Vertical farming can do more than lettuce. A research team has investigated the cultivation of six food groups in vertical farming: Crops, algae, mushrooms, insects, fish and cultivated meat. In this ...

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 ...

Many agricultural stocks are looking upward to vertical farming to expand their market share and income opportunities. Vertical farming describes a range of techniques that, rather than letting ...

Steve Adubato and One-on-One Correspondent Mary Gamba talk with Brendan Somerville, Co-Founder & COO of Oishii, about his journey as an agriculture entrepreneur and his passion for vertical farming.

In addition to growing fresh produce, Village Farms also grows botanicals to produce cannabinoids for the recreational, medical, and health and wellness markets in the U.S., Canada, and the ...

Wander through the labyrinthine tunnels twenty feet beneath downtown Houston, and the past practically oozes from the walls. Office workers walk over pink-and-green speckled tiles. Steve Winwood’s ...

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 ...

Vertical farms produce more food with fewer resources and less waste by delivering dense crop yields from stacked growing layers in controlled indoor environments. When most of us think about farming, ...

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.

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 brief history of vertical farming – whereby crops are grown in stacked layers using artificial light, hydroponics or aeroponics – tells a classic tale of boom and bust. Before the hype, very little ...