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How Kalera delivers the freshest lettuce possible with advanced lighting technology
ORLANDO, Fla., December 6, 2022 Headquartered in Orlando, Florida, and operating 4 vertical farming facilities [...]
Aug
Kalera Sustainably Grown Microgreens Now Available at Safeway; Kalera CEO Jim Leighton Comments
AURORA, Co., August 5, 2024 | AndNowUKnow Produce Industry News By Chandler James Safeway shoppers [...]
Aug
Vertical farming continues to grow as western US faces chronic water shortage
By Elizabeth Ruiz, The List Walking around Kalera’s vertical farm facility in Aurora, Colorado, feels [...]
Sep
World Hunger Is on the Rise. These Companies Have Solutions.
By Reshma Kapadia, Barron’s Scorching heat and drought shriveling up crops in the Midwest and [...]
Sep
Food & Nutrition
Kalera was featured in Food & Nutrition Magazine’s June 2022 Food Trends section Read Full [...]
Jun
New indoor, vertical farm in Aurora offers look at high-tech future for food production
By Judith Kohler, The Denver Post The big, blocky building just north of Interstate 70 [...]
Jun
US Foods to source restaurant greens from hydroponic vertical grower Kalera
Rosemont, Ill.-based US Foods Holding Corp. will source greens for its foodservice operators from Orlando, [...]
May
Florida company opens Colorado’s largest vertical farm
AURORA (KDVR) — A Florida-based vertical farming company called Kalera just opened the largest vertical [...]
May
Denver has a new farm facility that’s growing thousands of non-GMO lettuce and microgreens
Kalera the new farm is located in Aurora is now providing Coloradoans clean greens that are [...]
May
US Foods Partners With Vertical Farming Innovator Kalera® to Expand Its Local and Sustainable Fresh Produce Portfolio
National Vertical Farming Partnership for US Foods Brings Consistent Year-Round Availability of High-Quality Leafy Greens [...]
May
Kalera Farm growing greens in vertical indoor farms
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Apr
Sky High Farming in the Mile High City
By Amy Antonation, DiningOut Colorado’s growing season is notoriously short—at least when you’re growing outdoors [...]
Apr
Vertical Farms Expand as Demand for Year-Round Produce Grows
By Amy Zipkin, The New York Times A recently constructed 95,000-square-foot warehouse in Compton, Calif., [...]
Apr
Vertical Farming Leader Expands Into the Rockies
By Greenhouse Grower Kalera, one of the world’s leading hydroponic indoor vertical farming companies, has opened [...]
Apr
Vertical farming reaches new heights: Q&A with Kalera’s Henner Schwarz
By Jennifer Strailey, The Packer Earlier this month, indoor vertical farming company Kalera finalized phase [...]
Apr
Kalera Opens New “Mile High” Vertical Farming Facility in Denver
Global leader in vertical farming brings fresh produce to urban residents, continues its rapid domestic [...]
Apr
Climate-driven water woes spark Colorado rush to conserve ‘liquid gold’
By Donna Bryson, Reuters March 16 (Reuters) – In a rooftop greenhouse near downtown Denver, [...]
Apr
Kalera builds vertical mega-farm in Singapore
By Liam O’Callaghan, FruitNet.com Kalera has finalised phase one of construction for its new fully-automated, [...]
Apr
Future Crops Nabs Tencent Investment As Vertical Farming Sector Grows
By Chris Metinko, senior reporter for Crunchbase News Vertical farming seems to have taken root [...]
Mar
Fresh lettuce and herbs, growing next to people’s desks
By HortiDaily.com Gray facades, gray laptops, gray faces: but in the middle of a Munich [...]
Mar
Kalera Completes Phase One of Singapore’s First Vertical Mega-Farm
The new sustainable farm actively contributes to Singapore’s 30 by 30 food security goal ORLANDO, [...]
Mar
Big plans for 2022: Three new farms, a rebranding and introduction of new products
By Vertical Farm Daily “Building the business is becoming easier with every farm that we [...]
Feb
Seeing Green: Why Vertical Farm Kalera Sought a SPAC Deal for Growth
By Christina LaFave Grace, Winsight Grocery Business At the end of January, Kalera, the Orlando-based [...]
Feb
Why VC Investors Are Plowing Record Sums Into Agtech
By Chris Metinko, Crunchbase Shifts in how people think about food, investing and even changes [...]
Feb
Old MacDonald’s Farm No More: Companies Invest In Vertical Agriculture
By Louis Biscotti, Forbes Orlando, Fla.-based vertical farm operator Kalera recently announced plans to go [...]
Feb
Kalera to Go Public on NASDAQ through Merger with Agrico Acquisition Corp.
• Transaction to result in Kalera becoming a publicly listed company on NASDAQ anddelisting from [...]
Jan
Kalera Appoints Curtis McWilliams as interim CEO
Kalera AS (Euronext Growth Oslo: KAL, Bloomberg: KSLLF), announced today that it has named Curtis McWilliams, [...]
