vertical farming – Karma https://karmaimpact.com Advancing people, planet and profit. Fri, 01 May 2020 15:35:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.2 Vertical Farms Boom as COVID-19 Bolsters Appetite for Locally Grown Food /vertical-farms-boom-as-covid-19-bolsters-appetite-for-locally-grown-food/ /vertical-farms-boom-as-covid-19-bolsters-appetite-for-locally-grown-food/#respond Fri, 01 May 2020 10:00:00 +0000 /?p=15869 Vertical farming is booming as COVID-19 bolsters demand for locally-grown greens. Impact investors might find the sector appealing because the farms offer organic vegetables and fruit while using less water and land than conventional agriculture. There is a growing interest in vertical farming worldwide, with massive facilities already operating in Asia, the Middle East and […]

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]]> /vertical-farms-boom-as-covid-19-bolsters-appetite-for-locally-grown-food/feed/ 0 AeroFarms Raises $100 Million, Latest Deal in Booming Vertical Farms /aerofarms-raises-100-million-latest-deal-in-booming-vertical-farms/ /aerofarms-raises-100-million-latest-deal-in-booming-vertical-farms/#respond Tue, 16 Jul 2019 16:31:08 +0000 http://3.222.249.12/?p=10152 From a former nightclub in Newark’s Ironbound to a basement in New York City’s tony Tribeca to shipping containers scattered out west, vertical farmers are seeding the future of agriculture and planting opportunities for investors, who see the farms meeting demand for locally-grown food.  The fast-growing vertical farming market promises high yields of crops grown […]

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