Bowery Salad Kits Now Available at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia

April 20, 2023 Bowery

Bowery announces a new partnership with Citizens Bank Park. Bowery’s convenient, ready-to-eat salad kits are now available at the Philadelphia ballpark, home of the Phillies. This collaboration will bring Bowery’s pesticide-free, grab-and-go Zesty Caesar kit to the stadium for the entirety of the baseball season, which began on April 6, 2023.

The Vertical Farming Bubble is Finally Popping

Climate change might make growing produce indoors a necessity. But despite taking in more than a billion dollars in venture capital investment, most companies in the industry seem to be withering, unable to turn a profit on lettuce.

Elevate Farms Announces Commencement of Operations at first U.S. Farm, located in City of Orange, ‎NJ

March 3, 2023 Elevate Farms Inc.

The entire Elevate New Jersey facility measures ‎‎14,000 square feet (1,300 square meters) which includes 4,750 square feet (441 square meters) of ‎unmanned, fully ‎autonomous, grow room space along with processing, packaging and administration.  ‎The farm has a  capacity to produce up to 11,000,000 plants, or equal to 500,000 pounds (227,000 ‎kilograms) of plants, ‎annually. 

Realty Income and Plenty Announce Strategic Alliance for up to $1B of Vertical Farm Development

February 23, 2023 Plenty

Under the terms of the agreement, Realty Income will acquire and provide development funding for properties that will house Plenty’s indoor farms. These properties will be leased to Plenty under long-term net leases. The agreement provides for up to $1 billion of development opportunities.

How Far Can Vertical Farming Go?

February 13, 2023 William Park, BBC

If we did find a way to overcome the problems of cost and energy use, what would a world where all our food is grown in such farms look like?