In a groundbreaking development for sustainable agriculture, the world's first large-scale indoor vertical strawberry farm has opened its doors in Richmond, Virginia. This innovative facility ...

Our farms look quite different from conventional outdoor farms. We grow produce, like leafy greens, indoors on vertical towers multiple stories high. Our indoor growing environment makes it ...

Vertical farming systems, which grow plants intensively in an indoor setting, could be part of the answer – but to use them on a large scale we need to overcome key problems, especially the ...

One solution is to grow fruits and vegetables in space-efficient, climate-controlled indoor farms. High-tech, factory-like indoor farms have started popping up all over the world, from Japan to ...

He says the deal represents everything about indoor farming's potential: locally grown, quick-to-market, fresh produce that can be harvested year-round and is free of pesticides and not affected ...

Plenty Unlimited Inc. opened the world's first farm to grow indoor, vertically farmed berries at scale. Plenty farms are the most technologically advanced farms in the world – removing the ...

When starting plants early indoors, Nieusma recommends using biodegradable pots as you can plant the pot directly into your garden, leaving the melon’s root system undisturbed.

Fiddling with the dimmer switch might help some indoor farmers curb one of their biggest challenges: soaring electricity costs. This “smart lighting” could potentially cut vertical farms ...

These unusual fruits are eye-catching and perfect for your summer parties or farm stand. Fortunately ... You’ll need to sacrifice a plant and remove all shoots after the first melon develops so that ...

It can be hard to get bees to do their vital work in indoor farms or greenhouses. Instead, the plants may need a little robotic assistance to reproduce. This Google Ventures-backed indoor farming ...