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VICE: Vertical Farm Makes a Mini Skyscraper Out of Strawberries

If you’ve ever bought strawberries in the United States, then you’re probably familiar with Driscoll’s. They are one of the largest strawberry producers in North America, and they are leading the charg…

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7-Eleven and Indoor Vertical Farm Plenty Expand Sustainable Offerings in Fresh Produce

Today, 7-Eleven, Inc., announced a new venture with Plenty Unlimited Inc., an innovative leader in indoor vertical farming, to further its commitment to sustainability through the availability of fresh, sust…

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Reuters: Vertical farming startup Plenty to expand via $680 mln JV with UAE’s Mawarid

U.S. vertical farming startup Plenty is forming a joint venture with Mawarid, a subsidiary of Alpha Dhabi Holding, in a $680 million deal to develop a network of indoor farms in the Middle East, the companie…

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World Economic Forum: Vertical farming can change the future of food…

Climate change, severe weather, natural disasters, conflict and many more issues are disrupting global food supply and reducing food security. The need to produce 70% more food by 2050 to feed the growing gl…

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TIME Magazine: America’s Top GreenTech Companies

A new statistical ranking by TIME and Statista ranks 250 of America’s top sustainability-­focused companies, based on their positive environmental impact, financial strength, and innovation, to see who is…

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Planet Earth III: Human – Stream on AMC+ Today

A key solution to creating space for the natural world to thrive may come from the increasing trend of growing plants vertically. 

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CNN: These innovators are extending the lifecycle of our food

Here’s a provocative question: What if we needed far less water to grow food, and what if farmers did it indoors?

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VICE: Vertical Farm Makes a Mini Skyscraper Out of Strawberries

If you’ve ever bought strawberries in the United States, then you’re probably familiar with Driscoll’s. They are one of the largest strawberry producers in North America, and they are leading the charge in vertical farming. Vertical farming is a farm that isn’t splayed out across several acres of flat land. It’s a farm that is structured in a vertical building, making it perfect for farming in the middle of a major city.
09.25.2024
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LAist: Is the future of farming inside? We visit Compton’s indoor farm to find out

One of the world’s most high-tech indoor vertical farms is right here in Southern California, in Compton. I headed there to find out more about what role indoor farming may play in the future of food. As increasingly extreme weather driven by human-caused pollution in the atmosphere makes it harder — if not impossible — to farm outside in formerly high-producing regions, could farming indoors be part of the solution?
09.12.2024
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Vertical Farm Daily: Plenty Finalizes Design for its New R&D Facility

Plenty Unlimited Inc. has helped create advancements in indoor farming over the past decade in its research and development (R&D) center in Laramie, Wyo., leveraging its proprietary R&D technology platform. After receiving an economic development grant given by the State of Wyoming, Plenty is expanding its R&D footprint and build a large vertical farming research center in Laramie with the support of the Wyoming Business Council, Laramie Chamber Business Alliance and City of Laramie. Following the selection of MOA Architecture as the project’s A&E firm, the design for the research center is now complete. Plenty will break ground next spring and is targeting summer 2026 for the opening of the new facility.
09.05.2024
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CSP Daily News: 7-Eleven Cultivates Vertical Farm Venture With Plenty Unlimited

7-Eleven Inc. has formed a new venture with indoor vertical farming company Plenty Unlimited Inc. “to further its commitment to sustainability through the availability of fresh, sustainably grown produce.” 7-Eleven will offer lettuce from Plenty’s Compton, California, indoor farm in salads sold at approximately 1,300 convenience stores in California.
08.22.2024
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Reuters: Vertical farming startup Plenty to expand via $680 mln JV with UAE’s Mawarid

U.S. vertical farming startup Plenty is forming a joint venture with Mawarid, a subsidiary of Alpha Dhabi Holding, in a $680 million deal to develop a network of indoor farms in the Middle East, the companies told Reuters.
07.18.2024

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Plenty opens world’s first farm to grow indoor, vertically farmed berries at scale.

Today, Plenty Unlimited Inc. opened the world’s first farm to grow indoor, vertically farmed berries at scale. Plenty farms are the most technologically advanced farms in the world – removing the unpredictability of Mother Nature and making it possible to grow produce with peak-season flavor, year-round, almost anywhere in the world. The Plenty Richmond Farm is designed to produce more than 4 million pounds of strawberries annually in less than 40,000 square feet by growing vertically on 30-foot-tall towers. The farm will exclusively grow Driscoll’s strawberries, combining Plenty’s advanced technology with global premium berry leader Driscoll’s advanced genetics. The first strawberries from the farm will be available in early 2025.
09.24.2024
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Plenty accelerates world’s largest vertical farming research center

Plenty Unlimited Inc. has driven many advancements in indoor farming over the past decade in its research and development (R&D) center in Laramie, Wyo., leveraging its proprietary R&D technology platform. Today it’s one of the top plant science research centers in the world, attracting expert scientists from all over the world as well as leveraging talent from the nearby University of Wyoming.
09.03.2024
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7-Eleven and Indoor Vertical Farm Plenty Expand Sustainable Offerings in Fresh Produce

Today, 7-Eleven, Inc., announced a new venture with Plenty Unlimited Inc., an innovative leader in indoor vertical farming, to further its commitment to sustainability through the availability of fresh, sustainably grown produce in 7-Eleven® locations throughout California.
08.22.2024

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Building a New Vision in Food & Fibre

Plenty is evaluating opportunities to expand its farm network internationally, and New Zealand is a leading country in both world class food and agriculture, but also through indigenous Māori leadership in long term sustainable development of land and natural resources.
03.28.2024

Stacked “Vertical” Farming Doesn’t Stack Up

Indoor vertical farming must scale massively to impact the global food supply. As the vertical farming industry works to move from the startup to scale-up stage, we predict there will be a shakeout between “stacked tray” vertical farms and truly vertical farms. Why? The claimed benefits of stacked-tray vertical farming simply don’t stack up
11.29.2023

The End of the Beginning

Stories about the demise of vertical farming are a dime a dozen these days, but the reality is, they’re getting the story wrong. This is the end of the beginning for indoor agriculture, not the beginning of the end.
11.28.2023

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