Author Archives: Eric Birge

By Jennifer Strailey, The Packer Earlier this month, indoor vertical farming company Kalera finalized phase one of construction at its newest facility in Singapore. The fully automated indoor farm, which Chief Commercial Officer Henner Schwarz expects will have its first harvest in the third quarter of 2022, is projected to produce 500,000 kilograms, or more than 1.1 […]

Global leader in vertical farming brings fresh produce to urban residents, continues its rapid domestic and global growth ORLANDO, Fla., April 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Colorado residents will soon be able to shop local for lettuce and microgreens from Kalera, one of the world’s leading hydroponic indoor vertical farming companies, thanks to the opening of the company’s new Denver farm. The nearly 90,000-square-foot […]

By Donna Bryson, Reuters March 16 (Reuters) – In a rooftop greenhouse near downtown Denver, cash crops are thriving on hydroponic life support. Arugula. Chard. Escarole. Cabbage. Read Full Article

By Liam O’Callaghan, FruitNet.com Kalera has finalised phase one of construction for its new fully-automated, multi-layered vertical mega-farm in Singapore. The US-headquartered vertical farming specialist has now completed the core structure of the facility located at the Changi Logistics Centre. Henner Schwarz, chief commercial officer of Kalera, said the farm will allow crops to grow […]

By Chris Metinko, senior reporter for Crunchbase News Vertical farming seems to have taken root in the heart of investors—with Netherlands-based Future Crops being the latest agtech company to cash in. In January, South San Francisco, California-based farming startup Plenty sprouted a $400 million Series E led by new investors One Madison Group and JS Capital. The round also included participation from strategic partner Walmart and […]

By HortiDaily.com Gray facades, gray laptops, gray faces: but in the middle of a Munich office complex, there is a splash of green that shines amid the everyday gray: On an area of just over 250 square meters – about the size of a tennis court – lettuces, herbs, and mustard seeds are growing here […]

The new sustainable farm actively contributes to Singapore’s 30 by 30 food security goal ORLANDO, Fla., March 1, 2022 – Kalera, a leader in sustainable indoor vertical farming, has finalized phase one of construction at the Changi Logistics Centre with the completion of the core structure for the fully automated farm. The multi-layer vertical farm […]

By Vertical Farm Daily “Building the business is becoming easier with every farm that we open. We brought farms online in Atlanta and Houston towards the end of last year, and are soon going live in Seattle and Minnesota,” says Henner Schwarz, Kalera’s CCO. After closing out 2021 with the acquisition of vertical farming company […]

By Christina LaFave Grace, Winsight Grocery Business At the end of January, Kalera, the Orlando-based vertical farming company that counts former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue among its investors and board members, announced a merger agreement that is expected to see the company begin trading on the NASDAQ market this spring. A debut on the tech-heavy […]

By Chris Metinko, Crunchbase Shifts in how people think about food, investing and even changes brought about by COVID-19 have led to more money—and more deals—in the agtech sector than ever before. Last year was a record year for agtech, with nearly $5 billion invested in the sector in 440 funding deals to VC-backed startups, […]