Articles Tagged with ''sustainable farming''

AeroFarms, Newark, N.J., will invest $42 million to build its largest, most sophisticated 150,000-square-foot indoor vertical farm to date.

Technology in agriculture (ag-tech) is how to feed a growing population, make farming more sustainable and improve the lives of farm animals, say 85% of the 3,000 participants in Cargill’s new three-continent consumer survey.

Los Angeles-based ProducePay inked a $190 million debt facility from CoVenture, UK, and TCM Capital, London, to expand its purchasing model and marketplace for farmers.

Gotham Greens, Brooklyn, N.Y., opened the doors to its newest greenhouse in Providence, R.I.

ADM, Chicago; Bunge, Ltd., White Plains, N.Y.; Cargill, Minneapolis; COFCO International, Hong Kong; Louis Dreyfus Co., The Netherlands; and Glencore Agriculture, Australia, the founding members of the industry-wide initiative to modernize global trade operations announced its new project name—Covantis.

Little Leaf Farms, Devens, Mass., received $18 million in financing from Bank of America, Charlotte, N.C., to double in size in 2020, and expand outside of Massachusetts into New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina.

Lufa Farms, Canada, announced the construction of its fourth commercial rooftop greenhouse in the borough of Saint-Laurent, Canada.

Response Biotech and Koch Biological Solutions, LLC, Wichita, Kan., combined operations to form Plant Response Biotech, Inc., Madrid, to leverage both companies’ capabilities, assets and product offerings.

The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, partnered with Infarm, Berlin, to bring modular living produce farms to North America.

The Center for Produce Safety (CPS), Woodland, Calif., funded its first-ever research project to study the effectiveness of various agricultural water treatments, awarding $200,000 to a team led by Channah Rock, associate professor of soil, water and environmental sciences and water quality specialist at University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.