Tag: controlled environment agriculture

RedSea farms grows from Saudi Arabia to Egypt

RedSea, a climate controlled hydroponics greenhouse business that started in Saudi Arabia, has announced that its business is expanding. They have hired Bruno De Oliveira as VP East Africa and Egypt to help grow the business into East Africa and Egypt.

Infarm raises $170 million to add “farm” to cities

Infarm, a company that grows fresh produce inside supermarkets, has recently announced a $170 million USD funding round to help the company expand across Europe. Their environment-controlled and automated growing chambers grow food such as leafy greens inside the supermarket, so it's fresh, without your food accumulating food miles.  

Sundrop Farms grows tomatoes with seawater

Saltwater greenhouses can save the Middle East and humanity from drought and climate change. Three cheers to Sundrop Farms in...

Jordan hydroponics supported by USAID

Growing crops without soil, otherwise known as hydroponic agriculture, is not a recent innovation. In fact, it can be...

Plants give biofeedback to optimize their own light levels in hydroponics

Controlled environment agriculture is rapidly becoming an important part of the global food system. For example, there has been...

Martian technology on Earth in trillion-dollar opportunity

Look to Techcrunch any day of the week and see how investment opportunities abound in Agtech. Then go see...

Khalifa hydroponic farm’s paying off

As spring turns into summer, the Khalifa fund's investment in Abu Dhabi hydroponic agriculture is beginning to pay off. The...