Tag: cea

Last week indoor farm start-up AppHarvest’s Berea, KY, farm received a notice of default and termination of its lease from Mastronardi Berea LLC, which owns the facility. 

The past few years of the controlled environment agriculture sphere have seen enormous amounts of investments, innovation, new products, new technologies, and ultimately, failures.

AppHarvest, Inc., a sustainable food company, public benefit corporation and Certified B Corp building some of the world’s largest high-tech indoor farms to grow affordable, nutritious fruits and vegetables at scale while providing good jobs in Appalachia, today named controlled environment agriculture veteran Tony Martin its chief executive officer effective immediately to accelerate its strategic plan, Project New Leaf, which has shown strong progress toward operational efficiencies resulting in higher sales, cost savings and product quality as the company works to increase production across its four-farm network.

Currently delivering an excellent season shaped by nearly 20 years leading the organic Canadian greenhouse category, OriginO presents a new look alongside its sales and marketing partner Oppy, as it heads to Organic Produce Summit.

Private equity investment manager Sandton Capital Partners has acquired Vindara for an undisclosed sum.

NatureSweet, the number one tomato brand and leading greenhouse-grown produce company has earned B Corporation Certification (B Corp), becoming the largest Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) company in the world to do so.

AeroFarms, a Certified B Corporation and leader in indoor vertical farming, announces expanded retail availability of its award-winning microgreens at both Walmart and Stop & Shop across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast, respectively.

International Fresh Produce Association hosted a special networking and engagement session with retailers and Controlled Environmental Agriculture (CEA) producers at this year’s Retail Conference held in Oak Brook, Illinois.

AeroFarms a global leader in indoor vertical farming, today announced that, after careful consideration by its board, it has filed for voluntary protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

Little Leaf Farms, the country's #1 brand of packaged lettuce sustainably grown through controlled environment agriculture (CEA), is announcing it will open a new state-of-the-art greenhouse in McAdoo, Pennsylvania this fall.