Think about the lettuce on your plate. Chances are, it traveled about 1,500 miles to reach your fork. In the US, lettuce travels about 1,500 miles (2,414 km) to get from farm to fork. That journey ...

Vertical farms look high-tech and sophisticated, but the premise is simple—plants are grown without soil, with their roots in a solution containing nutrients. This innovative approach to agriculture ...

Swing by the Summit or Jersey City farmers markets later this month and, in addition to peaches, you’ll find strawberries for sale. Market regulars might raise an eyebrow at this: the choicest local ...

Vertical farming team, Dr Vanesa Calvo-Baltanas, PhD candidate Jooseop Park and Prof. Senthold Asseng with one of the vertical farm units dedicated to the cultivation of soybean at TUMCREATE, ...

Vertical farming — growing crops indoors, on stacked layers — is a solution that I really want to see succeed. See the figure below, which provides a summary of the pros and cons.1 About half of the ...

In this article, we will discuss the 8 Best Vertical Farming and Hydroponic Stocks to Invest In. Vertical farming refers to producing food in vertically stacked layers, like in a used warehouse, ...

The Farm Service Agency is making a change to its acreage reporting requirements to make it easier for vertical farming operations and smaller-scale farms to qualify for USDA programs. The annual ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. AutoStore and OnePointOne Unveil the World's First Robotic Vertical Farm Utilizing Automated Cubic Storage - Now ...

In this article, we will discuss the 7 Best Vertical Farming and Hydroponic Stocks to Buy. The agriculture sector has always been crucial to both the global economy and everyday life. However, to meet ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Clark T. Bell Agriculture ...