Dec
Vertical Farms are Finally Branching Out
Basil grown at PlantLab in Amsterdam goes from seedling to supermarket shelves in two weeks. [...]
Dec
Kalera Announces New Chief Marketing Officer Aric Nissen
Kalera Announces New Chief Marketing Officer Aric Nissen The tech-driven vertical farming company plans to [...]
Aug
Andrea Weiss Joins Kalera as Adviser and Proposed for Board of Directors
Kalera – Andrea Weiss Joins Kalera as Adviser and Proposed for Board of Directors Weiss, [...]
Jul
No Soil. No Growing Seasons. Just Add Water and Technology.
A new breed of hydroponic farm, huge and high-tech, is popping up in indoor spaces [...]
Jul
PMA Takes on Tech Podcast
Every day, technology transforms the way our food is grown, harvested, packaged, delivered, and consumed. [...]
Jul
No better time than now
Kalera, one of 2020’s biggest headline makers in vertical farming, has even bigger plans for [...]
Jun
Kalera Harvests First Lettuce from Atlanta Vertical Farm
Kalera, one of the fastest-growing U.S. vertical farming companies in the world and a leader [...]
Apr
Are Indoor, Vertical Farms the Future of Agriculture?
[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text] In the 2015 Matt Damon movie The Martian, based on Andy Weir’s 2011 [...]
Apr
Sonny Perdue joins Kalera board of directors
Sonny Perdue, former U.S. Agriculture Secretary and governor of Georgia, will join vertical farming company [...]
Mar
Kalera Acquires Vindara to Optimize Seed Breeding for Indoor Vertical Farming
Vertical farming company Kalera announced this week it has acquired Vindara, a company developing seeds [...]
Feb
Vertical Farming Leader Kalera Welcomes Maria Sastre to Board of Directors
Kalera (Euronext Growth Oslo ticker KAL, Bloomberg: KSLLF), one of the fastest-growing and largest vertical [...]
Feb
Kalera to Open Hawaii’s Largest Vertical Farming Facility, Bringing Fresh, Locally-Grown Greens and Food Supply Chain Security to an Island that Imports 90% of Its Produce
Tech-driven vertical farming company Kalera (Euronext Growth Oslo ticker KAL, Bloomberg: KSLLF), today announced it [...]
Dec
Kalera to Open Vertical Farming Facility in Ohio, Bringing Fresh, Locally- Grown Greens to the Midwest
A Florida company plans to build a “vertical farm” in Columbus, part of the company’s [...]
Dec
Kalera to Open a Vertical Farming Facility in Seattle
ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kalera (Euronext Growth Oslo ticker KAL, Bloomberg: [...]
Dec
Kalera Expands Indoor Vertical Farming Footprint!
Orlando-based Kalera has expanded operations of its indoor vertically-grown hydroponic lettuce and microgreens to the [...]
Dec
Kalera Welcomes New Chief Human Resources Officer
Kalera (OSE ticker KAL-ME, Bloomberg: KSLLF), one of the fastest growing vertical farming companies in the [...]
Nov
Vertical Farming Leader Kalera Adds Two New Board Members, Including Red Lobster CEO Kim Lopdrup
Kalera (OSE ticker KAL-ME, Bloomberg: KSLLF), one of the fastest growing vertical farming companies in [...]
Nov
Orlando vertical farming firm Kalera closes funding deal with plans to go international
The company’s CEO says the Orlando firm has “international ambitions.” -Read Full Article
Oct
Vertical Farming Company Kalera Adds 2 New VPs of Sales
Orlando, Florida-based Kalera, a technology-driven vertical farming company, has hired two new executives. The newly appointed [...]
Oct
Kalera Picks Denver for Its Next Commercial-Scale Vertical Farming Facility
Kalera continues its westward expansion. This week, the Orlando, Fla.-based indoor vertical farming company announced it [...]
Oct
You’d never guess nestled within this ordinary beige building is the future of farming
A handful of cows graze peacefully on the land adjacent to Kalera’s parking lot. And from [...]
Jul
Tech-Driven Vertical Farming Company Kalera Announces New COO Austin Martin
Today, technology-driven vertical farming company Kalera announced Austin Martin as Chief Operating Officer. Martin brings nearly two [...]
Jul
Tech-Driven Vertical Farming Company Kalera Announces New CFO Fernando Cornejo
Today, technology-driven vertical farming company Kalera announced the appointment of Fernando Cornejo as Chief Financial Officer. Cornejo [...]
Jul
This vertical farming startup you may not have heard of says it has “industry-leading unit economics”
The indoor farming industry is heating up again, posting one of the biggest year-over-year increases [...]
Jul
U.S. Ag Chief Tours Orlando Hydroponic Company During Visit To Florida
The way Sonny Perdue sees it, Kalera and other hydroponic companies and farmers live out [...]
Jun
What the Future of Farming Looks Like to the Ag Secretary
Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue made a couple of stops in Florida last week to [...]
