze-dried foods astronauts […]
What if you could turn a plant’s genes on and off depending on changes in light and temperature? A group of scientists from UC Riverside has done just that in […]
Astronauts onboard the International Space Station are aiming to grow the first-ever peppers in space via the Plant Habitat-04 (PH-04) experiment. PH-04 will grow “Espanola Improved” New Mexico Hatch Green […]
Netherlands-based Wageningen University is holding the third edition of its Autonomous Greenhouse Challenge, where international teams compete to grow crops in greenhouses using AI and automation. A first and second […]
Ag tech company AppHarvest may only be a few years old, but growth for both the operation and its tomato crops moves at a breakneck pace these days. After shipping […]
It says something about the popularity of at-home indoor farms when a Kickstarter campaign for one meets its funding goal in 20 minutes. Such was the case recently with Click […]
Controlled ag company AppHarvest announced today that it has acquired Root AI, a startup that makes AI-based robots for harvesting crops grown in indoor farms. According to the press announcement, […]
Nordetect, a Danish startup that provides portable nutrient testing for indoor and vertical farms, announced yesterday that it has raised a $1.5 million round of Seed funding. The round was […]
Greenhouse lettuce grower Revol Greens today unveiled a proprietary plant-based nutrient source with which it can feed the plants in its indoor farms. Dubbed Plant Fed, the product is currently […]
AppHarvest’s expectation to go public is fast becoming a reality. The controlled agriculture company announced today that it is expected to complete its merger with Novus Capital Corp., a special […]
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