The vertical farming startup Plenty just announced that it plans to build 300 organic, indoor farms in or near Chinese cities. In late 2017, the company scored $US200 million in the largest-ever ag-tech deal. The funding round was led by Softbank Ventures and included DCM Ventures as well as funds […]
By 2050, the world will need to feed 9.7 billion people – 2.4 billion more than today. A growing movement of people believes that indoor farming could be a solution to the increasing demand for food. Instead of natural sunlight, crops grow under LED lights and in a nutrient-rich water-based […]
Something is growing underneath La Chapelle, a neighbourhood north of central Paris. It’s an underground farm by Cycloponics, a local indoor farming startup that harvests lettuce, herbs, and mushrooms in a space it calls la caverne (the cave). The farm uses an agricultural technique called hydroponic farming, in which greens […]
