Articles Tagged with ''sustainable farming''

Gotham Greens, Brooklyn, N.Y., opened its largest greenhouse in Chicago.

Research from the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity’s (CCFI) 2019 Public Trust Research Report shows that while 91% of Canadians claim to know little, very little or nothing about modern farming practices in Canada, 60% of survey respondents, or three in five Canadians, are interested in knowing more about agriculture and how their food is produced.

Agritask, Israel, completed an $8.5 million Series A financing round, led by the InsuResilience Investment Fund, Switzerland, and co-invested by Barn Investimentos, Brazil.

The global vertical farming market generated $2.23 billion in 2018, and is estimated to generate $12.77 billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 24.6% from 2019 to 2026, according to a report by Allied Market Research, Portland, Ore.

Chobani, Norwich, N.Y., launched its second limited-edition charity flavor called Farmer Batch, which is made in partnership with American Farmland Trust (AFT), Washington, D.C.

Bowery Farming, Inc., New York, raised an additional $50 million in a B+ round of financing from existing investors, including Temasek, Singapore, and Henry Kravis, co-founder of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., New York.

Twenty-five years ago, the Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, Mass., and more than 1,700 independent scientists penned the 1992 “World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity,” which called on humankind to curtail environmental destruction and cautioned that “a great change in our stewardship of the Earth and the life on it is required if vast human misery is to be avoided.”

Plenty, South San Francisco, selected Compton, Calif., for its next vertical farm.

Gotham Greens Holdings, LLC, Brooklyn, N.Y., announced plans to open a state-of-the-art greenhouse in the Denver, Colo., area in early 2020.

Marks & Spencer (M&S), London, partnered with infarm, Berlin, to deliver a range of fresh produce grown and harvested in a selection of M&S’ London stores.