First, Bowery’s indoor farms use less finite resources like water and land. Filtered water that’s not taken up by the plants is recycled, refiltered, and fed back to the plants. Bowery’s farms also ...

In the years since, vertical farming in the US has become a robust, albeit auxiliary, part of the national agricultural system. According to a 2017 report by Agrilyst, roughly half of all indoor ...

Compton’s Mayor Emma Sharif said the Plenty indoor farm is a way to bring that legacy back in a new way. “This isn't just a nod to our past. It's a bold step into the future of farming,” she ...

They also say vertical farms actually need fewer pesticides than outdoor farms do, reducing environmental impacts. A view across the towers at Eden Green, which stand 18 feet tall, as kale grows ...

Vertical Harvest Farms, an indoor farming company focused on microgreens, said $59.5 million in financing will advance its work to develop and operate the 51,000-square-foot vertical farm.

A new breed of hydroponic farm, huge and high-tech, is popping up in indoor spaces all over America, drawing celebrity investors and critics. AppHarvest, the nation’s largest hydroponic ...

Indoor farms are remaking the produce market — at a cost to the planet. Amid drought and record heat, high-tech greenhouses and vertical farms boast of being a more climate-friendly way to grow.

The indoor agriculture business of Cox Enterprises said Wednesday it is now the largest operator of greenhouses in North America. Cox Farms now has more than 700 acres of indoor grow houses, it ...

Tom Kimmerer, plant physiologist, poses for a portrait, Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2023, at Elmwood Stock Farm in Georgetown, Ky. He thinks investment flowing toward new versions of indoor farming would be ...

Photo caption: Workers hand off plants during operations at a vertical farm greenhouse in Cleburne, Texas, Aug. 29, 2023. Photo courtesy AP Photo/LM Otero. Inside a bright greenhouse about an hour ...

Workers check produce plants at a vertical farm greenhouse in Cleburne, Texas, Aug. 29, 2023. Indoor farming brings growing inside in what experts sometimes call “controlled environment ...