Ryan McGann’s quest for the perfect salad green starts at the end of his family’s yard in East Setauket, past the basketball hoop and dry-docked fishing boat, where he’s parked giant shipping ...

It’s peak strawberry season in Massachusetts. But after mid-July, you won’t be able to find any fresh, locally-grown ones in the Bay State. Unless you’re buying berries that were vertically farmed.

CLEBURNE — Walls of carefully spaced herb and lettuce plants rise to the ceiling of a massive greenhouse. Inside Eden Green Technology’s 62,000-square-foot vertical greenhouse, over 340,000 plants are ...

Imagine walking through your local grocery store where fresh lettuce, tomatoes, and herbs grow right before your eyes in towering glass structures. This isn’t science fiction – it’s vertical farming, ...

By 2050, the world will need to produce about 60% more food to feed a global population of more than nine billion people.

Estimates show that the agriculture industry produces over 6.4 billion tons of greenhouse gases annually. This amounts to approximately 8.5% of the world’s yearly emissions. With the continuously ...

If all living organisms on Earth evolved from a single cell 3.5 billion years ago, it stands to reason that they’re a lot alike. And, scientists have noted that fungi are characteristically even ...

The biggest challenge faced by the vertical farming industry is, without doubt, running costs. And it’s this that has led many, including Agricool and Glowfarms, to shutter. “One of the most commonly ...

Production technician Amanda Martinez, plants basils as she works in vertical farm green house at Eden Green Technology, on Thursday, March 6, 2025, in Cleburne. Shafkat Anowar / Staff Photographer ...