Tag: indoor farming

Is the latest wave of controlled environment agriculture making the turn toward widespread adoption? 

Spring Born, a 2.5-acre organic greenhouse in Colorado, welcomes two industry experts to their team. The company introduced Danielle Davis, director of marketing and sales, and Josh Budka, head grower, to spearhead production and expansion.

The Athens, Georgia location of BJ's Produce Inc. is near Atlanta and major distribution hubs, providing Revol Greens efficient access to East Coast markets.

Breakthrough U.S. indoor agriculture company Local Bounti Corporation, today announced that is has closed a previously announced $200 million debt financing facility with Cargill Financial Services International, Inc., which is also a recent strategic investor in Local Bounti.

Is controlled environment agriculture printing cash? It may seem so with more than $200 MM in investments announced this week alone.

AeroFarms, a Certified B Corporation and leader in indoor vertical farming, today announced its plan to expand to the Midwest region as part of a project with World Wildlife Fund and the St. Louis Controlled Environment Agriculture Coalition to demonstrate innovative strategies to minimize the environmental footprint of indoor agriculture.

FarmCo is planned to have its own leadership team, and calls for the two partners to contribute equity and assets of over $100M.

Matt Lingard, PhD, a former Bayer plant scientist with over 15 years of experience working at the intersection of biotechnology and greenhouse science, will lead the BrightLabs team as Vice President of Agriculture and Science.

This announcement comes on the heels of the news of Kalera’s appointment of Sonny Perdue, former US Secretary of Agriculture, and Maria Sastre to the Board of Directors.