Agritecture Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Kevin working with Montel’s racks in a grow facility. Editor’s Note: The following article includes information from an interview between Agritecture and Kevin Biernacki , Regional Sales Manager and Grower Liaison at Montel. Written by: Sarah Jordan and Isabelle Dom It's been well-established that more experienced growers are needed in the burgeoning indoor ag sector.

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RR2CS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Saskatoon berry production reduces soil erosion & mitigates the risk of climate change on Solstice Berry Farm By Trina Moyles Rick and Marsha Gelowitz were brand new to farming when they bought their farm northwest of Calgary in 1994. They both worked in the IT sector in Calgary — self-described “computer geeks” — and started out on the land raising sheep and growing hay for export to the dairy industry in Japan.

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SILT

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Red Fern Farm, a SILT-protected property in Wapello, IA, drew about two dozen guests on one of the hottest September days on record, hovering around 100 degrees all day. The guests came to see the many chestnut and pawpaw trees that Tom Wahl and Kathy Dice have grown over the last 30 years, purchase fruits and nuts they could pick themselves, witness a cooking demonstration of persimmon brownies and learn more about how to protect land like Red Fern Farm.

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OECD: Environment

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

by Valentina Bellesi and Hugh Miller, OECD Environment Directorate After a summer of record-breaking temperatures, droughts, wildfires and floods causing devastation across the globe, the need to rapidly scale-up finance and investment to support a low-emission and climate-resilient transition could not be more apparent. Limiting global warming to around 1.5°C above pre-industrial times requires global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) to peak before 2025 at the latest.

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The Lunatic Farmer

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

As food prices and availability take center stage in our media and discussions, the answer is not subsidies, regulations, or governmental intervention. The answer is good old freedom to stimulate opportunity and competition. Let the best players win. Not the biggest players. Not the players who can wrangle special concessions to stay open when others must close (re. covid when WalMart was “essential” and stayed open, but farmers’ markets were “non-essential” and ordered to close—that was the mom

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Agritecture Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

An Infarm growing facility. Editor’s Note: With the threat of a recession looming, vertical farmers are analyzing their business practices to stay afloat in a turbulent economy. This article discusses Infarm’s response to the recession and offers hope for the survival of vertical farming businesses around the globe. CONTENT SOURCED FROM SIFTED Written by: Freya Pratty Infarm, Europe’s only vertical farming unicorn, has just opened its largest growing facility yet.

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