On a special episode (first released on November 20, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: AI applications in vertical farming have the potential to usher in a new model that not only yields a high volume of ...

Many hail Oishii’s “Omakase Strawberries” as the world’s sweetest —- peek inside its vertical farm that provides the optimal farming environment HIROKI KOGA: Our berries are known to have an ...

The cultivation of Japanese native wasabi is the most recent addition to Hong Kong's high-tech vertical farming boom. Harvests of wasabi, a staple ingredient in Japanese cuisine, have fallen by 60% in ...

Indoor strawberry grower Oishii closed a $134 million funding round on Wednesday, allowing the company to break into new markets despite challenges facing the once-hot vertical farming sector. New ...

Over the past decade and a half, Spread has become the most recognizable name in Japan’s vertical framing ecosystem. The Kyoto-based firm opened its first farm in 2007 and six years later claimed to ...

While so-called urban agriculture has deep historical roots, as I described in a blog on this topic in October 2017, efforts to raise crops without full access to sunlight in a controlled environment, ...

Vertical farming companies must prioritize long-term planning, efficient unit economics and operational consistency to succeed as the industry faces challenges in capital allocation and a likely wave ...

Vertical farming is quickly becoming a popular way to grow organic food close to major urban centers. Indoor “farms” that grow crops in stacked trays using LED light have opened or are underway in ...