Jun
Kalera and University of Florida LED Lighting Study Sheds New Light on Cost-Effective Modes of Increasing Nutritive Value in Lettuce
Today, technology-driven vertical farming company Kalera announced the publication of a new study, “Effect of End-of-Production High-Energy [...]
Jun
Tech-Driven Vertical Farming Company Kalera Announces New CIO, VP of Sales
Today, technology-driven vertical farming company Kalera announced that it has hired two new executives to fill the [...]
Jun
Publix Partners With Vertical Farming Company Kalera
It’s more essential now than ever to lock arms with those around us to stay [...]
Apr
Kalera To Open New Indoor Vertical Farming Facility in Atlanta
Today, technology-driven vertical farming company Kalera announced that it will open a new state-of-the-art growing [...]
Apr
KALERA LEADS THE WAY IN AGRITECHNOLOGY AT THE LARGEST HYDROPONIC VERTICAL FARM IN THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S.
Kalera has turned farming on its head – literally. Based in Orlando, its team of [...]
Apr
Kalera opens new vertical farming facility in Orlando
Kalera announced the opening of its new state-of-the-art growing facility in Orlando, Florida. This new [...]
Mar
VERTICAL FARMING COMPANY KALERA OPENS NEW ORLANDO FACILITY
Today, technology-driven vertical farming company Kalera announced the opening of its new state-of-the-art growing facility [...]
Mar
Kalera opens new vertical farming facility in Florida
Vertical farming company Kalera has opened its new growing facility in Orlando, Florida. This new [...]
Mar
Kalera Opens New Vertical Farming Facility in Orlando
Kalera announced the opening of its new state-of-the-art growing facility in Orlando, Florida. This new [...]
Mar
This Ain’t Your Grandfather’s Lettuce: Meet The Farm Of The Future
The vegetable farming of the future looks very different from the fields of lettuce and [...]
Feb
Local Produce for the Masses | The Kalera Vision
The Golden Question: “What’s the price?” “We don’t want to be exclusive or elitist. We [...]
Dec
Kalera Is On The Cutting Edge Of Vertical Farming
Kalera, a technology-driven vertical farming company, is using high-yield hydroponic production systems to grow lettuce [...]
Dec
Tech-Driven Vertical Farming Company Kalera Names New CEO, Daniel Malechuk
Technology-driven vertical farming company Kalera announced that it has hired veteran foodservice and grocery industry executive Daniel [...]
Sep
Vertical farming company Kalera names new CEO
On Sept. 17, technology-driven vertical farming company Kalera announced that it has hired veteran foodservice [...]
Sep
Eco Convergence announces name change, construction of new facility
Eco Convergence Group has changed its name to Kalera and is building an indoor growing [...]
Aug
Eco Convergence Group Announces Corporate Name Change to Kalera, Breaks Ground on Largest Indoor Vertical Farming Facility in the Southeast
Eco Convergence Group, a leader in indoor vertical farming, announces its official name change to Kalera today. [...]
Aug
Eco Convergence Group Rebrands as Kalera, Breaks Ground on Southeast’s Largest Indoor Vertical Farm
Vertical farming company Eco Convergence Group announced this morning it has officially rebranded as Kalera. The [...]
Aug
Eco Convergence Group Announces Corporate Name Change to Kalera, Breaks Ground on Largest Indoor Vertical Farming Facility in the Southeast
Eco Convergence Group, a leader in indoor vertical farming, announces its official name change to Kalera today. [...]
Aug
A food movement that’s trending in some U.S. cities
You’ve heard of the local food movement — in which restaurants source some of their [...]
Feb
How raspberry light develops a green thumb for this Orlando resort
A shining example of high-tech farming is feeding the need for fresh produce at Orlando [...]
Jun
In Orlando, a Step Beyond Farm-to-Table
Having an herb and produce garden on site is not exactly new in the hotel [...]
May
Eco Convergence Group launches world’s first HyCube hydroponic production System
Eco Convergence Group, Inc. (ECG) unveiled the first HyCubeª modular hydroponic vegetable production system at [...]
Apr
Eco Convergence Group Launches World’s First HyCube™ Hydroponic Production System at Orlando World Center Marriott
Eco Convergence Group, Inc. (ECG) unveiled the first HyCube™ modular hydroponic vegetable production system last [...]
Apr
Eco Convergence Group Launches World’s First HyCube™ Hydroponic Production System at Orlando World Center Marriott
Eco Convergence Group, Inc. (ECG) unveiled the first HyCube™ modular hydroponic vegetable production system last [...]
Apr
Orlando Marriott Unveils Industry’s First HyCube Hydroponic System
This past Thursday evening I was a guest at the Orlando World Center Marriott in Orlando, Fla. [...]
Apr
The HyCube vertical farm grows more produce with less space and energy, and also looks super cool
Cristian Toma, co-founder of Orlando-based Eco Convergence Group, hands me a pair of shoe coverings, a [...]
Apr