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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Food & Nutrition

Kalera was featured in Food & Nutrition Magazine’s June 2022 Food Trends section Read Full [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

Florida company opens Colorado’s largest vertical farm

AURORA (KDVR) — A Florida-based vertical farming company called Kalera just opened the largest vertical [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Kalera Farm growing greens in vertical indoor farms

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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 [...]

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., [...]

Vertical Farming Leader Expands Into the Rockies

By Greenhouse Grower Kalera, one of the world’s leading hydroponic indoor vertical farming companies, has opened [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Why VC Investors Are Plowing Record Sums Into Agtech

By Chris Metinko, Crunchbase Shifts in how people think about food, investing and even changes [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Kalera Appoints Curtis McWilliams as interim CEO

Kalera AS (Euronext Growth Oslo: KAL, Bloomberg: KSLLF), announced today that it has named Curtis McWilliams, [...]

Vertical Farms are Finally Branching Out

Basil grown at PlantLab in Amsterdam goes from seedling to supermarket shelves in two weeks. [...]

Kalera Announces New Chief Marketing Officer Aric Nissen

Kalera Announces New Chief Marketing Officer Aric Nissen The tech-driven vertical farming company plans to [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

PMA Takes on Tech Podcast

Every day, technology transforms the way our food is grown, harvested, packaged, delivered, and consumed. [...]

No better time than now

Kalera, one of 2020’s biggest headline makers in vertical farming, has even bigger plans for [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Sonny Perdue joins Kalera board of directors

Sonny Perdue, former U.S. Agriculture Secretary and governor of Georgia, will join vertical farming company [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Kalera to Open a Vertical Farming Facility in Seattle

ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kalera (Euronext Growth Oslo ticker KAL, Bloomberg: [...]

Kalera Expands Indoor Vertical Farming Footprint!

Orlando-based Kalera has expanded operations of its indoor vertically-grown hydroponic lettuce and microgreens to the [...]

Kalera Welcomes New Chief Human Resources Officer

Kalera (OSE ticker KAL-ME, Bloomberg: KSLLF), one of the fastest growing vertical farming companies in the [...]

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 [...]

Orlando vertical farming firm Kalera closes funding deal with plans to go international

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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Publix Partners With Vertical Farming Company Kalera

It’s more essential now than ever to lock arms with those around us to stay [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Vertical Farming Greens Up Orlando

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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 [...]

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 [...]

Kalera opens new vertical farming facility in Florida

Vertical farming company Kalera has opened its new growing facility in Orlando, Florida. This new [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Vertical farming company Kalera names new CEO

On Sept. 17, technology-driven vertical farming company Kalera announced that it has hired veteran foodservice [...]

Eco Convergence announces name change, construction of new facility

Eco Convergence Group has changed its name to Kalera and is building an indoor growing [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

Out of Thin Water

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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 [...]

In Orlando, a Step Beyond Farm-to-Table

Having an herb and produce garden on site is not exactly new in the hotel [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]